Agenda - 05-19-20; 8-a - Minutes

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21 1 13 Additional Teacher Assistants and Benefits 2 CHCCS historically maintains a teacher assistance per classroom in the kindergarten to 3 third grade levels. 4 Expansion Requests (pie chart): 5 Paid Parental Leave 6 • Estimated cost: $568,000 7 Parental leave would provide multiple important benefits for our employees, their families, and 8 children 9 • Providing paid parental leave will assist the District in enhancing the employee 10 experience 11 • We recommend providing parental leave supplemental income for up to 6 weeks. This 12 request would cover up to 75 employees annually at 100% 13 • This will help the district provide a competitive benefit to attract and retain our teaching 14 staff 15 16 Expansion Requests (pie chart): 17 2 Days Paid Salary for Inclement Weather 18 • Estimated cost: $360,000 19 This request would fund two full days of salaries for all 10-month employed staff(teachers, 20 teacher assistants, child nutrition, and transportation) in the event of future closures 21 In the last few years, the District has repeatedly encountered closings due to inclement 22 weather such as hurricanes, snow, and flooding 23 24 Expansion Requests (pie chart): 25 Remove the Supplement Cap on Certified Employees 26 • Estimated cost: $166,000 27 Certified staff hired after July 1, 2016, who had several years of teaching experience, were no 28 longer eligible to earn a higher supplemental percentage, 20% or 25% 29 We have identified the employees who are part of that cohort of employees to provide 30 the higher supplement rate to those certified staff members 31 32 Expansion Request (pie chart): 33 One Time Cost for COVID 19 Re-Entry and Recovery and Continued Year of Project Advance 34 (Fund balance appropriated, $1,968,500 to cover these one time requests) 35 COVID-19 Re-entry and Recovery 36 • Estimated cost: $1,000,000 37 • Planning and funding for re-entry to guarantee that appropriate supports are available to 38 students at return 39 Continued Year of Project Advance 40 • Estimated cost: $968,500 41 • This request will continue staff incentive pay and hold employees harmless for those that 42 completed coursework 43 • Grant funds have covered the cost of the stipends until 2020-2021 44 45 Projected Revenues and Fund Balance Appropriated 46 • Estimate revenue growth $225,000: 47 o $ 75,000 in fines and forfeitures 48 o $ 25,000 in projected interest revenue 49 o $125,000 projected miscellaneous revenues 50 0 Fund balance appropriated, $1,968,500: