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20 <br /> <br />• Should continuation funds not be provided, the District will have to adjust the budget <br />accordingly <br /> <br />ContinuationRequests: <br />Salary and Benefits <br />The CHCCS Board of Education’s (BOE) local County Appropriation Funding Request Includes <br />placeholders for: <br />• Certified salaries and Supplement: 5% for anticipated State salary increases for teachers <br />• Classified Salaries and Supplement: 2% for other public-school employees, and funds to <br />raise up the minimum wage to the Orange County Living Wage, $14.90 per hour <br />• Matching Benefit Cost Increases: <br />o State Requirement, 21.44% <br />o Health Insurance premium, $341 annually <br />o Social Security and Medicare due to increase in salaries <br /> <br />Continuation Requests: <br />Operational Costs <br />The CHCCS BOE Includes: <br />• Increased operational cost of $78,000 at Chapel Hill High School for additional square <br />footage added by the current building renovation <br /> <br />Continuation Requests (graph) <br />Total Continuation Requests for Salaries and Operational Costs $3, 716, 000- graph <br /> <br />Board Consideration for Expansion Budget <br />• Received many budget requests from our instructional staff and schools <br />• The items presented are identified needs that the CHCCS administration and BOE <br />prioritized in alignment with our strategic plan: <br />o Student success; family and community engagement; employee experience; and <br />organizational effectiveness <br /> <br />Expansion Requests (pie chart) <br />Priority Initiatives for Expansion Budget - $4,642,500 <br />• Re-entry and Recovery costs from COVID-19 (one time for circumstances) <br />• Cost for continued year of project advance (one year) <br />• 13 additional K-3 classroom teachers due to class size reduction <br />• 13 additional K-3 classroom teacher assistants due to class size reduction <br />• Paid parental leave <br />• 2 days paid salaries for inclement weather <br />• Remove the supplement cap on certified employees <br /> <br />Expansion Requests (pie chart): <br />Class Size Reduction: Additional Classroom Teachers and Teacher Assistants <br />• Estimated costs: $1,092,000 for teachers <br />• Estimated costs: $ 488,000 for teacher assistants <br />• Estimated costs: $1,580,000 <br /> <br />13 Additional Teachers and Benefits <br />• Reduce K-3td grade class size, compliance with House Bill 90. <br />o Create 13 additional classrooms in K-3rd grade levels