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10 <br /> 1 Slide #6 <br /> Local Operating Expansion Budget Request <br /> Additional Contin uation/Expan sion M <br /> Certified Teacher Supplement Increase 1,595,370 <br /> Classified Supplement Increase for lowest band 375,000 <br /> Bus Driver Hourly Increase to matth CHCCS 305,000 <br /> Total Expansion Request 2,275,370 <br /> Investment " s <br /> • Increasing Certified Teacher Local Supplement to better align OCS ' <br /> with surrounding local education agencies <br /> • Increasing Classified Local Supplement for Teacher Assistants, <br /> Custodians,YfiiceStaff,Mechanics,Technicians and Child Nutrition it <br /> Workers <br /> • Increasing Bus Driver Hourly Rate to match CHCCS <br /> 2 CHALLENGE. INSPIRE. <br /> 3 Rhonda Rath said OCS is lagging significantly behind other districts across the state in its <br /> 4 certified local supplements. She said right now, they are 12% for 0-5, 14% for-13 years, 16% for <br /> 5 13-20 years, and 18% for over 20 years. She said many other districts have a stronger <br /> 6 supplement. She said that classified staff have the lowest scale and that is 7% and they would <br /> 7 like to increase that to 9%. She said they have tried for several years to adjust those scales for <br /> 8 the staff to be more competitive. She said that they have not been able to allocate the funding to <br /> 9 correct the salary scales to be more competitive. She said OCS is struggling to retain bus drivers <br /> 10 and compete with the pay for neighboring districts. She said matching the pay offered by CHCCS <br /> 11 may benefit both districts by increasing the pool. She said that the total request is 4.1 million. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Slide #7 <br /> Local Operating Fund Balance <br /> 5,500,400 <br /> Highlights: 4,930.000 <br /> • OCS continues to review line item <br /> spending to do morewith less and 4J40,0M 4,400,WD <br /> operate with a balanced budget <br /> • IFY 2025 department budgets auo,00a <br /> reduced over$700 thousand to <br /> eliminate 1st quarter ESSE R cliff <br /> • Ongoing strategic spending <br /> projected to yield modest increase <br /> infund balance atyear end <br /> 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 <br /> 14 MO <br /> —A —5ta.dard <br />