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10 <br /> Slide #6 <br /> Local Operating Expansion Budget Request <br /> FY2 C A. .,,.. <br /> Add itianal Continuation/Expansion <br /> Certified'reacher Supplement Increase 2,595r570 <br /> ClassiFed Supplement Increase for lowest band 37SPOO <br /> Bus Driver Hourly Increase to match CHCC5 30510UD <br /> Total Expansion Request 2,27S,370 <br /> Investment: <br /> • Increasing Certified Teacher Local Supplement to better align OCS <br /> with surrounding local education agencies , <br /> • Increasing Classified Local Supplementfor Tea cherAssistants, <br /> Custodians,Office Staff,M echanics,Technicians and Child Nutrition <br /> Workers ` <br /> • Increasing Bus Driver Hourly Rate to match CHCCS <br /> CHALLENGE. INSPIRE. <br /> Rhonda Rath said OCS is lagging significantly behind other districts across the state in its <br /> certified local supplements. She said right now, they are 12% for 0-5, 14% for-13 years, 16% for <br /> 13-20 years, and 18% for over 20 years. She said many other districts have a stronger <br /> supplement. She said that classified staff have the lowest scale and that is 7% and they would <br /> like to increase that to 9%. She said they have tried for several years to adjust those scales for <br /> the staff to be more competitive. She said that they have not been able to allocate the funding to <br /> correct the salary scales to be more competitive. She said OCS is struggling to retain bus drivers <br /> and compete with the pay for neighboring districts. She said matching the pay offered by CHCCS <br /> may benefit both districts by increasing the pool. She said that the total request is 4.1 million. <br /> Slide #7 <br /> Local operating Fund Balance <br /> 0 6,ua� <br /> s <br /> 5�0U,UOU <br /> Highlights: 4,930.000 <br /> • OCS continues to review line item <br /> spending to do morewith less and ° 4A00jM <br /> operate with a balanced budget <br /> • FY 2025 department budgets } sANAM <br /> reduced over$700 thousand to <br /> eliminate 1st quarter E SSE R cliff <br /> • Ongoing strategic spending } <br /> projected to yield modest increase <br /> infund balance atyear end <br /> r <br /> 4 <br /> 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2M5 <br /> acwa —Wndam <br />