1	Education Funding Crisis TST BOCES Advocacy Day March 6, 2010
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7	Loss of State Aid on Local Economy
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9	Difficult Choices Personnel 9,410,400 Utilities 508,830 BOCES 2,213,602 Debt 2,475,508 Instruct. Programs 570,200 Athletics 172,726 Technology 134,840 Transportation 314,274 Contractual 182,968 All Else 105,811
10	Fixed Increases to Operational Budget District TRS increases ERS Increases Health Insurance Total Candor 105,000 22,000 200,000 327,000 Dryden 334,189 185,689 128,378 648,256 Groton 182,300 66,600 130,538 379,438 Ithaca 1,138,278 706,364 781,126 2,625,768 Lansing 325,273 108,785 210,000 644,058 Newfield 210,987 48,802 79,230 339,019 T-Burg 104,323 115,826 306,125 526,274 S. Seneca 31,204 84,140 250,464 365,808 TOTALS 2,431,554 1,338,206 2,085861 5,855,621
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12	Mandates and Regulation Relief: Legislative Relief Sought Contingency Budget Cap – the law only addresses a positive CPI - we need relief in the form of a budget cap that is 120% of a 5-year averaged CPI Allow our Retirement Contribution Reserves to also address TRS – these reserves help us protect our tax payers from spikes in Retirement System contributions Not allow the Governor to shift preschool costs from counties to schools
13	Legislative Relief Sought (con’t) Flexible use of our EBAL Reserves – in fiscal crisis, move to general fund to reduce tax levy Mandated AED units – expensive parts and employee time to maintain; increased exposure for liability Wicks Law – make exemption for schools permanent Pass the 55-25 ERS/TRS incentive soon to help us reduce operational costs without lay-offs REAL moratorium on unfunded mandates
14	SED Relief Sought Technology infrastructure required to serve all the required databases for data reporting Testing (grades 3-12) Academic Intervention Services Response to Intervention Plans – so many are required to be written and submitted but never any feedback
15	SED Relief Sought (con’t) Medicare Compliance – Plans and the need to appoint a Compliance Officer Mentoring programs Annual Professional Performance Review Professional Development Costs CPR and 1^st aid requirements ID badges and fingerprinting
16	Federal Relief Sought NCLB – so many mandates, all unfunded IDEA mandates 504 mandates ARRA Reporting – paperwork and time McKinney-Vento regulations
17	Save Our Schools- It’s not too late! Let your VOICE be heard Ask your Legislators and the Governor to: 1. Slow the cuts-restore state aid to our schools 2. Modify the current contingency budget formula 3. Pass an on-time state budget 4. Allow schools more flexibility-provide mandate and regulation relief We need your help! Write or call your Legislators and the Governor today.