RICHMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT
BUDGET PRESENTATION
March/April, 2017
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Fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30
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Districts required to submit two budgets to the Ministry
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Annual Budget – June 30th
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Amended Budget – following February 28th
SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING
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Expenditures cannot exceed revenues (School Act 111(3))
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Except where there is an accumulated surplus from previous years
and that surplus is used to balance the budget
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Except for amortization expenses in the capital fund
SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETING
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Preliminary budget prepared first
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Ministry announces funding mid-March
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Changes made as required based on funding
announcement
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Options for additions to or reductions from budget taken to
Board – opportunity for public input
OPERATING BUDGET
ENROLMENT
ENROLMENT COMPARISON
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT BUDGET
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Revenue drop due to declining enrollment
3,000,000
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2016/17 supplement from surplus
2,000,000
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Management salary increases, annualized
1,500,000
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Annual operating capital requirements
4,000,000
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Total Estimated Shortfall
ESTIMATED BUDGET DEFICIT
10,500,000
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Start with the status quo and adjust from there
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Start from a baseline and build up from there
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Regardless of which option is chosen, there need to be criteria
against which budget choices can be evaluated
BUDGET DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
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What is our core mandate?
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What are we doing to support our core mandate?
Do we want to consider services to students that are outside our core
mandate?
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Why or why not?
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Criteria?
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What are the key components that we absolutely must have to make
the system work?
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How do we “right-size” the components?
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How do we organize ourselves to deliver the services we want?
BUILDING A NEW BUDGET
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The purpose of the British Columbia school system is to enable all
learners to develop their individual potential and to acquire the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to contribute to a
healthy society and a prosperous and sustainable economy."
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Statement of Education Policy Order
(Mandate for the School System)
Order in Council 1280/89
CORE MANDATE
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DISTRICT PHILOSOPHY Policy 101
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Overall Educational Goal
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Schools will provide a safe, supportive environment for all
students; and schools will provide a stimulating environment
which motivates and challenges all students to intellectual,
physical, emotional, social and vocational development in order
that each student develops towards the ideal of the educated
person, achieving at a level of personal excellence and
formulating attitudes towards self, society and the world which
will provide sound preparation for a productive and satisfying life.
CORE MANDATE
Salaries
Instruction
District Administration
Operations, Maintenance & Transportation
Benefits
Supplies
Total
122,095,753
3,933,700
14,084,778
32,619,141
1,006,541
3,767,679
8,220,588
594,695
8,964,789
162,935,482
5,534,936
26,817,246
140,114,231
37,393,361
17,780,072
195,287,664
Salaries
Regular Instruction
Career Programs
Library Services
Counselling
Special Education
English Language Learning
Aboriginal Education
School Administration
Summer School
Continuing Education
International Student Programs
Total Instruction
Benefits
Supplies
Total
72,123,997
554,402
2,730,762
2,775,724
19,180,957
4,600,899
339,892
12,554,304
730,108
1,270,479
5,234,229
19,260,387
148,303
730,479
742,506
5,225,934
1,229,349
90,921
3,324,128
129,031
338,862
1,399,241
3,526,043
232,300
236,974
15,500
1,083,100
25,800
44,000
236,102
30,500
270,630
2,519,639
94,910,427
935,005
3,698,215
3,533,730
25,489,991
5,856,048
474,813
16,114,534
889,639
1,879,971
9,153,109
122,095,753
32,619,141
8,220,588
162,935,482
Salaries
Benefits
Supplies
Total
Education Administration
School District Governance
Business Administration
1,593,249
167,398
2,173,053
421,379
4,352
580,810
183,465
133,200
278,030
2,198,093
304,950
3,031,893
Total District Administration
3,933,700
1,006,541
594,695
5,534,936
Salaries
Benefits
Supplies
Total
Operations & Maintenance Administration
Maintenance Operations
Maintenance of Grounds
Utilities
1,404,876
11,287,004
710,129
375,804
3,019,274
189,960
731,619
4,423,372
212,250
3,245,098
2,512,299
18,729,650
1,112,339
3,245,098
Total Operations and Maintenance
13,402,009
3,585,038
8,612,339
25,599,386
682,769
182,641
352,450
1,217,860
14,084,778
3,767,679
8,964,789
26,817,246
Transportation
Total Operations, Maintenance and Transportation
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What services/functions do you value that should be retained as
we move forward?
What services/functions do you think could be
reduced/stopped?
Are there things that we can do differently that will result in cost
savings?
Please use the “Send Us A Message” section on the “Contact Us”
page of the district website www.sd38.bc.ca to send us your
answers to these questions.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS