The mystery of CPS budgeting

Like school lunches, you never really know what goes in it, just that it doesnt taste so good in the end.

Before this year

Schools allocated teachers based on the number of students.
Elementary school with 600 students 1 principal 1 teaching assistant principal 1 art or music teacher 1 PE or librarian 1 clerk 1 counselor 19 teachers (1 teacher for every 28 first and third graders, 1 teacher for every 31 fourth through eighth graders, 1 teacher for every 28 high school student for core classes)

The old system

More or less money depending on the special needs of the students, such as poverty, disabilities, and limited English proficiency. Small enrollment swings didnt change the bottom line. Less flexibility for principals

This year: Student-based budgeting

Core allocation money follows the student.

$4,140 per student

How CPS arrived at this amount

Adding together last years expenditures on things that would be covered by SBB. Including:
Quota positions College ready funds Full school day positions Summer clerks and programmers

= $2 billion
But the amount was reduced by $81 million because of the districts budget deficit

$4,140 X enrollment = SBB amount? NO

Depends on: No. of students in each grade, No. of special education students the amount of time special education spent outside of regular classes.
Enrollment category
K-3 Gen Ed/LRE 1/LRE 2
4-8 Gen Ed/LRE 1/LRE 2 6-8 Gen Ed/LRE1 9-12 Gen Ed/LRE 1 K-3 LRE 3

SBB weighting
1.07
1 1.24 1.24 40% of 1.07

4-8 LRE 3
9-12 LRE 2 9-12 LRE 2

40% of 1
70% of 1.24 40% of 1.23

On top of SBB schools get:

Administrative base to pay for 1 principal, 1 counselor and 1 clerk Salary adjustment for veteran teachers Extra teachers for magnet schools and magnet cluster schools Federal and state poverty money, based on number of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch.

Bateman Elementary School

Steady Enrollment: 919 in 2013; 916 2014
High bilingual pop: 16% city average, 34% Bateman Average special education population: 12% citywide; 11% Bateman Free/Reduced lunch: 85% citywide; 92% Bateman

Bateman General Education Fund

FY 2013 FY 2014

Longer school day fund

College Ready Funding

$296,517 $222,430 $3,831,121 $74,714 $95,500 $326,605 0 $137,988 0 $81,737 5,069,323

0 0 $355,324 0 $27,931 $338,140 $3,932,231 0 $41,468 $92,464 4,787,558

Full Day Kindergarten General Education Fund Public Building Commission Special Education Fund

$3.9 mill/916 student = $4,100

State Special Education Block Grant Student Based Budgeting

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In the past, schools were getting extra money for a variety of things. An example is full-day kindergarten or sometimes a grant funded positions and the school kept the postions.

Supplemental Ancillary Teaching Positions Transportation - Personnel Workers'& Unemployment

Grand total

Bateman: Other money

General budget decreased, other areas held steady. Overall, budget was down about $87,000.

So what did Bateman do?

One less instructional position:
55 in 2013; 54 in 2014 Including 1 principal; 2 assistant principals; 14 bilingual teachers

Six less support staff:

30 in 2013; 24 in 2014 Including two security officers, one lunchroom attendant and two clerks

Charter schools
Same per-pupil amount as district run school. Extra per student instead of the administrative base that district run schools get Extra per student instead of the salary adjustment that some schools got Extra stipend because district-run schools get in-kind services, such as operations, maintenance and security. Also, includes magnet positions.
Elem k - 3 Weighting Per pupil Admin Base Teacher adjustment Stipend for services Total 1.07 $4,429 $542 $98 $1,758 $6827 Elem 4-8 1 $4,140 $507 $91 $1,643 $6381 H.S. 1.24 5,132 $623 $112 $2020 $7887

Extra money
Government Grants Private foundation grants Parent fundraising Charters bring in more---more than half bring in over $100,000 in private money Less than 10 district-run schools bring in more than $100,000

For more information

To find information about specific schools: http://www.cps.edu/finance/FY14Budget/Pages/ Budget.aspx School-level budgets are under Interactive Reports under the Find your school budget tab Read Catalyst-Chicago online and in print