School Finance: Chapter 70 Program
Assumptions Underlying FY10 Foundation Budget Rates
| function | derivation of FY10 rate* |
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| administration | 81.7** percent of FY04 state average expenditure per pupil for adminstration, factored up for six years of inflation @28.1%, for a FY10 average o $330.11 per pupil. |
| instructional leadership | 81.7 percent of FY04 state average expenditure per pupil for instructional leadership, factored up by inflation for a FY10 average of $614.28 per pupil |
| classroom and specialist teachers | Assumed class sizes of 22 for elementary, 25 for junior high/middle, and 17 for high school; at an average salary in FY94 of $38,000. Inflation has increased this salary by 63 percent through FY10, to $61,966 per teacher. In per pupil terms, the rates are $2,817 for elementary, $2,479 for junior high/middle, and $3,645 for senior high. These rates include the statutory $380 per pupil for expanded programs for low income students, factored up by inflation. |
| other teaching services | 81.7 percent of the FY04 state average expenditure per pupil for other teaching services, factored up by inflation and further adjusted by the following ratios: elementary (1.25), junior high/middle (.90) and senior high (.75). FY10 per pupil rates are $722 for elementary, $520 for junior high/middle, and $433 for senior high. |
| professional development | 3 percent of the salary of teachers and support staff as described in the statutory foundation budget, factored up by inflation. FY10 per pupil rates are $111 for elementary, $120 for junior high/middle, and $117 for senior high. |
| instructional equipment and technology | Statutory per pupil amounts factored up by inflation. FY10 per pupil rates are $408 for elementary and junior high/middle, and $652 for senior high. |
| guidance and psychological | 81.7 percent of FY04 state average expenditure per pupil for guidance and psychological, factored up by inflation and further adjusted by the following ratios: elementary (.75), senior high (1.25). In FY10, the per pupil rates are $205 for elementary, $273 for junior high/middle, and $342 for senior high. |
| pupil services | Combined statutory per pupil rates for health staff ($50 elem/jr hi, $38 at high school); athletics ($50 jr high/middle, $200 senior high); and activities ($25 elementary, $35 junior high/middle, and $45 senior high). After inflation the FY10 rates are $122 for elementary, $200 for jr high/middle, and $461 for senior high. |
| operations and maintenance | Combined statutory assumptions for custodial salaries (ten percent of the number of foundation teaching and support staff, at a custodial salary of $25,000); maintenance ($3,300 times the number of foundation teaching and support staff); and extraordinary maintenance ($2,200 times the number of foundation teaching and support staff). The combined FY10 per pupil amount after inflation equals $782 for elementary, $848 for junior high/middle, and $822 for high school. |
| employee benefits and fixed charges | Statutory assumption for salary benefits ($4,320 times the number of foundation staff in all categories, adjusted by the wage adjustment factor, plus $468 times the same number of staff, not adjusted by the wage adjustment factor), increased by inflation. In FY10 the per pupil rate equals $705 for elementary, $670 for junior high/middle, and $644 for high school. |
| special education tuition | Statutory assumption for special education tuition rate of $13,500 per pupil, factored up by inflation. In FY10 the per pupil rate is $22,287. |
* Note: in many of the categories, there are higher rates for limited-English and vocational pupils. There are also additional increments for low-income and assumed in-district special education pupils.
**81.7 percent of the statewide average expenditure was chosen for all four of the newly-created categories in FY07, because that is the factor which in combination with the other rates, yields the same statewide total foundation as would have been generated under the statutory calculations. The changes are fiscally neutral in the aggregate.
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