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• 2011 - 12 School Budget Recommendations

  Education

  2011-04-07
  Recommendations: 1. Continue the District's current elementary school class size practice for the coming fiscal year. 2. Study class size needs across all grades and determine what priority maintaining class size will take in future budgets. 3. Explore options for utilizing District personnel before increasing the number of overall professional positions. 4. Reduce reserves in the coming fiscal year to mitigate the proposed tax increase without compromising financial security; and prior to the next fiscal year, engage in a study with the community to determine the appropriate level of reserves.

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  Report #:
  201

  Added:
  2011-04-12
• Teacher Compensation Report

  Education

  2011-02-03
  We recommend that our State representatives work to restructure the defined benefit pension system to reduce the size and volatility of the District222s annual contribution through migration to defined contribution plans and increased contributions from participants. We further recommend that the District and the Board of Education lobby aggressively through their state-wide associations for relief from this mandate. 2. We recommend that the percentage of total healthcare costs paid by all District employees be increased. We also urge the District to improve the disclosure of the costs related to post-employment healthcare benefits. 3. We recommend that the School Board reduce the rate of growth in total compensation. The compounding of the steps and lanes, in addition to COLAs, should be reconsidered. 4. We recommend that the School Board keep collective bargaining agreements to 3 years or less to retain financial flexibility for the District.

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  Report #:
  118

  Added:
  2011-01-27