Empowerment and Flexible Budgets CCSD s Approach to Strategic School Spending

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1 Empowerment and Flexible Budgets CCSD s Approach to Strategic School Spending Presentation to the Advisory Committee (A.B. 394, Section 25, 2015) Jim McIntosh, Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Hauser, Associate Superintendent, Operational Services Division Clark County School District January 8, 2016

2 Empowerment History Year Schools Reconstituted Selected Additional Resources and Autonomy = Achievement (Superintendent Ruffles) Central Determined Resources: Smaller class sizes 29 minutes extra 5 additional days $150,000 discretionary dollars 5% principal incentive Pay for Performance $50,000 for 3 years from community partners 1

3 Empowerment History Year Schools Not Reconstituted, Application Process (NO NAMES) Added 4 Schools = 8 Total Resources and Autonomy = Achievement $400 Per-Pupil School Discretionary Dollars 5% principal incentive Pay for Performance $50,000 for 3 years from community partners Legislature approves laws governing empowerment schools. (NRS ) 2

4 Empowerment History Year Added 6 Schools (Application Process with Names)= 14 Total Resources and Autonomy = Achievement Schools applied without promise of additional funding Lincy Foundation Funding $600 Per-Pupil School Discretionary Dollars 5% principal incentive Pay for Performance $50,000 for 3 years from community partners 3

5 Empowerment History Year Added 3 Schools = 17 Total Resources and Autonomy = Achievement $350 Per-Pupil School Discretionary Dollars 5% principal incentive Pay for Performance $50,000 for 3 years from community partners Budget Workbook The Keys to Empowerment I3 Grant and School Improvement Grant (SIG) Empowerment Focused 4

6 Empowerment History Year Added 13 Schools = 30 Total Autonomy = Achievement (Participant s Goal) Schools applied without promise of additional funding No Discretionary Dollars for 13 New Empowerment Schools Budget Workbook The Keys to Empowerment New Superintendent (12/10) 5

7 Empowerment History Year No Additional Schools No Discretionary Dollars for Any Empowerment School Results = Earned Empowerment = Achievement (Superintendent Jones) Growth Model The School Performance Framework The Blue Ribbon Committee on Empowerment Empowerment Evolved 6

8 Empowerment History Current Office of School Reform and Innovation Expansion of Flex Budgets (Superintendent Skorkowsky) Office of School Reform and Innovation AB394 Reorganization Committee 7

9 Mission Flexible Budget Program To purposely allocate and strategically expend those allocated resources in all worksites to carry out the Pledge of Achievement for every student in every classroom, without exceptions and without excuses. Academic Excellence Engagement School Support Clarity and Focus Proficiency Achievement Gaps Graduation Rate Engagement Student Safety College & Career Readiness 8

10 Let s Define the Issue Traditional line-item school budgets do NOT: Provide useful information on school programs Explicitly justify expenditures Create links between achievement and spending Provide meaningful performance information Allow for greater local decision-making Incorporate accountability measures 9

11 Theory of Action If the primary work of the Clark County School District occurs at the school level and the District holds principals and teachers accountable for the quality of student learning, then those that the District holds accountable should have the autonomy and authority to make fiscal decisions on how best to spend those funds allocated to them to insure student achievement. 10

12 How do we do this? Communication between Instruction, Finance and Human Resources Finance Instruction Human Resources $ Convert staffing formulas to dollars Decentralize additional dollars to schools 11

13 How do we do this? Provide a per-pupil allocation (with program adjustments to schools) Currently these amounts are: Elementary (Grades 4 and 5) $3,655 Middle School $3,607 High School $3,622 Adjustments are made for programs at Magnet Schools, small schools, Career and Technical Academies and for Class-size Reduction (K-3). 12

14 Boundaries (non-negotiables) Transportation Food Service Custodial Maintenance Utilities State/Federal Programs Security Contractual Obligations 13

15 Implementation Administration can flexibly use funds (within limits) 180 Schools Utilize a Flexible Budget Goal to move all schools by

16 Strategic Budget Concept Local decision making should not just be FLEXIBLE but STRATEGIC in meeting achievement goals $ EVOLUTION Flexible $ Strategic STRATEGIC budgeting aligns achievement goals with other federal and state program funding 15

17 Student-based Strategic Budgets Future Goals of Strategic Budgeting *: Create and Measure Program Metrics Link Dollars Spent to Achievement Evaluate Academic Return on Investment (ROI) 16 *CCSD has initiated processes for all of the above through the Pledge of Achievement and Ensuring Every Dollar Counts Initiatives

18 Timeline Budget Workbooks to School Principals and Work Sessions with Performance Zones Tentative Budget Submission to State by April 15 Beginning of School Year FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JULY/AUGUST Budget Workbooks Submitted to Strategic Budget Office and Human Resources for Staffing Adoption of the Final Budget 17

19 For Your Consideration Strategic budgeting is not a silver bullet it is simply an allocation method that allows for better decision-making The driver for decision-making should always be student achievement Transitioning from staffing budgets to per-pupil budgets requires technology upgrades to information systems Clear roles, responsibilities and expectations must be defined up front Decisions surrounding decentralizing any central funding, outside of professional development, are yet to be made Training, monitoring, and reviewing the strategic budget process requires administrative resources 18

20 For More Information: pledgeofachievement.ccsd.net 19 Follow