Friday, May 18, 2012
Fairfax County Public Schools staff is looking into possibility of deferring budget approval
The Fairfax County School Board continued to debate how to implement changes to the Virginia Retirement System into the fiscal 2013 budget during a work session Thursday, with most of the members leaning toward phasing in the required shift to 5 percent employee contributions. Susan Quinn, chief financial officer for Fairfax County Public Schools, presented six of the hundreds of options for how to adjust VRS and Educational Employees' Supplementary Retirement System of Fairfax County (ERFC) contributions, market-scale adjustments and STEP increases. [See the options in a PDF included with this article.] Option A showed Superintendent Jack Dale's proposal, which would have FCPS complete the 5 percent shift in fiscal year 2013 and eliminate…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Superintendent Jack Dale proposes eliminating compensation adjustments in favor of meeting five-year state requirement within the next year
Though Superintendent Jack Dale presented his recommendation for adjustments to Fairfax County Public Schools' $2.4 billion advertised budget at a work session Monday, some school board members said they weren't satisfied his proposed changes fully met their priorities or produced a budget that best met the needs of the system. Dale returned to the board after the system's $1.68 billion transfer from the county Board of Supervisors, an amount 4.5 percent higher than what schools received last year but still short of the 8.4 percent increase board members asked for when they moved forward the approved advertised budget. Despite the school board's approval of the advertised budget in February, Dale and School Board Chairwoman Janie Strauss…
Friday, February 10, 2012
In 7-5 vote, some members say request to supervisors reflects need, others say it's unrealistic
The Fairfax County School Board voted to approve a $2.4 billion fiscal year 2013 advertised budget at its meeting Thursday, forwarding a plan to supervisors that asks for $202.3 million more than last fiscal year to accommodate unprecedented student growth and the staff levels and compensation needed to address it. The budget asks the supervisors for a transfer increase of $135.4 million, 8.4 percent more than it received last year. While some board members said the strategy allowed them to be upfront about the school system's priorities and needs, others called the approach backward and disrespectful of what supervisors had warned was realistic. "This is an incremental budget. That’s one approach. I would advocate for a zero-based budget…
A look at the items added to the budget the school board sent to supervisors Thursday
The Fairfax County School Board voted to approve a $2.4 billion fiscal year 2013 advertised budget at its meeting Thursday, forwarding a plan to supervisors that asks for $202.3 million more than last fiscal year to accommodate unprecedented student growth and the staff levels and compensation needed to address it. The board added eight amendments to the plan Superintendent Jack Dale presented in January. Together, the amendments did not increase the transfer request from the Board of Supervisors, board members said. While many board members said it is too early to determine exactly how some of these would be funded, here's a closer look at how early estimates stack up. All information was provided by Fairfax County Public Schools …
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Forty-six speakers addressed the School Board on Monday night about Superintendent Jack Dale's proposed budget.
Increasing pay for teachers and education support workers, funding foreign-language programs, and improving conditions at Falls Church High School were just a handful of issues raised by Fairfax County residents during the School Board’s public hearing on the $2.4 billion budget proposal Monday night. “Public education and public educators are under attack in this budget process and in the larger education picture, we need your strong leadership,” said Michael Hairston with the Fairfax Education Association, who was one of many to advocate on behalf of reduced class sizes and offering more compensation to teachers for the hours they work. Forty-six people addressed the board to ask the members to carefully consider their decisions …
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Superintendent Jack Dale's plan puts 88 percent of budget toward teacher compensation
More than 700 Fairfax County Public Schools teaching positions would be added next year under Superintendent Jack Dale’s $2.4 billion budget proposal, a plan 9 percent larger than last year’s budget to accommodate the teaching needs of an estimated increase of nearly 4,000 more students. The increase, which amounts to $202.3 million more than in fiscal year 2012, includes a 2 percent market-scale adjustment for all employees, along with step increase for eligible employees. It also includes a salary adjustment for custodial positions, the only group of school employees whose compensation is not at market-level. Staff members eligible for both the adjustment and the step increase would see a 4.7 percent increase in pay next year, Dale said…
A breakdown of Superintendent Jack Dale's $2.4 billion proposal
Superintendent Jack Dale presented a $2.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 to the Fairfax County School Board on Thursday night, a proposal 9 percent larger than the budget for 2012. The increase, which amounts to $202.3 million, is driven largely by an estimated enrollment growth of 4,000 students, and the estimated 721 teaching positions needed to accommodate them. Dale also proposed a 2 percent market scale adjustment for all employees, along with step increase for eligible employees. Here's a look at how his plan breaks down: The plan calls for a $2.4 billion operating budget FY 2013 Proposed Revenue: Change Percent Change County Transfer $135.8 million 8.4% State Aid $24.9 million 7.8% Sales Tax $4 million 2.6% Federal Aid -$21.8…
dian parrotta
11:53 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Anything will be better than FCPS present day practice of Setting up "Seasoned Teachers to Fail" instead of allowing them receive a full 30 year retirement. more ›