HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1159Dr. Boyles said the mediation formula was not serving Mooresville in a
desirable manner, due to the usage of enrollment numbers from last fall. He estimated
that 200 new students would enroll, at some point, during the upcoming year. Boyles
said that with the recommended allotment, Mooresville would have a $300,000 deficit.
He said this school year, 84 new students enrolled with most of them entering in the
early fall or near the Christmas holidays. Dr. Boyles said on a percentage basis,
Mooresville was the third fastest growing system in the state.
County Manager Mashburn said the growth showed up, but it was a year later.
Commissioner Robertson asked how the growth was handled in regards to the
teachers.
Boyles said additional teachers were added during the school year, with most of
them being hired the first month of school. He said state adjustments occurred the first
month; however, the growth standard was at least two percent or 100 students. Boyles
said if the criteria factors weren't met, the state felt the local systems, on their own,
could absorb the cost for four classrooms.
Dr. Boyles shared a handout (as follows) to further explain Mooresville's
dissatisfaction with the funding method.
Iredell County Current Expense Appropriation Information
May 18, 2006
2006-2007 Funding Formula
The Best I of 2 Enrollment utilizes the highest enrollment in either the first or second
school month of the current (2005-2006) school year. The number is calculated by
taking the highest month for each individual grade and totaling those. It does not
include students who have enrolled during the current school year after month two.
North Carolina Depardnent of Public Instruction Certtfied Projected Enrollment
The Best I of 2 is used as a base and a projected enrollment increase is added This
projected increase has usually been lower than the actual enrollment in the year of
projection for our district.
Statutory Provision 115C-430
"If there is more than one local school administrative unit in a county, all
appropriations by the county to the local current expense funds of the units, except
appropriations funded by supplemental taxes levied less than countywide pursuant to a
local act of G.S. 115C-501 to 115C-511, must be apportioned according to the
membership of each unit. County appropriations are properly apportioned when the
dollar amount obtained by dividing the amount so apportioned to each unit by the total
membership of the unit is the same for each unit. The total membership of the local
administrative unit is the unit's average daily membership for the budget year to be
determined by and certified to the unit and the county board of commissioners by the
State Board of Education "
What is the difference?
Year
1st
Month
Yr End
Growth
Best 1
of 2
State
Diff.
Per
pupil
Loss
2006 07
NA
NA
74
4785
5031
246
$1,310
$322,260
2005-06
4775
4859
84
4407
4611
204
$1,263
$257652
2004-05
4452
4513
61
4280
4421
141
$1,185
NA
2003-04
4261
4280
-1
4205
4275
70
$1,162
NA
2002-03
4211
4184
-27
4124
4223
99
$1,107
NA
2001-02
4172
4170
-2
3975
4174
199
$1,107
NA
2000-01
4013
1 3951
-62
3834
3862
28
$1,064
NA
What does this mean to the school system?
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