May 9, 2013 at 6:30 AM - Board of Education Budget Workshop #5

1. Long Term Transportation Needs - 2013-14 and future (Recommendation)

2. Update - Preparation for Affordable Care Act (Individual Health Surveys completed and sent to Sequoyah)

3. 2013-14 Budget - BEP April Estimate of Revenue (Special Education Numbers ?)

3.A. Additional Guidance on Differentiated Pay - Commissioner Huffman

4. State salary increase (1.5%) on BEP earned positions -$131,298 (FICA, Medicare, TCRS); Extra $35,000 need to cover non-BEP positions

5. Principal & Supervisors Requests for 2013-14

6. Other Potential Increases for 2013-14

6.A. *GP Support Staff - Year 3 increases $125,000

6.B. Behavior Interventionist for Primary Age Children

6.C. *Additional SROs (2.5 positions)

6.D. Cover loss of Extended Contract Funds - Principal & Supervisor salaries; other student needs served by teachers

6.E. Differentiated pay for distance learning - Spanish, Physics, Chemistry ($50 per student in remote location(s) - Estimate $10,000

6.F. *Contract Spanish Teacher at Oakdale - 1 block class per semester ($11,500)

6.G. *Nova Net Software Licenses (28) for ISP and Alternative Programs - $14,000

6.H. *Professional salaries - Step-up on salary schedule & Advanced Degrees

6.I. Bus Driver - Salary scale adjustment - $5,000

7. 2013-14 GP Budget (DRAFT)

8. 2012-13 Retirees

9. Potential Reductions in Budget

10. PECCA Meeting - 4:30pm Tuesday, May 23, 2013

11. School Budget to County Commission Budget Committee - Monday, May 20th 6:00pm (Tentative)

12. Set date for next budget workshop