| Top 5 Things to Know about the Horace Mann School Budget/SCIP |  |
Unfunded mandates cause the bulk of our deficit issues.Most of Horace Mann’s $1.9 million budget for 2009-2010 funds staffing.The school receives revenue from local, state, federal sources.There are few big changes from 2008-2009.Even though the school receives no Title I funding, we still must complete a SCIP.Unfunded mandates cause the bulk of our deficit issues.
Unfunded mandates like Special Education and No Child Left Behind take money from the school district and therefore the school budget. If the federal and state legislatures covered the costs of these mandates, we would not have a deficit.
We also have a deficit because of the economic downturn, rising costs, and declining enrollment (in the district, not our school).
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Most of Horace Mann’s $1.9 million budget for 2009-2010 funds staffing.
96.4% of our budget pays for the people who work with the children. A little over $60,000 pays for instructional supplies and materials, technology repair, technology, special programs, and staff development.
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The school receives revenue from local, state, federal sources.
Horace Mann School receives the bulk of its funding from the state of Minnesota and a local referendum. The school also receives state compensatory education funding (money provided to schools based on the percentage of students who receive free and reduced price lunch/breakfast, a proxy for poverty). Federal dollars are received through Special Education and English Language Learning (ELL) services which are paid for by the school district.
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There are few big changes from 2008-2009.
The biggest changes from 2008-2009 are a continued enrollment around 390 students. Two years ago our enrollment was 343. Last year we grew by 50 students. Another change is a smaller sum of money from the referendum because we will have fewer kindergarteners next year. Finally, the district is planning to reduce instrumental band music.
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Even though the school receives no Title I funding, we still must complete a SCIP.
The federal government provides one source of funding to districts to offset the impact of poverty. Free and reduced lunch counts are the means by which schools and districts count this economic impact. In Saint Paul, schools must have over 40% of their students receiving free and reduced lunch in order to receive the monetary support. Horace Mann School only has 17% its students identified. Because the poverty level throughout the district is at a high threshold, our district receives large amounts of Title I funding. All federal education dollars come with strings attached. Horace Mann School is a part of the district. Therefore we must fulfill some of those obligations, one of which is the creation of a School Comprehensive Improvement Plan (SCIP).
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