By The Numbers: FCPS Proposed FY 2013 Budget

Superintendent Jack Dale 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

• Nearly 86 percent, $2.1 billion, goes toward instruction costs
• $132.1 million goes toward transportation, including bus driver salaries, replacement buses and bus operations and maintenance
• $100.8 million goes toward facilities management (maintenance of school buildings and equipment)
• $111.3 million goes toward "general support" (finance, human resources, information technology, purchasing, leadership team)

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 million

-34.5%

Other

$1.4

2.6%

Budgeted beginning balance

$0.2

0.3%

Student Costs:

• Enrollment Increases: $45.7 million
• Two new schools, at the South County and Lacey sites: $1.9 million
• Reintroducing "Extended Learning Time" (summer school) for students: $5 million
• Adding Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools (FLES) program to eight new schools, Foreign Language Immersion Program in two others: $0.9 million
• College Success Program: $0.1 million
• Teacher-in-residence at the Udvar Hazy Center: $0.1 million

Staff Costs

• Extended time for teachers (measuring and compensating for professional learning communities, working with colleagues to improve curriculum and grading practices, etc.): $3.3 million
• Staffing reserve (additional positions to address large class sizes): $2 million
• Tuition reimbursement: $1.2 million
• Electronic Curriculum Assessment Resource Tool(eCart): $0.3 million

Staff Compensation Costs

• Two percent market scale adjustment for all employees: $36.6 million
• Step increases for eligible employees: $42 million (offset by retirement and departure savings of $38.2 million)
• Custodial salary adjustment to 1,300 custodians: $0.4 million
• Retirement Rate increases: $66.3 million
• Health and life insurance rate increases:$8.9 million
• Benefits for parent liaisons and multilingual interpreters: $2.0 million

Other:

• Network replacement equipment: $4 million
• Equipment replacement: $3 million
• Preventative maintenance: $2 million
• Service contracts and custodial supplies: $1.7 million
• Building leases: $1 million
• Finance technician contract length: $0.5 million