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Revenue Limit Flexibility — Support Governor's proposal to allow local school districts to pay for beginning teacher mentors required by state law outside the revenue limits.
Modify Governor's school safety proposal to allow expenditures for Educational Resource Officers and school security assistants at elementary, middle and high schools to be outside the revenue limits. Delete matching resources provision from the local municipality.
Support Legislative Council School Finance Study recommendation to allow local school boards to vote to exceed the revenue limits by about 1%.
SAGE — Support Governor's provision to increase SAGE funding from $2,000 per low income child to $2,250. The increase provides an estimated $737,500 for MMSD classroom resources.
Special Education Aid — Support Governor's provision to increase special education aid. The increase would provide MMSD with an estimated $1,032,000 in 2007-08 and $1,721,000 in 2008-09. When revenue limits started in 1993-94 the state reimbursed school districts for 45% of SPED costs. With the current reimbursement at less than 29%, the district's resources declined by $9.4 million compared to the 45% reimbursement rate.
Bilingual-Bicultural Aid — Support the Governor's increase in aid to maintain the state's 12% reimbursement (would provide an estimated $52,000 to MMSD in both years of the biennium). When revenue limits began, the state reimbursed school districts at 33% for bilingual-bicultural expenses. The current reimbursement is 12%, a loss of resources to the district of $2.2 million.
Combined, the decline in state reimbursement for SPED and bilingual-bicultural aid to Madison Schools is $11.6 million. The District estimates it will have to cut $10.5 million from its "cost to continue" budget for 2007-08 in order to comply with revenue limits.
Elimination of the Qualified Economic Offer (QEO) — Oppose elimination of the QEO without corresponding changes to revenue limits. The plan to eliminate the "greater weight" factors of revenue limits and local economic conditions in arbitration is particularly egregious.