Board Of Education Presentation To State Delegation

Montgomery County Board of Education and Montgomery County Delegation ANNUUAL MEETING November 17, 2009

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS Demographics

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Enrollment 1998–2009

2009

141,777 1998

127,852

10.9 PERCENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Enrollment over last two years

1,500

2,500

2008–09

2009–10 MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Enrollment to Increase 6,000 by 2015 147,917 150,000

141,777 145,000

140,000

135,000

130,000

130,689

125,000 1999

2001

2003 2005 ACTUAL

2007

2009

2011 2013 PROJECTED

2015

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS Share of County K–12 Population on the Rise

85.0% 81.5%

in 2008

in 1998

Percent of County Enrollment in MCPS Schools MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Hispanic Student Enrollment 2009

32,236 1998

17,815

81.0 PERCENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Asian American Student Enrollment 2009

22,177 1998

16,380

35.4 PERCENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

African American Student Enrollment 2009

32,883 1998

26,820

22.6 PERCENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

White Student Enrollment

18.6 PERCENT

2009

54,048 1998

66,409 MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS Enrollment by Race/Ethnic Group

1978

1968

1988 White

1998 African American

Asian American

2009 Hispanic

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS) 2009

41,464 1998

28,768

44.1 PERCENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS) Income Eligibility Guidelines Household Maximum Income Size Free Meals

4

$28,665

70

Maximum Income Reduced-Price Meals

$40,793

qualify for FREE meals

PERCENT

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

ESOL 2009

17,664 1998

8,689

103.0 PERCENT MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Highland Elementary School

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS Savings

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Examples of Recent Savings • Hiring Freeze • FY2008 - $17.7 million net savings • FY2009 - $19.5 million net savings • FY2010 - $9.7 million net savings target\

• Salary Reduction – 5.3% COLA foregone • FY2010 - $89 million

• Position Elimination • FY2009 - $4.4 million – 50 central office positions • FY2010 - $12.2 million – 75 central office positions MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Examples of Recent Savings (cont’d) • Reorganizations • FY2010 – $634,000 – Department of Student Services • FY2009 – $487,000 – Office of Chief Technology Officer

• Employee Benefits • FY2009 – $1.5 million – Cooperative bidding • FY2010 – $1.2 million – Audit of benefits eligibility

• Transportation • FY2009 – $783,000 –Reduction in diesel fuel costs • FY2010 – $970,000 – Postponed bus replacements MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Examples of Recent Savings (cont’d)

• Utilities • FY2009 – $750,000 – Lighting technology upgrades • FY2010 – $1.0 million – air conditioning restrictions • FY2010 – $3.0 million – reduced electricity costs

• Operational Efficiencies • FY2009 – $255,000 – Mainframe computer eliminated • FY2010 – $902,000 – Systematic team cleaning • FY2010 – $850,000 – In-house copier maintenance MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Key Legislative Priorities • Maintenance of Effort • Teacher Pension • Capital Budget/School Construction • Compulsory Age of Attendance • Local Bills • Construction Permitting • Student Member of the Board MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Maintenance of Effort Key Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:  Continuing the current maintenance of effort provision  Requiring that local education funding amounts are no less than the previous year’s level, despite fluctuation in enrollment.  Holding school systems harmless for MOE non-compliance by local governments by requiring the state to transfer from state disbursements or county state aid to school system state aid the amount by which counties failed to meet MOE. MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Maintenance of Effort Key Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education opposes:  Any amendments to statue or regulations regarding  Legal requirements to satisfy the minimum maintenance of effort requirement;  Limiting the application of the non-recurring cost exemption;  The process for requesting waivers from the maintenance of effort requirement;  Criteria by which waivers would be automatically granted  Blanket legislative waiver with no clear funding requirement.  Imposing any penalty for the failure of Montgomery County or Prince George’s County to meet FY2010 MOE requirements. MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Pension/Retirement Key Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:  Maintaining the teacher retirement program as a state-funded categorical program.  Full state funding of the teacher retirement program.

The Montgomery County Board of Education opposes:  Any shift in funding responsibility from the state to the counties.  Any imposition of a cap on the state’s share of teacher retirement funding.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

CIP Issues: FY 2011–FY 2016

P I LLA R CATER

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

State CIP Request (in millions) • Construction funding balance

$ 10,822

• Planning and Construction (forward)

$ 15,045

• Systemic renovations

$ 6,177

• Planning and Construction funding

$107,085

• Planning approval Total

$ n/a $139,129 MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

MCPS State CIP Funding History FY2001-2010 (millions)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

School Construction Key Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:  Distribution of school construction funds equal to the percentage share of student enrollment statewide.  Eliminate penalty for building additional classrooms intended to reduce class size in support of student achievement by revising to square footage Interagency Committee allowances for new and modernized schools.  Developing a mechanism to ensure locally forward-funded projects remain eligible for state funding, even after the project has been completed.  Establishing incentives for green and energy efficient school construction. MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Compulsory Age of Attendance Key Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:  Raising the compulsory age from 16 to 18.  Providing adequate supports to address the issues that caused students to leave school.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Local Bills

Key Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:  Local legislation that authorizes MCPS projects to be reviewed and permitted through the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services.  Local legislation expanding the SMOB’s voting rights to be equal to those of adult Board members with the exception that the SMOB shall not vote on negative personnel matters. MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND