Leander Independent School District

Budget Development 2011-12

Reductions Planning as of March 21, 2011
Staff 2010-11 Budget % of
Reduction Amt Revised Budget
FTEs [as amended] Reduction
Superintendent / Board of Trustees
Superintendent
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Superintendent pay/benefits $20,000.00 $20,000.00 $0.00 10.8%
Legal Fees Reduce amount of legal representation utilized annually $250,000.00 $25,000.00 $225,000.00 10.0%
Travel Reduction to annual travel budget $4,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,500.00 62.5%
Operating Reduction to consulting, dues, supplies, contracted svcs $288,828.00 $16,200.00 $272,628.00 6%
Board
Consulting Reduce amount of consultation utilized annually $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Travel Reduction to annual travel budget $15,000.00 $10,000.00 $5,000.00 66.7%
Operating Reduction to general operating expenditures $224,124.00 $11,700.00 $212,424.00 5.2%
Internal Audit
Operating Reduction to general operating expenditures $7,714.00 $1,549.00 $6,165.00 20.1%
Totals 0 $813,666.00 $90,949.00 $722,717.00

Business & Operations

Business & Operations
Salaries - Professional Elimination of vacant Director Position 1 $68,000.00 $68,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Elimination of Administrative Asst to Asst Superintendent 1 $37,607.97 $37,607.97 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Salary reallocation to Construction Fund $145,715.00 $20,000.00 $125,715.00 13.7%
Salaries Salary reallocation to Child Nutrition Services Fund $545,649.00 $50,000.00 $495,649.00 9.2%
Operating Reduction to travel, supplies & materials $31,929.00 $16,000.00 $15,929.00 50.1%
Finance
Salaries - Professional Elimination of Director of Business Services 1 $79,920.00 $79,920.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Elimination of Accounts Payable Position 1 $55,500.00 $55,500.00 $0.00 100.0%
Fees & Dues Bank fees reduction - estimate $100,000.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 50.0%
Contracted Services Reduction to investment advisory services $30,000.00 $5,000.00 $25,000.00 16.7%
Materials Management
Salaries - Professional Elimination of Purchasing Agent Position 1 $69,109.71 $69,109.71 $0.00 100.0%
Discretionary Payroll Reduction to temporary staffing for textbooks $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Discretionary Payroll Fund overtime for copy center from surplus revenue $8,000.00 $8,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Discretionary Payroll Reduce overtime for distribution $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 50.0%
Discretionary Payroll Fund copy center temps from surplus revenues $33,000.00 $33,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Contracted Services Reduction of services offered & fund services from proceeds $180,000.00 $20,000.00 $160,000.00 11.1%
Operating Reduce operating budget $758,975.00 $6,440.00 $752,535.00 0.8%
Textbooks Fund AP/IB Books out of surplus state textbook funds $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Plant Services
Salaries - Auxiliary Maintenance, Grounds, and Custodial positions [existing vacant] 12 $390,209.00 $390,209.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Reduction to general operating expenditures $4,351,234.00 $355,000.00 $3,996,234.00 8.2%
Stipends Eliminate custodial lead and gas stipends $60,000.00 $60,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Transportation
Salaries - Auxiliary Move from double bell to triple bell schedule 17 $390,830.00 $390,830.00 $0.00 100.0%
Payroll Update Payroll system to account for dual responsibilities $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Payroll Prorate leave days based on 180 work days & time worked $18,000.00 $18,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Payroll Have team leaders drive $63,782.00 $63,782.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Move from double bell to triple bell schedule $1,361,598.00 $134,858.00 $1,226,740.00 9.9%
Operating Increase walk-to-stop policy $1,361,598.00 $40,019.00 $1,321,579.00 2.9%
Operating Tighten route efficiencies $1,361,598.00 $120,000.00 $1,241,598.00 8.8%
Operating Repair savings due to new propane buses $190,886.00 $15,000.00 $175,886.00 7.9%
Operating Eliminate shuttle services $1,361,598.00 $25,000.00 $1,336,598.00 1.8%
Energy Management
Operating Reallocate cost of electricity to Child Nutrition Services $5,900,000.00 $350,000.00 $5,550,000.00 5.9%
Operating Adjustments to temperature, lighting, irrigation $7,313,500.00 $200,000.00 $7,113,500.00 2.7%
Operating Reduction to travel and supplies $9,500.00 $5,000.00 $4,500.00 52.6%
Technology/Telecommunications
Salaries - Professional Eliminate Data Reporting Manager Position 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Eliminate Business System Analyst 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduce Campus Support Professionals 4 $207,404.00 $207,404.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduce Campus Technologists 5 $259,255.00 $259,255.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduce System Architect 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Eliminate Hardware Inventory Position 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Loss of State Technology Funding $914,589.00 $914,589.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Reduction to general operating expenditures $3,082,868.00 $288,585.00 $2,794,283.00 9.4%
Totals 47 $31,049,258.68 $4,658,512.68 $26,390,746.00
Reductions Planning as of March 21, 2011
Staff 2010-11 Budget % of
Reduction Amt Revised Budget
FTEs [as amended] Reduction
Human Resources
Human Resources
Salaries - ParaProfessional Elimination of vacant HR Specialist 1 $32,000.00 $32,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Elimination of vacant Administrator 1 $66,000.00 $66,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction of half Director of HR - Share resp. w/student support 0.5 $50,000.00 $25,068.00 $24,932.00 50.1%
Professional Services Elimination of Gallup Insight Screening for teachers & principals $70,614.00 $34,338.00 $36,276.00 48.6%
Stipends Reduction to professional stipends $7,469.00 $7,469.00 $0.00 100.0%
Stipends Reduction to supervision of Texas A&M students $3,900.00 $3,900.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Reduction to Director of HR travel & supplies $7,300.00 $7,300.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Reduction to general operating $214,491.00 $14,887.63 $199,603.37 6.9%
Risk Management
Salaries - Professional Cut clinic floater 1 $27,750.00 $27,750.00 $0.00 100.0%
Professional Services Reduction to consulting services $37,000.00 $37,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Workers' Compensation Decrease self-funded workers' compensation rates $1,200,000.00 $93,082.00 $1,106,918.00 7.8%
Health Insurance Health Insurance Co-Pay [incr $3 / decr HSA by $7] $16,000,000.00 $388,920.00 $15,611,080.00 2.4%
Liability Claims Fund Reduce deductible deposit $50,000.00 $10,000.00 $40,000.00 20.0%
Totals 3.5 $17,766,524.00 $747,714.63 $17,018,809.37

School and Community Relations

School and Community Relations
Salaries - Professionals Elimination of Director of Communications 1 $74,500.00 $74,500.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professionals Elimination of Director of Partners in Education 1 $74,500.00 $74,500.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Supplies $24,000.00 $10,308.90 $13,691.10 43.0%
Operating Reduction to general operating $59,126.00 $7,621.15 $51,504.85 12.9%
Revenue Increased revenues from after-school enrichment $0.00 $12,000.00 -$12,000.00
Totals 2 $232,126.00 $178,930.05 $53,195.95

Instructional Services
Instructional Services
Salaries - Professional Elimination of existing vacant Intervention Specialists 3 $155,553.00 $155,553.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction of Science Facilitators 5 $259,255.00 $259,255.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Elimination of existing vacant Coordinator of Advanced Programs 1 $60,000.00 $60,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Facilitators / Curriculum Instructional Specialists 10 $518,510.00 $518,510.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Campus Data Assessment Coordinator Positions 2 $103,702.00 $103,702.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to New to Profession Position 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Operating Reduction to Assistant Superintendent operating expenditures $55,700.00 $6,230.00 $49,470.00 11.2%
Operating Reduction to Central Ofc. support for Elementary gen. operating $340,600.00 $52,000.00 $288,600.00 15.3%
Operating Reduction to Central Ofc. support for Secondary gen. operating $128,000.00 $60,000.00 $68,000.00 46.9%
Operating Reduction to Central Ofc. support K-12 gen. operating $69,550.00 $36,000.00 $33,550.00 51.8%
Operating Reduction to travel & supplies related to AVID program $312,446.00 $160,000.00 $152,446.00 51.2%
Special Education
Reduction to SPED Teaching Positions in General Fund
Salaries - Professional [5 vacant; 6 projected growth; 11 moving to IDEA] 22 $1,140,722.00 $1,140,722.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Reduction to SPED IAs in General Fund [8 vacant; 10 projected growth] 18 $409,734.00 $409,734.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Itinerant Positions [.5 vacant; 3 projected growth; .5 retiring] 4 $207,404.00 $207,404.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Elimination of eSPED Coordinator 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to ARD Facilitators 11 $570,361.00 $570,361.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to WRISE Positions 4 $207,404.00 $207,404.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Elimination of APE Position 1 $51,851.00 $51,851.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Elimination of SELF Program Positions [2 IAs] 2 $45,526.00 $45,526.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Modification of Parent Liaison [2 Sped assessment assts in parking lot] 1 $45,526.00 $45,526.00 $0.00 100.0%
Special Programs
Salaries - Professional Reduction to ELL Positions 3 $155,553.00 $155,553.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Instructional Coaches 2 $103,702.00 $103,702.00 $0.00 100.0%
Library
Operating Reduction to general operating** $585,158.00 $137,000.00 $448,158.00 23.4%
Fine Arts
Operating Reduction to MS Band $125,917.00 $6,000.00 $119,917.00 4.8%
Operating Reduction to HS Band $276,506.00 $13,500.00 $263,006.00 4.9%
Operating Reduction to Color Guard $800.00 $40.00 $760.00 5.0%
Operating Reduction to HS Theatre $49,296.00 $2,000.00 $47,296.00 4.1%
Operating Reduction to HS Choir $34,103.00 $1,500.00 $32,603.00 4.4%
Operating Reduction to HS Dance $7,609.00 $380.00 $7,229.00 5.0%
Operating Reduction to HS Art $34,548.00 $1,500.00 $33,048.00 4.3%
Operating Reduction to Performing Arts Center $24,800.00 $1,200.00 $23,600.00 4.8%
Operating Reduction to general operating in Fine Arts Dept. $7,675.00 $375.00 $7,300.00 4.9%
Travel Reduction to Travel budget $26,050.00 $1,300.00 $24,750.00 5.0%
Totals 91 $6,217,263.00 $4,617,530.00 $1,599,733.00
Reductions Planning as of March 21, 2011
Staff 2010-11 Budget % of
Reduction Amt Revised Budget
FTEs [as amended] Reduction
School Improvement / Student Support Services
Exec Dir of School Improvement
Operating Reduction to general operating $55,100.00 $45,000.00 $10,100.00 81.7%
Student Support Services
Salaries - Professional Elimination of Attendance / Dropout Coordinator 1 $80,000.00 $80,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reorganization of Asst Dir / Job share with Dir of HR 0.5 $50,000.00 $25,000.00 $25,000.00 50.0%
Contracted Services Reduction to SROs @ MS x2 $817,750.00 $112,000.00 $705,750.00 13.7%
Operating Reduction to general operating $1,202,375.00 $1,000.00 $1,201,375.00 0.1%
Athletics
Operating Cut 10% of controllable expenditures @ HS / MS $1,675,010.00 $61,837.20 $1,613,172.80 3.7%
Operating Reduce sports @ MS [golf, tennis] $620,007.00 $69,134.00 $550,873.00 11.2%
Operating Reduction to general operating $1,675,010.00 $90,487.00 $1,584,523.00 5.4%
Totals 1.5 $6,175,252.00 $484,458.20 $5,690,793.80

Campus
Elementary
Salaries - ParaProfessional Eliminate Librarian Assistant positions 3 $68,289.00 $68,289.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Increase teacher/pupil ratios to average of 21:1 32 $1,659,232.00 $1,659,232.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Increase efficiency in SRP to 28:1 8 $414,808.00 $414,808.00 $0.00 100.0%
Middle School
Salaries - Professional Create efficiencies through scheduling changes 24.5 $1,270,349.50 $1,270,349.50 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Eliminate Librarian Assistant positions 7 $159,341.00 $159,341.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Ratio change to student formula driven athletic & fine arts programs TBD
Payroll Reduction to stipends $2,300,000.00 $86,000.00 $2,214,000.00 3.7%
Operating Reduction to general operating $575,640.00 $60,000.00 $515,640.00 10.4%
High School
Salaries - ParaProfessional Reduction to office administrative staffing 3 $68,289.00 $68,289.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Eliminate Librarian Assistant positions 3 $68,289.00 $68,289.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Eliminate "Just In Time" Instructional Assistant 1 $22,763.00 $22,763.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - ParaProfessional Reduction of Data Entry Clerk 1 $22,763.00 $22,763.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Increase teacher/pupil ratios to 20:1 6 $311,106.00 $311,106.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Counselor FTEs 3 $195,000.00 $195,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Eliminate 5th Asst Principal at LHS, CPHS, and VHS 3 $195,000.00 $195,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reorganize "Just In Time" position 5 $259,255.00 $259,255.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Band Asst Position 3 $180,000.00 $180,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Choir Position 1.5 $58,000.00 $58,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Reduction to Choir Asst Position 1 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00 100.0%
Salaries - Professional Ratio change to student formula driven athletic & fine arts programs TBD
Payroll Reduction to stipends $2,300,000.00 $100,000.00 $2,200,000.00 4.3%
Operating Reduction to general operating $892,059.00 $103,191.00 $788,868.00 11.6%
Travel Reduction to annual travel budget $38,660.00 $38,000.00 $660.00 98.3%
Totals 105 $11,088,843.50 $5,369,675.50 $5,719,168.00

Non-Departmental / Campus
Other Operational / Payroll
Operating Reduction to capital outlay funding in General Fund** $750,000.00 $750,000.00 $0.00 100%
Operating Reduction to Major Maintenance fund** $3,600,000.00 $1,200,000.00 $2,400,000.00 33%
Operating Reduction to Proposal for Improvement Fund $100,000.00 $100,000.00 $0.00 100%
Operating Elimination of district-provided cell phones [net eRate] $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00 100%
Operating Charge fee for use of mini-frig in office/classroom $105,000.00 $105,000.00 $0.00 100%
Payroll Freeze teacher salaries at 2010-11 levels/zero raise all others** $1,500,000.00 $1,500,000.00 $0.00 100%
Operating/Payroll Delay the opening of elementary #24** $630,000.00 $630,000.00 $0.00 100%
Operating/Payroll Close District for an additional week in the summer $380,000.00 $380,000.00 $0.00 100%
Revenue Charge application fee for student transfer requests $0.00 $75,000.00 -$75,000.00
Totals $7,095,000.00 $4,770,000.00 $2,325,000.00

Total Department and Campus Reductions 250 $20,917,770.06

**Reduction percentage compared to "estimated" 11/12 budget

Note: Totals do not reflect budget in aggregate, but rather single line items identified for reduction or elimination