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Annual Budget PowerPoint Presentation from June 9 Board meeting in PDF - 149K File
Press Release for May 9, 2008 - 24K File
Superintendent´s Recommendation for May 9, 2008 - 90K File
District Department Cuts for May 9, 2008 - 178K File
Agenda - March 19 Administrator´s Budget Cut Meeting - 206K File
Budget Memorandum - 157K File
How We Arrived At the $20.9 Budget Cut Number - 53K File
Budget Cut Ideas Totaling $28.5 million - 219K File
Power Point: Site Specific Budget Cutting Guidelines - 1.5M File
Budget Cut PowerPoint Presentation, School Board Meeting April 14,2008 - 300K File
MANATEE DISTRICT FACES BUDGET CUTS:
SEEKS INPUT FROM EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY
Like school districts across Florida, the Manatee District is working diligently to construct a budget for the 2008-09 school year in the face of unprecedented fiscal challenges. A variety of factors including a severe slump in the state´s housing market, rising fuel costs and declining population growth have combined to reduce sales tax revenues in Florida by billions of dollars in recent years. This monumental drop in revenues has sharply reduced the amount of funding available for Florida´s public schools.
Manatee District officials estimate $21.4 million must be cut from current programs and operations to balance the 2008-2009 budget. This means every program, provision and position in the school district is being reviewed and evaluated. During a meeting with school principals and district administrators at Braden River High on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, Superintendent Dr. Roger Dearing invited input from all district employees on ways to deal with the budget-cutting demands.
“This is a difficult time for all of us, but working together as a school district family we will address these challenges,” Dr. Roger Dearing said. “Regardless of the budget situation, our commitment to inspiring our children to learn, dream and achieve will not waiver.”
To begin the budget-cutting discussion with employees, parents and community stakeholders, district officials identified $28.5 million in possible cuts. Included in those proposals are cuts to district departments of nearly 11%, and cuts to individual schools of just over 4%.
Principals and administrators at each school have been asked to work with teachers and staffs to devise ways to reduce their school budgets. Likewise, each district department has been asked to identify ways to reduce their budgets. Those budget-cutting recommendations must be submitted between April 7 - 18, 2008. Once all of the proposals have been submitted, a total proposed budget will be prepared and submitted to the School Board for consideration and approval.
Attachments in this “Hot Topics” section include the $28.5 million in possible budget cuts identified by district officials, information distributed to principals and administrators at the March 19th meeting at Braden River High, as well as other budget-related documents as they become available.
It´s important to know that the budget development process is ongoing and your input is invited and encouraged. To submit your thoughts on ways to deal with the required budget cuts, please click on the following link: