Superintendent's Proposed FY 2019 Operating Budget

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Superintendent’s Proposed
FY 2019 Operating Budget
Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042 • www.hcpss.org
Howard County Public School System
Superintendent’s Proposed
FY 2019 Operating Budget
Interim Superintendent
Michael J. Martirano, Ed.D.
Board of Education
Elected Officials
Cynthia L. Vaillancourt, Chairman
Mavis Ellis, Vice Chairman
Bess Altwerger, Ed.D.
Kirsten Coombs
Christina Delmont-Small
Sandra H. French
Ananta Hejeebu
Student Member
Anna Selbrede
January 2018
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Howard County Public School System
Superintendent’s Proposed
FY 2019 Operating Budget
Prepared By:
The Department of Business and Technology
10910 Clarksville Pike
Ellicott City, Maryland 21042
[phone]
Rafiu O. Ighile, CPA, CGMA, MBA
Chief Business and Technology Officer
Sandra Austin
Budget Manager
S. Rizwan Ahmed
Anne Keyes
Budget Analysts
Catherine P. Bejm
Special Projects Assistant
This is a publication of the
Howard County Public School System
An electronic copy of the budget can be
found on the school system’s website at
www.hcpss.org
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FY 2019 Operating Budget
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Table of Contents
Introductory Section
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2
Superintendent’s Message ............................................................................................................. 3
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 5
HCPSS At A Glance.................................................................................................................... 6
Academic Achievements .......................................................................................................... 8
System Accomplishments......................................................................................................... 9
Board of Education Members . ............................................................................................... 12
Executive Leadership Team 2017–2018 ................................................................................. 13
HCPSS Strategic Call to Action ................................................................................................ 14
Factors Influencing the Budget .............................................................................................. 15
All Funds ................................................................................................................................. 16
All Funds – Descriptions ......................................................................................................... 17
Operating Revenue ................................................................................................................. 18
Operating Expenditures ......................................................................................................... 19
Where Does Your Dollar Go? .................................................................................................. 21
Summary of All Funds – Revenue ........................................................................................... 22
Summary of All Funds – Expenditures ................................................................................... 24
Fund Balance – All Funds ....................................................................................................... 25
Budget Forecast – All Funds ................................................................................................... 26
FY 2019 Operating Budget Changes ....................................................................................... 27
FY 2019 New Positions ........................................................................................................... 28
Summary of Staffing Resources .............................................................................................. 29
Investments in Quality Teachers ............................................................................................ 30
Enrollment .............................................................................................................................. 31
Student Populations ............................................................................................................... 32
Capital Budget Schedule – FY 2019 ........................................................................................ 33
Operating Budget Schedule – FY 2019 ................................................................................... 34

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FY 2019 Operating Budget
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Organizational Section
Organizational Chart .................................................................................................................... 36
HCPSS School Directory ................................................................................................................ 37
Systemwide Map of Schools ......................................................................................................... 39
Elementary Schools Map .............................................................................................................. 40
Middle Schools Map ..................................................................................................................... 41
High Schools Map ......................................................................................................................... 42
HCPSS Vision, Mission, Commitments, and Desired Outcomes ................................................... 43
Budget and Financial Management .............................................................................................. 45
Budget Process ............................................................................................................................. 49
Financial Section
Financial Section Index ................................................................................................................. 54
Summary of All Funds – Fund Balance ......................................................................................... 58
Summary of All Funds – Revenue and Expenditures .................................................................... 59
Summary of All Funds – Budget Forecast ..................................................................................... 60
Revenue Summary – General Fund (Operating Budget)............................................................... 61
Revenue Sources .......................................................................................................................... 62
Expenditure Summary By Category – General Fund (Operating Budget) ..................................... 64
State Budget Categories ............................................................................................................... 65
Fund Balance – General Fund ....................................................................................................... 67
Capital Budget – School Construction Fund ................................................................................. 68
Capital Budget Revenue Sources .................................................................................................. 69
FY 2019 Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program ........................................................ 70
Capital Budget – Requested vs. Approved .................................................................................... 71
Summary of Executive Programs .................................................................................................. 73
Summary of Business and Technology Programs ......................................................................... 91
Summary of Human Resources and Leadership Development Programs .................................. 121
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Summary of School Management and Instructional Leadership Programs ............................... 153
Summary of Academics – School Improvement and Curricular Programs ................................. 187
Summary of Academics – Special Education Programs .............................................................. 333
Summary of Academics – Student Services Programs ............................................................... 375
Summary of Communications, Community, and Workforce Engagement Programs ................. 411
Summary of Operations Programs ............................................................................................. 433
Summary of Other Funds ........................................................................................................... 509
Informational Section
Informational Section Index ....................................................................................................... 552
Program Expenditures – Detail by Category ............................................................................... 553
Materials of Instruction Allocation ............................................................................................. 566
Transportation Details by Division .............................................................................................. 570
Allocation of Staffing .................................................................................................................. 572
Summary of All Positions ............................................................................................................ 573
Schedule of New Positions – General Fund ................................................................................ 605
FY 2018 Position Adjustments .................................................................................................... 606
Salary Scale – 10-Month Teacher ............................................................................................... 608
Salary Scale – 11-Month Teacher ............................................................................................... 609
Enrollment by School. ................................................................................................................. 610
Free and Reduced-Price Lunches................................................................................................ 612
Graduation and Dropout Rates................................................................................................... 613
Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... 614
Acronyms/Initialisms .................................................................................................................. 622
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Superintendent’s Proposed
FY 2019 Operating Budget
Introductory
Section
January 2018
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FY 2019
Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget Howard County Public School System

Introduction
The Howard County Public School System’s (HCPSS) budget book presents the funding to efficiently
and effectively implement programs in the school system for FY 2019. The FY 2019 Operating Budget
begins July 1, 2018, and ends June 30, 2019. It corresponds to the 2018–2019 school calendar year.
The school system budget is proposed by the Superintendent of Schools and reviewed by the Board of
Education. The Board’s budget request is submitted to the County Executive. The County Executive
makes recommendations and forwards the budget to the County Council. The County Council can
accept the County Executive’s recommendations, make additional reductions, or restore funds cut
from the school system budget by the County Executive.
The Introductory Section provides an introduction to the HCPSS FY 2019 Superintendent’s Proposed
Operating Budget followed by the Superintendent’s message which provides an explanation of budget
issues. The Executive Summary follows and provides a high level overview of the budget process and
the FY 2019 Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget, including Board of Education and school
system information; revenue and expenditure overview; budget highlights and analysis including
enrollment and staffing data; and information on the budget process with details on how county
residents can participate in the development, review, and approval of the school system’s budget.
The Organizational Section presents the vision and mission of the school system’s strategic plan as
well as other system information.
The Financial Section includes operating budget revenue and expense summaries; and presents
program budgets grouped by division and budgets for all other Board funds. Also included in this
section is summary information on the school system’s Capital Budget.
The Informational Section includes program expenditures by state budget category, new positions,
staffing analysis, teacher salary scales, enrollment by schools, summary information for the
transportation category, Materials of Instruction Allocation, Free and Reduced-Price Lunches,
graduation and dropout rates, a glossary, and acronyms/initialisms.
Introductory 22 Introduction
FY 2019
Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget Howard County Public School System

A Message from the Superintendent
The proposed FY 2019 operating budget is guided by our Strategic Call to Action:
Learning and Leading with Equity. The budget sets forth a roadmap for educating,
nurturing and providing the best start in life for our more than 56,000 children,
and for taking care of the staff members who are entrusted with our students’
care.
The proposed budget is grounded in the fiscal reality of the need to address
structural budget issues that have gone unaddressed for several years. Instead of
setting the stage for a debate about revenue forecasts or forcing our government
partners to choose between education and other critical priorities, the budget
represents our conscious effort to be collaborative and our acknowledgment
that we need a sustainable budget plan at the start of this process. We cannot
implement new programs, introduce new initiatives, or resolve structural issues
overnight. Our careful and incremental approach puts in place four-year plans
to address the shortage of nurses, social workers, and other student supports
while advancing a plan to address the structural deficit in the Health Fund. This
measured approach allows us to continue expanding innovative educational opportunities for all students
while steadily progressing toward long-term fiscal sustainability.
The budget proposal for FY 2019 totals $850.7 million and represents an increase of $31.6 million, or 3.9
percent. The request for funding from the county totals $594.5 million, which represents an increase of $10.2
million for Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and $11.4 million for one-time costs. The budget incorporates $4.1
million in cost savings through a second, more comprehensive phase of reorganization and recalibration of
Central Office divisions to be more responsive, effective and efficient. The reorganization will be guided by our
goal to align operations more closely to system priorities while maximizing transparency and responsiveness.
Through this effort, we will reduce approximately 47 Central Office positions, streamline functions and advance
programmatic priorities to more directly support our students and staff.
The proposed budget includes innovative new learning options, including the JumpStart dual enrollment
initiative, career academies for Agriculture and HVAC, and a pilot middle school athletic program. Central
to this budget is our goal to expand equity in access to educational opportunities while maintaining the
low student-teacher ratios that allow individualized instruction. The budget includes resources and services
that are essential to achievement and well-being, but out of reach for many students and families, including
daily access to nutritious food, social services, and mental and physical health care. It provides a high quality
preschool program that is invaluable in promoting school readiness, especially for children who face poverty,
language barriers and other challenges. It also provides for highly skilled staff and specialized services for
students with developmental or intellectual disabilities, in alignment with our new special education strategic
plan.
Introductory 33 A Message from the Superintendent