The money will pay for more computers and other technology, personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, free school meal deliveries, and more.

These funding levels will not decrease, even if fall 2019 enrollment is lower than it was in fall 2018.

Spurred in part by what it says is the largest single-year increase in diverse learner spending and increases in nurse, social worker and case manager staffing levels, Chicago Public Schools announced it is increasing schools’ budgets by more than $125 million. After protests and a court-ordered freeze on the school closure, Chicago ultimately withdrew the plan. This underspend is largely driven by grant and school-based contingencies. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. The increase is due to a 1.9% increase in the Education Fund property tax levy (which is the maximum increase under the tax cap), taxing new property, property value growth, $67 million from the Chicago Transit TIF district for the Red-Purple Modernization project and $47.6 million in revenue growth in the property tax levy dedicated to funding the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund; CPS is budgeting for a total of 38,037.4 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions in FY2020. Contact Matt Masterson: @ByMattMasterson | [email protected] | (773) 509-5431. This account type includes three categories of spending. Most notably, CPS has established a $31 million Equity Grant program to support 219 schools that have low or declining enrollment. To address candidate shortage and establish a stable pipeline of qualified candidates, the district is also investing $400,000 in FY2020 to support ongoing clinical staff recruitment pipeline programs and efforts. commends the Board for livestreaming Board of Education meetings. As of June 30, 2019, the Board of Education has approximately $8.4 billion of outstanding long-term debt and $450 million of outstanding short-term debt. By prioritizing investments that advance equity and support our most vulnerable students, we are working during this most challenging time to help our schools protect the considerable progress they have made.”. CPS’ lack of transparency offsets some of the positive aspects of the District’s budget because the public cannot determine why decisions are made based on publicly available information. The District has begun providing operating revenue and expenditure updates to the Board of Education at the Finance and Audit Committee.

It is critically important to afford our principals the time to thoughtfully plan for the next school year, and we are proud that we were able to provide FY2020 school budgets to principals in March 2019 — the earliest budget release in recent memory. The district, which agreed to beef up the ranks of key support staff as part of contract negotiations with its teachers union, is staffing a record number of school nurses, social workers, and special education case managers.

For details on the FY2020 amended budget, please follow this link. For the second consecutive year, school-level funding is based on each school’s 20th-day enrollment from SY2018–19. AP Seminar and AP Research assessments go beyond exams to include academic papers, multimedia presentations, and defense of findings in order to prepare students for college and career success through the development of critical thinking, academic research, collaboration, presentation, and time management skills. Personal Property Replacement Tax (PPRT) revenues are projected to come in $26 million above budget due to higher than expected statewide receipts of corporate income. a $64 million increase over the previous fiscal year.

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The district has committed to expanding staffing levels for key support roles over the next five years, and the FY2020 budget allocates $10 million to augment staffing levels for additional nurses, social workers, and case managers. CPS said the school budgets released Tuesday will not be decreased if a given school’s enrollment declines.

It urged the district to invest in digital access and support for the families of essential workers and support staff. CPS staff, families, and community members are invited to attend this virtual public hearing discussing the district's proposed 2021 fiscal year budget. As part of these efforts, CPS created the Supportive Schools Certification to recognize schools have prioritized supportive school environments. Office of Budget and Management. Approximately $477 million of the contribution will be covered by the dedicated property tax levy for teachers’ pensions; and.

Victor Iturralde, principal of Solorio Academy High School in Gage Park, said his school will receive a $100,000 equity grant, which he said will provide “much needed stability” at the school.