Superintendents Report January 9, 2023 FY2024 RAMP

DeKalb County School District
  Superintendent’s Report
      January 9, 2023
         DeKalb County School District
       FY2024 School Resource Allocation
          Methodology Plan (RAMP)

Presented by:
Masana Mailliard
Interim Chief Financial Officer

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Community of Stakeholders
with Experts, Advisors, Public, Involved Society and Key Champions


                                               Experts, Advisors
                                               Student data, benchmarks,
                                               external reports

                                              Public, Involved Society
                                              State, Community, Advisory
                                              Groups


                                               Key Champions
                                               Board of Education and
                                               District Leaders, Staff and
                                               Parents
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FY24 School Allotment
Drivers



                   •   Student Data (academic achievement)
                   •   Community of Stakeholders
                   •   Vision and mission
                   •   Revenue assumptions


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Core Areas of Focus for FY24 RAMP from Stakeholders


                      Support for underperforming schools

                      School Safety

                      Building maintenance

                      Student and Teacher need

                      Equity and access to quality programs
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Some FY24 RAMP Enhancements:
      Basic Core Classes - Actual Teacher Need - formula uses October FTE
  1   Enrollment



                Horizon Schools – Added Mental Health Counselors, Teachers such as a Reading
        2       Specialist and Paraprofessionals


                         Increased support - Custodians, Social Workers,
                  3      Library Media Assistants, LTSEs, Registrars and Secretaries


                                   Included support for special programs, for example:
                            4      Gifted, EIP, Theme schools and Magnet



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                    RAMP Considerations
The Arts – Additional .50 for PE & Music for Small Schools to give them a fulltime
teacher
    Provide a fulltime special area teacher to support School-wide Professional Learning
    in small schools

Horizon School Support – 3 Options
Base Support
    1 Mental Health Counselor & 1 10-Month Secretary
•Option #1
    4 CSI Elementary School Paras
    1 CSI Middle & High School Reading Specialist
•Option #2
    4 CSI Elementary School Paras
    1 CSI Elementary Teacher
•Option #3
    4 CSI Elementary School Paras                                                          7
                    RAMP Considerations
Clerical Support
     12-Month Registrar for small Middle & High Schools (650 & under)
     All Middle and High Schools should have a 12-Month Registrar regardless of
     enrollment

Academic Enrichment
Gifted Support - Determined by the number of gifted students
     0-49 Students .50
     50-99 Students 1.00
     100-149 Students 1.50
     150 & above 2.00
EIP/REP Support - Determined by percentage of EIP at each school
     105 Additional Teachers

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                     RAMP Considerations
Support Staff
    1 School Psychologist per school (itinerant)
    1 Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) per school
    1 Lead Teacher Special Education(LTSE) per school (itinerant)
    1 Social Worker per school (itinerant)
    1 Library Media Assistant (LMA) per school (itinerant)
    Itinerant Positions are serving less students
Special Program Support
    1 Theme School Teacher
School Safety
    2 Police Officers per High School
    3 Campus Supervisors per Middle School
    4 Campus Supervisors per High School
Custodians
    Added 66 Custodians
    FY23 714
    FY24 780                                                        9
                 RAMP Considerations
Major Supplemental School-based Support – Federal Funds

• Title I Part A – e. g. Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Academic Coaches
• Title I, School Improvement – e.g Teachers, Academic Coaches
• Title II A – Class Size Reduction Teachers
• ESSER III – American Rescue Plan (ARP) – MTSS




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                 RAMP – Next Steps

• Publish FY24 RAMP document - January
• Meet with Principals to share FY24 Allotments – February
• Adopt FY24 Budget – June 2023
• Formally submit FY24 RAMP to the Georgia Department of Education –
  July 1
• Monitor FY24 – October 2023 – Cycle FTE Reporting for district
  balancing and comparability adjustments



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