Agenda Item
b. FY2025 General Fund Budget Amendment #1 (Not to exceed $42,683,136.97)
Summary: Presented by: Mr. Byron Schueneman, Chief Financial Officer, Division of Finance
Request: It is requested that the Board of Education approve a budget amendment, increasing the FY2025 general fund budget by $42,683,136.97.
Why: FY2024 wrapped up and added more than $100M to the fund balance. In accordance with policy DCL, it is requested that a portion of these funds to be allocated to address needs in FY2025.
Details: It is requested that the board of education approve a budget amendment, increasing the FY2025 general fund budget by $42,683,136.97, this is comprised of:
$6,183,136.97 for various items detailed by the Division of Student Services and summarized below:
Pre-K3-Early Learning - $60,000
Exceptinal Education - $3,940,000
Gifted Instructinal Resources - $1,000,000
Gifted Assessments - $1,000,000
English Learners - $183,136.97
$15,000,000 to the district wide contingency to fund potential unforeseen and non-budgeted expenses, and
$21,500,000 as a transfer out of fund 100 and into 300, the districts generally funded capital improvement fund. This transfer is comprised of:
$15,000,000 to provide additional cash flow for capital related projects identified in the attached document “Fund 300 Project List,” and a
$6,500,000 as a transfer out to fund 300 to provide cash flow for the purchase of buildings and/or land. (In FY24 DCSD received $6,147,132.00 from GaDOE as a Maintenance of Equity Payment. These funds have not been spent are currently sitting in our fund balance.)
Financial impact: An increase to the general fund budgeted expenditures by $42,683,136.97, and an increase in revenue to the generally funded capital project fund by $21,500,000. For a breakdown of charge codes and amounts ~ refer to attached document FY25 Budget Amendment #1.
Contact: Mr. Byron Schueneman, Chief Financial Officer, Division of Finance
Effective: November 12, 2024
Status: Attorney Approval Not Required
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Division of Student Services – SY24 Budget Amendment Requests for SY25
9/20/24
Department Budget Proposed Vendor(s) Synopsis Charge Code
Request
Pre-K3 -
Early Learning
45,000 Kaplan The purchased instructional resources will 100.2300.561000.00011.8740.999
Really Good Stuff support various content areas ranging from 0.8010.094.0000
Frog Street Literacy, Math, Social Studies, STEAM, and SEL.
Lakeshore The additional resources will be used to expand
Beckers the implementation, impact, and instructional
School Specialty deliverables for the (10)
Montessori Services Pre-K3 classes. Purchased resources will be based
Alison’s Trading on the individual needs of teachers within their
classroom settings.
12,000 Kaplan Summer Bridge instructional resources will be 100.2300.561000.00011.8740.999
Really Good Stuff purchased for no more than (150) Pre-K3 students 0.8010.094.0000
Frog Street at the (10) expansion sites to utilize over the
Lakeshore summer months to accelerate, remediate, and/or
Beckers sustain their academic growth that occurred
School Specialty during the school year.
3,000 School Mint The lottery base platform will be utilized to 100.2300.561000.00011.8740.999
support all potential Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 0.8010.094.0000
applicants for the upcoming school year. The
upcoming lottery is slated to begin on a date that’s
still (TBD) in February 2025
Total: $60,000
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Exceptional
Education
158,000 Purchased Professional Technical Services for 100-1000-530000-00011-7340-
Tuition/Educational Services 2021-8010-094-0000
70,000 Local and Professional Travel for employees - 100-1000-558000-00011-7340-
DEE has over 70 itinerant staff who provide 2021-8010-094-0000
services to students with disabilities at various
locations and submit travel claims on a monthly
basis
400,000 Communication - Web-based licenses and 100-1000-553200-00011-7340-
subscriptions for instruction - News2You, Unique, 2021-8010-094-0000
Ascend Math, Lexia, Symphony Math, Teach
Town, Lesson Pix
40,000 Expendable computer equipment for staff - The 100-2300-561600-00011-7340-
new staff, slps, OT and PT require laptops 9990-8010-094-0000
20,000 Supplies for staff training 100-2213-561000-00011-7340-
9990-8010-094-0000
6,000 Books Other than Textbooks - Crisis Prevention 100-2213-564200-00011-7340-
Institute (CPI) books for staff training; CEIS 2061-8010-094-0000
books for staff training
5,000 Supplies for administrators - administrators 100-2300-561000-00011-7340-
supporting students with disabilities require office 2061-8010-094-0000
supplies
30,000 Supplies for pupil services e.g. Protocols to 100-2100-561000-00011-7340-
evaluate and assess students with disabilities - 2021-8010-094-0000
CALS booklets for the ID Program, Riverside
Insights, Pearson for Speech, and OT
25,000 Expendable computer equipment for students 100-1000-561600-00011-7340-
with disabilities - students require specialized 2021-8010-094-0000
computer equipment i.e. Larger screens
50,000 Expendable equipment for students - students 100-1000-561500-00011-7340-
with disabilities require specialized equipment to 2021-8010-094-0000
access the curriculum e.g. Hearing aids, adaptable
furniture
3,000 Supplies - Technology Related for students -e.g. 100-1000-561100-00011-7340-
Chargers, stylus 2021-8010-094-0000
100,000 Materials and supplies to support instruction for 100-1000-561000-00011-7340-
the students with disabilities in the different 2021-8010-094-0000
programs - ID, IYP, Speech students
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20,000 Dues/Fees/Registration for staff training 100-2213-581000-00011-7340-
2021-8010-094-0000
8,000 Land and building rental - Rental of facilities to 100.2213.544100.00011.7340.206
provide training for special education teachers 0-3 1.8010.094.0000
years
5,000 Equipment for administrators who support 100.2300.561500.00011.7340.202
students with disabilities 1.8010.094.0000
1,500,000 Contracted Services Speech 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
2021-8010-094-0000
450,000 Contracted Services Nursing 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
2021-8010-094-0000
500,000 Contracted Services Behavior 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
2021-8010-094-0000
275,000 Contracted Services Translation 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
2021-8010-094-0000
100,000 Contracted Services Interpretation 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
2021-8010-094-0000
150,000 Contracted Services Independent Educational Evaluations (iees) as 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
required by IDEA 2021-8010-094-0000
25,000 Contracted Services Jill Stewart-Independent psychologist providing 100-2100-530000-00011-7340-
evaluations for Incarcerated Youth as needed 2021-8010-094-0000
Total: 3,940,000
Gifted Education (Instructional
Resources)
490,000 Newsela – online Online licenses to assist gifted-identified students 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
resource to further develop their critical thinking, and 0.8010.094.0000
analytical skills, as well as the ability to read and
understand complex texts.
500,000 Routledge Taylor and The purchased instructional resources will expand 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
Francis Group the impact of gifted instruction at every school to 0.8010.094.0000
support gifted-identified students in various
The Critical Thinking content areas ranging from Literacy, Math, Social
Company Studies, STEM/STEAM, and SEL.
Savvas
Wordly Wise
Scholastic
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PBL Project
Beyond the Resource
Strawbees
Ouisei
10,000 Blickart Materials Additional fluid materials and supplies needs for 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
Gifted Education resources 0.8010.094.0000
The edmat Company
Total: $1,000,000
(Instructional
Resources)
Gifted Education Assessments
$240,000.00 Riverside Insights Riverside Insights will provide student licenses 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
for its online platform access to administer the 0.8010.094.0000
ITBS and/or cogat to students in the achievement
and mental ability domains in the gifted
identification process.
$335,000.00 Scholastic Testing Scholastic Testing Services will provide the 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
Services consumable student booklets for use and will 0.8010.094.0000
score them after each administration window for
students being assessed in the creativity domain
in the gifted identification process.
312,500.00 Pearson Pearson will provide student licenses for its 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
online platform access to administer the Naglieri 0.8010.094.0000
to students in the mental ability domain in the
gifted identification process.
45,000.00 Hawthorne Educational Hawthorne Educational Services will provide the 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
Services consumable student profiles and rating forms for 0.8010.094.0000
students being assessed for gifted in the
motivation domain in the gifted identification
process.
$67,500 All Above Potential need for additional assessments 100.1000.561000.34411.8740.999
purchase based on fluid number of students to be 0.8010.094.0000
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identified as eligible for gifted assessments in
SY25
Total: $1,000,000
English Learners Program
Evaluation
and Master
Planning
RFP
$183,136.97 RMC Research RFP 24-589 for the English Learners Program 100.2300.530000.00011.8740.99
Corpora on Evalua on and Master Planning – approved by 90.8010.094.0000
BOE on 8/12/24
Overall Total: $6,183,136.97
Revised 9/30/24