{"id":3675,"date":"2017-05-15T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T23:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2017-05-15T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T23:04:56","slug":"budget-update-borough-assembly-discussing-fy18-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/05\/15\/budget-update-borough-assembly-discussing-fy18-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Update: Borough Assembly discussing FY18 funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2015\/10\/KPBSD-logo-4c-no-tag-SMALL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2243\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2015\/10\/KPBSD-logo-4c-no-tag-SMALL-150x150.png\" alt=\"KPBSD logo 4c no tag SMALL\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Borough Assembly proposed and passed (5-4) an amendment that had the effect of reducing the amount of funding available to KPBSD for use in the classroom by $138,052. The State of Alaska has not yet determined funding for public education.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mayor Navarre proposed to increase the borough funding appropriation to KPBSD by $1.5 million in <a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/05\/Resolution-2017-035.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPB Resolution 2017-035<\/a>*\u00a0on May 2, 2017. This increase would have provided KPBSD the fiscal certainty to offer seven teaching contracts the morning of May 3, 2017.<br \/>\nHowever, also on May 2, 2017, a Borough Assembly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/05\/Schaefer-Amendment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amendment to Resolution 2017-35<\/a>\u00a0reduced Mayor Navarre\u2019s proposed education funding by $1,438,432. Because this reduction was designated solely in section <em>A. Local Effort Appropriation <\/em>(in contrast to in-kind funding categories), the net result is a further deficit to the KPBSD FY18 budget of $138,052.<br \/>\n<strong>The Borough Assembly will meet on <a href=\"https:\/\/kpb.legistar.com\/Calendar.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 16<\/a>, and June 6<\/strong>, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Borough Assembly Chambers. Borough residents have the opportunity to speak about education funding during public hearing on item M4, 2017-19, An Ordinance Appropriating Funds for Fiscal Year 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/kpb.legistar.com\/Calendar.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for the Assembly calendar, agenda, and documents.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>If you support funding education, please contact your Borough Assembly member today<\/strong>. This is your link to the Borough Assembly member contacts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpb.us\/assembly-clerk\/meet-the-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kpb.us\/assembly-clerk\/meet-the-assembly<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>As a result of the unanticipated Borough Assembly amendment action to the original funding resolution on May 2, 2017, offering contracts for the following positions was frozen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Four kindergarten teachers<\/strong>: Mountain View Elementary, Soldotna Montessori, Sterling Elementary, and Tustumena Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two first grade teachers<\/strong>: Nikiski North Star Elementary, Paul Banks Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>One middle school math teacher<\/strong>: Kenai Middle School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These positions reflect seven of the thirty unfilled and frozen teaching vacancies for the school year beginning in August.<br \/>\n<strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/05\/Resolution-2017-035.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) Resolution 2017-035<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2017\/05\/Schaefer-Amendment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amendment to Resolution 2017-035<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpb.legistar.com\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3029670&amp;GUID=3EF758E5-2992-4097-B55F-C320D1A45E6E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ordinance 2017-19<\/a> KPB: An Ordinance Appropriating Funds for Fiscal Year 2018 (Mayor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*Mayor Navarre\u2019s $1.5 million increase designated $1,303,380 for local effort, and $199,620 for in-kind funding categories, which is not available for unrestricted use.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Borough Assembly proposed and passed (5-4) an amendment that had the effect of reducing the amount of funding available to KPBSD for use in the classroom by $138,052. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/05\/15\/budget-update-borough-assembly-discussing-fy18-funding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Budget Update: Borough Assembly discussing FY18 funding&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kpbsd-district-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}