Missouri Budget Issues

I'm just reposting this here so it's easier to share, the original is from a letter sent out to quite a few school employees.

Summary of Data on Funding Cuts per DESE’s Simulations
Three Options
1. Reduce all state payment to districts by $65 per WADA
2. Reduce all state payment to districts by 2% of formula
3. Reduce phase-in percentages according to appropriation
Summary of how these three options would affect
current hold harmless districts

Current 152 hold harmless districts (removed outliers Special School District of St. Louis and Voluntary Inter-district Choice Corp)

• 09 Avg. Per Pupil Expenditure = $11,969
• 09 Avg. Per Pupil State formula payment = $3,420
• 09 Total Payments to hold harmless districts = $910,059,615
• 09 WADA for hold harmless districts = 266,093

Option 1 = $65 reduction per WADA
Option 2 = Avg. reduction of $68 per WADA
Range from $10 reduction (Clayton) - $145 reduction (Gorin)
Option 3 = $0 reduction per WADA

Summary of how these three options would affect
current non-hold harmless districts

Current 372 non-hold harmless districts

• 09 Avg. Per Pupil Expenditure = $8,364
• 09 Per Pupil State formula payment = $2,964
• 09 Total payments to non-hold harmless districts = $1,926,679,364
• 09 WADA for non-hold harmless districts = 649,830

Option 1 = $65 reduction per WADA
Option 2 = Avg. of $62 per WADA
Range from $20 reduction (Webster Grove) - $106 reduction
(Riverview Gardens)
Option 3 = Avg. $92 per WADA
Range from increase of $41 (Hayti) - $232 reduction (Blair Oaks)

Option 3 Additional Concern – Approximately 407,000 students in 282 districts take a smaller decrease and have an average per pupil expenditure $10,810 while approximately 505,000 students in 242 districts take increased reductions and have an average per pupil expenditure of $8,296.