A Decade of Revenue Controls

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A Decade of Revenue Controls: The Effects of Revenue Controls on the Programs and Services Offered by Wisconsin's Public Schools, 2002-03 School

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Questionaire Results

Directions: Listed below are some actions that school districts have taken to comply with the state revenue caps during the past school year. For each, circle one of the choices available. If your district took no action in 2001-2002, circle “No Action.” If your district took action, circle the number which best describes the effects: (1) “Very Negative,” (2) “Negative,” (3) “No Difference,” (4) “Positive,” or (5) “Very Positive.” If you don’t know the effects, circle (6) for “Don’t Know.” Please answer all questions on this survey.

Program or service area	% taking action	Very neg	Neg	No diff	Pos	Very pos	DK
1. Delayed building maintenance or improvement projects	78%	20%	67%	12%	-%	1%	1%
2. Spent less for maintenance of buildings and grounds	83	19	68	11	-	1	1
3. Spent less for improvements of buildings and grounds	84	22	64	12	1	1	1
4. Delayed/reduced purchase of curricular materials	77	22	64	12	1	1	1
5. Reduced purchase of consumable supplies, such as paper	75	12	46	41	-	1	-
6. Delayed/reduced purchase of computers, other technology	80	32	48	18	1	1	-
7. Offered fewer staff development opportunities for teachers	74	24	45	30	-	-	-
8. Laid off teachers	69	45	28	25	-	1	-
9. Laid off teacher aides or other support staff	71	36	43	20	-	1	1
10. Laid off administrators/ supervisors	56	23	32	43	1	-	2
11. Reduced counseling or similar services	53	20	24	54	-	1	1
12. Delayed hiring of new staff	65	21	49	29	-	-	-
13. Reduced extracurricular programs	55	16	31	52	-	-	1
14. Reduced programs for students who are at risk	51	13	31	55	-	-	1
15. Reduced programs for gifted and talented students	60	23	38	38	1	-	1
16. Offered fewer courses	57	18	37	43	1	-	1
17. Reduced transportation services for students	56	10	26	60	2	1	1
18. Reduced summer school programs	49	7	23	66	1	1	2
19. Offered fewer field trips for students	61	13	45	39	1	-	2
20. Increased class sizes	68	27	48	23	1	-	-
21. Increased teacher workload	70	20	51	28	-	-	-
22. Increased administrator workload	78	30	52	18	-	-	-
23. Increased student fees	75	25	39	32	4	1	-
24. Used fund balance to support budget	69	31	40	27	-	1	-
25. Reduced number of academic courses offered to students	52	12	34	51	1	1	2
26. Reduced courses in art, music, theater, vocational, etc.	54	15	32	51	-	1	1
27. Did not replace departing staff	79	26	44	27	1	2	-

28. Does your district's census predict decreasing, increasing, or about the same enrollment over the next 4-5 years?

20% Increase – If an increase, estimate the percentage increase: Mean = 5%, Median = 4%
47% Decrease – If a decrease, estimate the percentage decrease: Mean = 8%, Median = 5%
30% About the same
2% Not sure

29. What has been the effect of the revenue controls on your district's capacity to hire and retain top quality administrators, education support staff, teachers, and guidance counselors/social workers/psychologists? Write the appropriate number in the blank spaces. Use choices below:

1 = Very negative 2 = Negative 3 = No difference 4 = Positive 5 = Very positive

	Negative	No difference	Positive
Hiring administrators	7%	62%	1%
Hiring education support staff	30%	70%	1%
Hiring teachers	51%	48%	1%
Hiring guidance counselors/social workers/ pyschologists	35%	64%	1%
Retaining administrators	38%	61%	1%
Retaining education support staff	32%	67%	2%
Retaining teachers	46%	52%	2%
Retaining guidance counselors/social workers/pyschologists	33%	65%	2%

30. How adequate are your district's funds for meeting the following needs?

Meeting all the requirements of the 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including testing.

Very adequate = 3%
Somewhat adequate = 26%
Not too adequate = 43%
Not adequate at all = 27%

Training/preparing staff for implementation of PI 34, including mentoring, released time, and training of professional development teams, etc.

Very adequate = 3%
Somewhat adequate = 16%
Not too adequate = 36%
Not adequate at all = 44%

Implementing effective use of technology.

Very adequate = 3%
Somewhat adequate = 33%
Not too adequate = 43%
Not adequate at all = 21%

Meeting the needs of both regular and special education students.

Very adequate = 3%
Somewhat adequate = 30%
Not too adequate = 37%
Not adequate at all = 30%

31. The Governor has appointed a Task Force on Educational Excellence that is charged with examining Wisconsin’s system of financing education by investigating several factors, including, but not limited to: attracting and retaining quality staff, supporting special education, investing in early education, providing the appropriate level of funding and the right mix of funding sources, and ensuring equal opportunity for all children.

If you could make one or two recommendations to the members of this task force, what would be they be? (Note: all responses will be anonymous) Read written comments

32. What have been the long-term effects of the revenue caps on your district’s programs and services?

Very negative = 22%
Negative = 66%
Neutral = 11%
Positive = .3%
Very Positive = 0%
Don’t Know = .3%

33. What is the name of your district? (For accounting purposes only. No information specific to any district will be reported)

District name = ____________________________