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Directions: Listed below are some actions that school districts have taken to comply with the state revenue caps during the past school year. If your district took no action in 2003-2004, 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." The figures shown are the percent of districts.
| Program or service area | No action |
(1) Very neg |
(2) Neg |
(3) No diff |
(4) Pos |
(5) Very pos |
(6) DK |
| 1. Delayed building maintenance or improvement projects | 26.8 |
16.0 |
63.9 |
18.3 |
1.4 |
.5 |
- |
| 2. Spent less for maintenance of buildings and grounds | 23.1 |
14.8 |
66.5 |
18.3 |
.4 |
- |
- |
| 3. Spent less for improvements of buildings and grounds | 21.1 |
15.3 |
65.7 |
18.6 |
- |
- |
.4 |
| 4. Delayed/reduced purchase of curricular materials | 26.4 |
14.5 |
51.8 |
32.7 |
.9 |
- |
- |
| 5. Reduced purchase of consumable supplies, such as paper | 27.4 |
7.4 |
46.1 |
46.1 |
.5 |
- |
- |
| 6. Delayed/reduced purchase of computers, other technology | 27.7 |
26.1 |
53.0 |
19.2 |
.9 |
.9 |
- |
| 7. Offered fewer staff development opportunities for teachers | 26.8 |
14.2 |
49.3 |
34.7 |
1.4 |
- |
.5 |
| 8. Laid off teachers | 30.8 |
34.8 |
35.7 |
29.5 |
- |
- |
- |
| 9. Laid off teacher aides or other support staff | 31.1 |
28.2 |
42.7 |
29.1 |
- |
- |
- |
| 10. Laid off administrators/ supervisors | 45.2 |
20.7 |
30.5 |
48.8 |
- |
- |
- |
| 11. Reduced counseling or similar services | 46.8 |
18.2 |
26.4 |
55.3 |
- |
- |
- |
| 12. Delayed hiring of new staff | 36.1 |
10.5 |
49.7 |
38.7 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
| 13. Reduced extracurricular programs | 49.2 |
7.2 |
37.5 |
54.6 |
.7 |
- |
- |
| 14. Reduced programs for students who are at risk | 51.2 |
9.6 |
28.1 |
61.6 |
.7 |
- |
- |
| 15. Reduced programs for gifted and talented students | 45.5 |
17.2 |
36.8 |
45.4 |
.6 |
- |
- |
| 16. Offered fewer courses | 40.5 |
14.6 |
42.1 |
43.3 |
- |
- |
- |
| 17. Reduced transportation services for students | 47.8 |
7.7 |
27.6 |
64.7 |
- |
- |
- |
| 18. Reduced summer school programs | 54.2 |
5.8 |
21.2 |
71.5 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
| 19. Offered fewer field trips for students | 36.1 |
9.9 |
51.3 |
38.7 |
- |
- |
- |
| 20. Increased class sizes | 34.2 |
19.3 |
50.5 |
28.7 |
1.0 |
- |
.5 |
| 21. Increased teacher workload | 32.1 |
12.8 |
52.2 |
33.5 |
1.0 |
- |
.5 |
| 22. Increased administrator workload | 21.4 |
26.4 |
54.5 |
18.7 |
- |
.4 |
- |
| 23. Increased student fees | 26.8 |
17.8 |
52.5 |
26.5 |
2.7 |
.5 |
- |
| 24. Used fund balance to support budget | 36.5 |
31.1 |
33.2 |
35.3 |
.5 |
- |
- |
| 25. Reduced number of academic courses offered to students | 48.2 |
11.6 |
32.9 |
54.8 |
.6 |
- |
- |
| 26. Reduced courses in art, music, theater, vocational, etc. | 47.5 |
11.5 |
29.3 |
58.0 |
- |
- |
1.3 |
| 27. Did not replace departing staff | 27.8 |
20.8 |
46.8 |
30.1 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
28. Did your district experience a budget shortfall this
past year?
No=63% Yes=37%
If yes, what was the amount of the shortfall? Mean=$444,000, Median=$200,000
What percent of your operating budget was the shortfall? Mean=3.3%, Median=2.1%
29. Are there cases over the past 2-3 years in which your district maintained course offerings, but due to budget constraints, was forced to offer fewer sections? For example, if your district reduced the number of sections in Algebra 2 because of budget considerations, you would check the space to left of Mathematics. Do not include sections that were eliminated because of reduced enrollment or a decline in student interest.
30. Due to budget constraints, has your district eliminated any course offerings over the past 2-3 years in any of the subject matter areas listed below? For example, if your district eliminated Advanced Writing because of budget reasons (not because of a lack of student interest), you would check "Yes" for English/Language Arts and then write the name of the course (or courses) in the space that follows.
31. During the past 2-3 years has your district added any new course offerings? Yes=52%, No=48%
Approximately one-half of districts added courses over the past two or three years. The majority of these courses (58%) were in the core subject areas of English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, as well as in those involving computers. Furthermore, 25% of the new classes were labeled Advanced Placement.
32. Over the past 2-3 years has your district's enrollment increased, decreased, or stayed about the same? 21.5% increased 53.9% decreased 24.6% stayed about the same
33. Does your district's census project decreasing, increasing, or about the same enrollment over the next 2-3 years?
34. What is the name of your district? (For accounting purposed only; information specific to any district will not be reported.) District name: __________________________________________
Posted December 17, 2004