Breakdown of the Mayor's Proposed Cuts to Public Education
in his November Plan

Overall Cuts/Savings: $200 million out of a "target" of $397 million for FY' 03

Potential impact on children's services and instruction, either directly or indirectly
(*several reduced to actual FY' 02 spending level)

Fewer mentors for new teachers
$25 million
Reimbursable funds used for overhead
3 million
Reimbursable funds used for pensions
20 million
*After School Corp. tax levy reductions
0.5 million
*Reduction of summer school
20 million
District saving plans
42 million
District administration
16 million
*FIT funding
0.1 million
Elimination of summer camp program
3.4 million
(summer camp eliminated in FY' 04)
Total
$107.5 million

Re-estimates; better purchasing, reductions in administration, swap of capital funds for expense funds

Lower enrollment of charter school students
$16 million
More efficient purchasing
15 million
Reduction of vehicle fleet
0.5million
Replacement of Bd. of Ed. by Policy Panel
2 million
Fewer U Pre-K children (less tax levy)
1.5 million
Unidentified DOE savings
35 million
Central staff/OTPS reduction (sch. facilities)
8.5 million
Capital funding for Ed. Constr. Fund projects
9 million
Change in funding administration of pensions
4.6 million
Reduction in audio conferencing
0.4 million
Total
$92.5 million

 

  • "Unidentified DOE savings" was put under administrative cuts. If these "savings" affect program areas instead, then the proportion of administrative cuts drops to only a 28% share of the November Plan cuts to public schools.
  • If the City Council does not accept the Mayor's proposal for tax and other revenue increases or does not develop alternate proposals, then there will be additional cuts in the current city budget.
  • The City Council may choose to reverse cuts to some programs (such as the closing of firehouses and senior centers). To do so, they must find the additional revenue or make additional cuts to other programs and services.
  • The choices before the City Council as to the budget for education are: cutting deeper; reversing some or all of the cuts; or keeping to the same $200 million level of cuts, but changing where the cuts take place (for example, reversing the cuts to the districts, FIT, and the After School Corporation, but increasing cuts to audio conferencing and requiring savings in school bus transportation)

 

  • "Unidentified DOE savings" was put under administrative cuts. If these "savings" affect program areas instead, then the proportion of administrative cuts drops to only a 28% share of the November Plan cuts to public schools.
  • If the City Council does not accept the Mayor's proposal for tax and other revenue increases or does not develop alternate proposals, then there will be additional cuts in the current city budget.
  • The City Council may choose to reverse cuts to some programs (such as the closing of firehouses and senior centers). To do so, they must find the additional revenue or make additional cuts to other programs and services.
  • The choices before the City Council as to the budget for education are: cutting deeper; reversing some or all of the cuts; or keeping to the same $200 million level of cuts, but changing where the cuts take place (for example, reversing the cuts to the districts, FIT, and the After School Corporation, but increasing cuts to audio conferencing and requiring savings in school bus transportation)