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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-ATM 2018 Salaries and Wages Salaries and wages make up 84% of the FY2019 request. The increase of 5.51% over FY 2018 is attribut- ed to salary increases for existing staff and the addition of 26.35 full-time equivalent(FTE) employees. The FY2019 budget includes funding for anticipated bargaining unit increases as well as increases for non-union positions. This covers both step increases and cost of living adjustments (COLA). The current status of collective bargaining agreements and corresponding expiration dates can be found in the Brown Book on page Ill-11. The salaries for the additional 26.35 FTEs are expected to have a total cost of$1,906,112. In addition, to cover health insurance, Medicare, and workers' compensation for the new positions, $443,025 has been added to the Shared Expenses portion of the operating budget,which is outside of the LPS budget. The additional 26.35 FTE positions address the needs associated with the projected K-12 enrollment in- crease of 152 students, an increase of 2.12%. Expenses Expenses make up 16% of the FY2019 request. This 10.95% increase over FY 2018 is driven mostly by increases in out-of-district tuition and special education transportation, which account for 91% of the in- crease. Line Program FY2017 FY2018 FY2018 FY2019 Change % # Actual Budget Budget Request Change (approved by (adj) ATM) 41 Tuition $5,027,778 $5,820,047 $5,820,047 $7,037,180 $1,217,133 20.91% (out-of-district) 42 Transportation: $1,636,793 $1,728,591 $1,728,591 $2,064,920 $336,329 19.46% Special Education (Source: Gray Book, January 29, 2018, Expenses,p. 4) School Enrollment The student population that the district serves includes the following categories: • PreK In-district (including special education and tuition paying general education stu- dents); • K-12 In-district general education and special education(including METCO); • PreK-22 Out-of-district placement. This table shows the breakdown of the student population as of October 1, 2017. Total In-District enrollment includes: Total In- METCO Out-of-District Spe- District En- In-District Spe- METCO SPED En- cial Education En- rollment cial Education Enrollment rollment rollment Pre-K 71 27 0 0 1 K-5 3150 366 109 14 11 6-8 1813 246 56 19 17 9-12 2212 231 54 14 74 Total 7246 870 219 47 103 10