- How much money do we get for each student in Special ed.
Vs Regular ed. Vs Bilingual ed. And do Gifted/Magnet kids get more money
than Regular ed.?
State Bilingual Education and Special Education funding both
state and federal is not distributed on a per pupil basis. Regular education
funding is computed by taking the average daily attendance times a foundation
level (for FY 02 the foundation is $4,560), less local available resources
(taxes) plus a poverty grant per low-income student. Gifted/Magnet children
are funded in the same fashion as regular education students.
- The handout indicates expenditures for Bilingual ed. But
does not address receipts for Bilingual ed. from state and federal sources.
How much of local revenues go to fund Bilingual ed.?
The question should be directed to the Local Board of Education.
The amount of local revenues used for Bilingual Education is not reported
on the Annual Financial Report for year ending June 30, 2000 submitted
by Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 to the Illinois State
Board of Education. The following was reported:
State Bilingual Education Funds
Transitional Program of Instruction (TPI)
Education Fund $25,522
Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE)
Education Fund $1,604,373
Federal Bilingual Education Funds
None reported
- How much does the Superintendent and Administration (Lincoln
Center, & Principals) account for in salaries?
The 2000-2001 Teacher Service Record submitted by Waukegan School
District reported the following:
| District Office |
|
Salary |
| Superintendent |
|
$135,907 |
| Assistant Superintendent |
|
$113,440 |
| Associate Superintendent |
|
$97,210 |
| Director |
|
$104,364 |
| Art Coordinator |
|
$62,961 |
| Special Ed. Coordinator |
|
$58,723 |
| Special Ed. Director |
|
$82,993 |
| |
| 9th Grade Center |
|
Salary |
| Supervisor |
|
$64,994 |
| Dean |
|
$60,397 |
| |
| Waukegan High School |
|
Salary |
| Principal |
|
$96,066 |
| Principal |
|
$105,730 |
| Assistant Principal |
|
$70,426 |
| Assistant Principal |
|
$77,055 |
| Dean |
|
$59,884 |
- Has the school Board or school administration met with our
city government to explore what the city is doing to address the overcrowding
issues affecting our schools?
Below is a summary of assistance Waukegan CUSD #60 has received
from the State for addressing overcrowding and aging school buildings.
Debt Service None
November 1998 - $12,310,370 A School Construction Program grant
awarded for the state share to assist in the construction of:
additions to five elementary schools
conversion of the district office
construction of the district office
construction of additions to five middle schools
an addition to the Waukegan High School
renovation of the freshman center
FY 2000 - $50,000 Matching School Maintenance Grant Program
(State Share)
FY 2001 - $100,000 Matching School Maintenance Grant Program
(State Share)
May 2001 School Construction Program Entitlement issued deeming
the district eligible to receive additional assistance.
$13,401,250 approved under Health/Life Safety approvals from
1995 to date
- Why must there be 6-10 squad cars at the High School when
it is dismissal time? Does the city charge the school district for these
services?
This question should be directed to Waukegan Community Unit #60
and the Waukegan police department.
- How is the general state aid for public schools calculated
for District 60? What does the district provide to the formula per pupil?
District 60 is a foundation district. This means that for FY
2002, the state guarantees $4,560 for each student in average daily
attendance. The $4,560 comes from both state and local resources. The
district provides the local resources which are calculated as a combination
of property taxes and Corporate Personal Property replacement Taxes
per student. The property tax amount assumes a tax rate of 3.00%. In
FY 2002, the local district share of the $4,560 is $1,968. That makes
the state share $2,592 per student. In addition the district receives
$675 for each low-income student as reported on the 1990 Census. In
FY 2002, the poverty grant amount is $1,024,650. Below are EAV and ADA
trends for Waukegan:
| 1997 EAV |
|
1998 EAV |
|
1999 EAV |
| 679,810,995 |
|
701,814,592 |
|
721,482,306 |
| |
| 98-99 ADA |
|
99-00 ADA |
|
00-01 ADA |
| 12,193.00 |
|
12,748.00 |
|
13,386.43 |
For FY 01 and FY 02, the General State Aid entitlement for Waukegan
District 60 was $30,566,911 and $35,698,050 respectively.
- How many Waukegan students attend Carmel H.S., St. Joseph's
or other private schools rather than attend W.H.S.?
ISBE does not track the home address of nonpublic students.
The following nonpublic schools are located within the boundary
of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60:
-Immaculate Conception
-Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
-Kings Academy
-Lake County Baptist School
-Lake Shore Catholic Academy
-Lake Shore Catholic Academy North
-St. Anastasia
-Busy Bee Children's Center
According to information submitted to the Illinois State Board
of education by nonpublic schools in Lake County the following is provided:
-St. Joseph (34-049-024X) is located within the boundary of Round Lake Area School District 116.
-St. Joseph (34-049-023X) is located within the boundary of Libertyville School District 70
-Carmel High School (34-049-069Y) is located within the boundary of Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120.
- Is there any possibility that fiscal mismanagement or perhaps
misappropriation of funds played a part in the current financial crisis?
In other words, are all the monies accounted for?
A review of the independent audit firm's compliance questionnaire
for year ending June 30, 2000 did not disclose any material noncompliance
with existing statute other than the timing of redemption of tax anticipation
warrants. This information is provided within the school district's
Annual Financial Report.
- The voters turned down the last school referendum
by a substantial margin. What plans are in place to adequately fund
education in Dist. 60 without running up a huge deficit if the voters
continue the reject school referenda? In other words, isn't it imperative
that the school Board come up with a 'plan B' and not hinge the viability
of the school district on a referendum?
This question should be directed to the Local Board of Education.
- Please break down the funding of District 60's Bilingual
education: %District, % State, % Federal.
The amount of state Bilingual Education monies distributed to
Waukegan District 60 for FY 01 was $2,064,767. There was no federal
Bilingual monies distributed and we do not have financial detail for
local contribution for this program.
- Illinois ranks 49th in state based expenditures for public
education. What legislation is being considered for property tax reform
that would compel the state to pay its fair share of funding schools?
The Education Funding Advisory Board is currently studying this
issue.
- Why didn't the School Board see this financial crisis years
ago and take steps to prevent this catastrophe?
This question should be directed to the Local board of Education.
- Waukegan has always had Merit Finalists? What has happened
in recent years?
No response possible from ISBE on this matter.
- Substantial cuts have been made to try to overcome a 9 10M-dollar
deficit. Could you give a list of these cuts, and answer what was cut
and by how much?
This question should be directed to the Local board of Education.
- Has the School Board met with our city government to see
if the city would be willing to help finance the schools?
This question should be directed to the Local board of Education.
- Is it true that Waukegan Public School District 60 cannot
fill all of its teacher slots with certified teachers but must fill
them with individuals that may not be certified?
ISBE suggest contacting the Lake County Regional Superintendent,
Mr. Ed Gonwa regarding this issue.
- I've seen data that suggests some school districts spend
less per pupil but still achieve good academic results. Is money the
ultimate answer to the problem of so many districts? If you had two
times as much money to spend, for example, would our test scores significantly
improve?
No. Some have drawn correlations between funding and academic
performance, but other can prove that a district can have high performance
and be very efficient.
- One of the problems in a failing school is a lower attendance
rate. Why is the Average Daily Attendance used to calculate the money
the state gives to schools when this would seem to penalize failing
schools?
The State-funding model is grounded on the principle of paying
for students that attend school. The state will reimburse for adequate
funding but not all probable costs, which will be funded by other state
and federal sources.
- Materials and supplies account for $5,330,735.00, but fess
and textbooks account for $750,000. Should we be raising fees and have
students pay for their own textbooks?
This question should be directed to the Local Board of education,
for your information, Waukegan School District 60's allotment for FY
01 for the Textbook Loan Program is $172,652 for grades 9-12.
- To The State Reps. Is there any way for the state to distribute
the monies to the school districts more equitably?
The Education Funding advisory Board is studying this issue.
- How much would we save by getting rid of busing?
A comprehensive fiscal impact on the district is unknown. The
amount of Regular/Vocational and Special Transportation funding for
District 60 in FY 01 from ISBE was $4,179,322. Total cost is on claim.
- Do we receive any impact aid from the Federal Government
for educating the children of people serving in the Navy who are training/working
at Great Lakes Navy Base but reside off-base here in Waukegan?
Waukegan C.U. School Dist. #60 has not been eligible for Impact
Aid after 1995. The last payment received by the district was in the
amount of $12,804.97, which was a close out from the FY 93 award was
sent out 9-30-98. They received a hold harmless payment in 1995 but
were classified as ineligible. This was a special payment due to a formula
change. They received 85% of the prior year. They have been ineligible
ever since the new requirement for eligibility was put in affect in
1997.
- Isn't it a case of lax Waukegan code enforcement, which
has resulted in overcrowded housing conditions, which in turn funneled
hundreds and hundreds of students into the Waukegan school system? That
is the root of the problem with Waukegan's schools student populations
skyrocketing.
This question should be directed to the Municipality.
- Why have you waited so long to bring this up? I've heard
that the schools have been adding deficit to deficit each year.
Waukegan Community Unit School District was placed on the Financial
Watch List in FY 88, continued on the Financial Watch in FY 89 and was
removed from the Financial Watch List in FY 90. The FY 2000 Waukegan
was once again placed on the Financial Watch List. Background information
on the Financial Watch List and the Financial Assurance and accountability
System can be found on the Illinois State Board of education web site
at http://www.isbe.state.il.us/sfms/.
- What can Waukegan do to stop the flight of its middle class
citizens, which further shrinks its tax base?
This is an urban dilemma throughout the state.
- How do we change the funding?
It is unclear as to which funding this question refers to. If
it is the school funding the Education Funding Advisory Board is looking
at numerous ways to address this issue.
- How about stopping Driver's Ed.?
Driver Education is required by statute (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2).
Waukegan School District 60 received reimbursement of $131,597 from
the State Board of education for FY 00.
- The programs in the district for academically gifted and
talented students don't get much press would making their test scores
more public garner some more support for the district, financial and
otherwise?
This is something for the local board to decide. However, for
your information, Waukegan School District received $155,437.70 in FY
01 for Gifted Education.
- I suspect that there are some households in Waukegan that
do not pay taxes but send children to our schools. Is this true? If
so, does anyone have an estimate of the numbers?
ISBE has no way to determine if this is true or not.
- Does District 60 intend to press our legislators for education
funding reform?
Direct this question to the local Board of Education.
- If other district can sufficiently cover their enrollment
fees, why isn't more state funding targeted to Waukegan schools? Why
don't other more well off districts help Waukegan out more?
In Illinois funding for school districts comes primarily from
local property tax and state aid. State funding for school districts
comes primarily through General State Aid (GSA). GSA is calculated using
each school district's average daily attendance (ADA). The only form
of assistance neighboring districts may give is through intergovernmental
cooperative agreements to provide educational services.
- How much additional funding did the state provide for special
education programs this year?
The amount of state funding for Special Education in FY 01 was
$921,589,500. In FY 02 the amount appropriated was $939,322,000, an
increase of $17.7 million.
- Can you show a balance sheet for the Free Lunch Program?
Cost of Free Lunch Program ($)? Cost of Salaries associated with Federal
Aid given to this program ($)? Is it cost effective? Is the balance
positive or negative? Total?
We don't have the information to answer the exact questions listed above. However, the information we have does indicate that the district has a negative balance of $473,235. The district contracts with a Food Service Management Company for services. Based on information submitted to the Illinois State Board of Education per the School District's Annual Financial Report (July 1, 1999 June 30, 2000) based on a cash reporting basis here is the Child Nutrition Programs expenditures and revenues:
Child Nutrition Programs (National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program)
| REVENUE SOURCE |
|
TOTAL |
| 1. Federal Reimbursement |
|
$2,621,141.00 |
| 2. State Reimbursement |
|
$174,555.00 |
| 3. Children's Payments |
|
$735,348.00 |
| 4. Adults' Payments |
|
$2,292.00 |
| 5. Other Revenue |
|
$31,335.00 |
| 6. Total Revenue |
|
$3,564,671.00 |
| |
| EXPENDITURES |
|
TOTAL |
| 7. Salaries and Employee Benefits |
|
$1,204,809.00 |
| 8. Equipment Depreciation |
|
$15,691.00 |
| 9. Other Costs |
|
$2,817,406.00 |
| 10. Total Expenditures |
|
$4,037,906.00 |
| |
| REVENUE OVER/UNDER EXPENDITURES |
|
TOTAL |
| 11. Current Year |
|
$(473,235.00) |
Other Costs = Purchased Services of $124,317 + Supplies and Materials
$2,636,358 + Capital Outlay $56,731.
- Can you show a balance sheet for Bilingual education; Cost
of the program ($)? Cost of Salaries associated with the program ($)?
Revenue granted from the State ($) ? Revenue granted from the Federal
Gov't. ($) ? Revenue from tax payers ($) ? Is the balance positive or
negative? Does it pay?
The breakdown of FY 01 revenues and expenditures for State
Bilingual Education For Waukegan District 60 us as follows:
Total Expenditures Reported: $2,064,767
Total Salary Expenditures Reported: $1,838,670
Total State Revenue Received: $1,619,093
