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rent operational purposes. The maximum levy for the General
Fund for the Fort \;Yayne schools f.or 1975-76 will provide only
about 51 per of General Fund appropriations. The additional
49 per cent must come from State sources.
To complicate the financing picture for the school corporation
the 1975 ACTS PL 343 of Indiana set a new state fund
distribution formula. Among other things, the new formula
combined funds for General Education, Special Education~ and
Vocational Education into one distributiont and introduced a
weighted program concept. Under the new formula, Fort
"Wayne Community Schools were guaranteed an increase in state
funds of only $80 per pupil in average daily membership. Best
estimates indicate that the corporation will receive only $3 . .1
million in additional State funds in 1975-76. These funds plus
some additional local funds represent an increase of only approximately
9 per cent in the current operating budget. This
amount must cover all operating costs, including salary and
wage adj ustments. This increase cannot he expected to even
cover increases in basic ,costs of operation due to inflation.
Obviously, no money is available in the 1975-76 current operating
budget to cover needed improvements in school programs.
Even if additional current operating financial resources
were readily available the study staff would have been somewhat
reluctant to recommend sUbstantiaUy increased expendituresbecause
of the present level of current expenditures for
public education in Fort Wayne. The amount expended for current
expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance approximated
$1,032 in 1974-75. This effort places Fort Wayne well
above the average expenditure for all school districts of comparable
size in the United States.
Som.e of the recommendations for improvement made by the
study staff in this report do not require additional expenditures.
Many recommendations, however; will require increased resources.
Furthermore, it is difficult to put an accurate price tag
on some recommendations. N €vertheless, the maj or recommendations
for improvement in the current operating program
made by the study staff are those which the staff feels can be
implemented in the next three to five years even under the present
financial restraints" If the local tax rate is only held constant
and applied to increasing assessed property valuation,
some additional revenues can be expected in 1976-77 and future
years. Although enrollment decreases be spread widely
among the schools which lessens the ability to effect savings in
xiv
Object Description
| Title | Fort Wayne community schools: a survey report |
| Creator | George Peabody College for Teachers. Office of Educational Services |
| Topic | Education |
| Subject |
Schools--Indiana--Fort Wayne School integration--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
| Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1975 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: George Peabody College for Teachers. Office of Educational Services. Fort Wayne community schools: a survey report. (Nashville, Tenn.: Office of Educational Services, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1975), 338 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and color 300 dpi, 24-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Konica Minolta PS5000C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional scanning software. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000101350159 |
| File Name | 30000101350159.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 15 |
| Transcript | rent operational purposes. The maximum levy for the General Fund for the Fort \;Yayne schools f.or 1975-76 will provide only about 51 per of General Fund appropriations. The additional 49 per cent must come from State sources. To complicate the financing picture for the school corporation the 1975 ACTS PL 343 of Indiana set a new state fund distribution formula. Among other things, the new formula combined funds for General Education, Special Education~ and Vocational Education into one distributiont and introduced a weighted program concept. Under the new formula, Fort "Wayne Community Schools were guaranteed an increase in state funds of only $80 per pupil in average daily membership. Best estimates indicate that the corporation will receive only $3 . .1 million in additional State funds in 1975-76. These funds plus some additional local funds represent an increase of only approximately 9 per cent in the current operating budget. This amount must cover all operating costs, including salary and wage adj ustments. This increase cannot he expected to even cover increases in basic ,costs of operation due to inflation. Obviously, no money is available in the 1975-76 current operating budget to cover needed improvements in school programs. Even if additional current operating financial resources were readily available the study staff would have been somewhat reluctant to recommend sUbstantiaUy increased expendituresbecause of the present level of current expenditures for public education in Fort Wayne. The amount expended for current expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance approximated $1,032 in 1974-75. This effort places Fort Wayne well above the average expenditure for all school districts of comparable size in the United States. Som.e of the recommendations for improvement made by the study staff in this report do not require additional expenditures. Many recommendations, however; will require increased resources. Furthermore, it is difficult to put an accurate price tag on some recommendations. N €vertheless, the maj or recommendations for improvement in the current operating program made by the study staff are those which the staff feels can be implemented in the next three to five years even under the present financial restraints" If the local tax rate is only held constant and applied to increasing assessed property valuation, some additional revenues can be expected in 1976-77 and future years. Although enrollment decreases be spread widely among the schools which lessens the ability to effect savings in xiv |
