BVSD Teacher Contract 

BVSD Teacher Contract

Proposal for 2009‐2010
Proposal for 2009 2010
The Dollars and Sense 
Behind It
Behind It
How did an expected 4.9% Amendment 23 
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increase become 1.4% as of July 1, 2009?
2009‐2010 $ Change
Revenue Source
Revenue Source Amount From 2008‐09
From 2008 09 % Change
% Change
School Finance Act $194.8M $7.7M 4.1%
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Mill Levy Override
O id 32 4M
32.4M 0 0M
0.0M 0 0%
0.0%
Other 11.0M ‐0.7M ‐6.0%
Total $238.2M $7.0M 3.0%
Fiscal Emergency Reserve ‐3.8M
Net New Revenue Available $3.2M 1.40%
 Where did the $3.2 million in actual 
new 2009‐2010 funding go?
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• $1.2 million state‐mandated increase in PERA contribution
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• $1.1 million to cover increase in health/dental costs
• $478,000 required fund transfer to charters
• $1.058 million to fund steps and horizontal movement
• $925,000 total to CELA training, post secondary options, 
community schools transportation preschool athletics and
community schools, transportation, preschool, athletics and 
technology funds
• $1.513 million added to new funds from cuts to capital 
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reserve, Education Center operations, staffing reductions, and 
reduced professional development funds
 What has changed since July 1?
What has changed since July 1?

• 2009‐2010
2009 2010 student enrollment is expected to 
student enrollment is expected to
be higher than originally projected.
• Additional enrollment generates additional 
Additional enrollment generates additional
per pupil revenue.
• This allowed the district to change its offer of 
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a 1% stipend to a 1% cost of living adjustment 
(COLA). 
(COLA)
 How does BVSD teacher compensation 
compare to other districts?
h di i ?
With a 1% COLA, BVSD would rank in the top 8
With a 1% COLA BVSD would rank in the top 8
of comparable Front Range school districts in:
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SSalary over 26 years (8
Base Salary BA Step 1 (6th)
Base Salary MA Step 1 (6( th)
With a 1% COLA, BVSD ranks in the top five of
comparable Front Range school districts in:
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Schedule Max Step 2009‐2010 (4
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 Has BVSD kept pace with teacher 
compensation in other districts?
i i h di i ?
Yes, according to CEA:
Yes according to CEA:
In judging 10 Front Range school districts 
against the Denver Boulder Greeley consumer
against the Denver‐Boulder‐Greeley consumer 
price index, CEA found that only two of the 10 
school districts examined Westminster and 
school districts examined – Westminster and
BVSD – “saw purchasing power increases” 
since 1995
since 1995.
‐ Rob Kellogg, CEA
August‐September 2009 CEA Journal
 What’s BVSD’s current offer 
compared to 2008‐09 compensation?
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• Total package is an increase of 6.26% over 2008‐2009
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• 1% cost of living adjustment (COLA)
• Note: This is a change from the original 1% stipend made 
possible by higher than projected enrollment.
• Two additional optional contract days at per diem pay
• BVSD continues 100% coverage of individual 
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employee’s health insurance
• Increase in BVSD employer contribution rate to PERA
Increase in BVSD employer contribution rate to PERA
• Full funding of steps and horizontals
 Didn’t BVSD agree to fund a new 
professional pay schedule this year?
f l h d l h ?
• No
No. BVSD agreed to 
BVSD agreed to “discuss
discuss a professional salary 
a professional salary
schedule.”
• BVSD and BVEA were in constructive negotiations 
BVSD and BVEA were in constructive negotiations
on this issue last spring when, in the final weeks 
of the legislative session in April 2009, the
of the legislative session in April 2009, the 
legislature placed a restriction on statewide K‐12 
funding ($3.8 million for BVSD) which, put 
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funding a new pay schedule on hold until a new 
revenue source can be found.   
 How much is required in new funding to 
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launch the new BVSD pay schedule?
h h h d l ?
• $4.9 million to $5.8 million as estimated by the BVSD 
Budget Office. This comes from two factors:
– $3.7M‐$4.6M – BVSD Budget Office estimated cost of 
placement – the difference is due to varying possibilities 
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for the placement of those teachers with a Masters plus 
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– The 1% COLA which is already offered costs $1.2 million 
making the total implementation cost between $4.9 and 
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$5.8 million.

• NOTE: When the legislature froze $3.8 million in 2009‐2010 BVSD 
funding into a fiscal emergency reserve in April, BVSD did not see a 
reasonable way to implement a new schedule without laying off 
employees or creating a new local revenue stream to fund it
employees or creating a new local revenue stream to fund it.
Does the proposed new pay schedule 
save BVSD dollars?
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• BVSD
BVSD and BVEA have a factual dispute as to the 
and BVEA have a factual dispute as to the
projected costs and savings for the proposed 
professional schedule.
• A fiscal model, commissioned by BVSD with the Segal 
Company of New York, estimated the annual step 
cost drops by $750,000 BUT total annual salary cost 
increases more than $12 million per year.
• BVSD Budget Office analysis indicates costs will 
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increase.
 Programs = People
Programs  People
• Cutting
Cutting “programs”
programs  to fund the proposed new 
to fund the proposed new
pay schedule really means laying off fellow 
employees at every level when an offer of a
employees at every level when an offer of a 
raise is already on the table.
• While cuts are certain for 2010‐2011, the 
While cuts are certain for 2010 2011 the
superintendent and the school board are not 
willing to lay off any current employee in
willing to lay off any current employee in 
2009‐2010 simply to increase the proposed 
2009 2010 raise
2009‐2010 raise.
 How bad is state funding for Colorado
K‐12 now and in the near future?
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• It is very bad. 
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• In 2008‐2009, state government took back 
$987,000 from BVSD to balance the budget.
• In 2009‐2010, the state froze $3.8 million in 
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funding to BVSD that it is likely to take back.
• For 2010‐2011, the governor is recommending 
For 2010 2011 the governor is recommending
another $140 million statewide K‐12 funding cut ‐
$5 million to BVSD.
• In 2011‐2012, The “plus 1%” of Amendment 23 
goes away, the 2005 “TABOR Timeout” expires 
and federal stimulus dollars end
and federal stimulus dollars end.  
 How can BVSD cope with this steady 
erosion of K‐12 funding?
f f d ?
• Recognize
Recognize that waiting for state government 
that waiting for state government
to reform its tax and school funding policies 
and practices is futile for the present; and
and practices is futile for the present; and
• Understand that our immediate need to 
address these mounting cuts must be met
address these mounting cuts must be met 
locally or not at all.
How can BVSD deal with this ongoing 
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loss of K‐12 funding?
f f d ?
• See
See the need to unite BVSD employees, the 
the need to unite BVSD employees, the
school board, employee associations, the 
business community and other community 
organizations around a proposal to create a 
new local funding stream; and
• Then reach out to our general community to 
effectively present a coherent, specific and 
transparent funding plan for voter approval –
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hopefully as early as November 2010.
 Superintendent Chris King’s 
requested next step to break impasse
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“II renew our call for third party advisory fact 
renew our call for third party advisory fact
finding for the fourth time. I remind everyone 
here tonight and those watching on television
here tonight and those watching on television 
that it was fact finding that guided the district 
and the union to a new agreement in 2004 –
and the union to a new agreement in 2004 
the last year that we were at impasse. I 
believe third party fact finding holds our best
believe third party fact finding holds our best 
hope for success for all sides in this important 
matter” – September 22, 2009 Board Meeting
matter. September 22 2009 Board Meeting