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FY07 Tupelo Public School District Budget
“For Your Information”
August 2006

Overview:

The total FY07 Budget expenditures for the Tupelo Public School District (TPSD) amount to $ 84, 654,338.42.  There are a number of significant new expenditures included in this year’s budget that might be of interest to you:

Salary Increases

Teacher (Certified) Pay Increases          $    1,004,627.00
Other Staff (Classified) Pay Increases             133,334.00
Administrative Pay Increases                              75,636.00
Assistant Teacher Pay Increases                        59,172.00
Athletic/Other Local Supplements and                 
Part-time Staff Pay Increases                              21,511.00

Teacher Pay Increases constitute 78% of all TPSD Pay Increases for the 2006-2007 school year.

Increases in Utility Costs

Electricity Rate Increases                               $ 110,000.00
Natural Gas Rate Increases                                 50.000.00
Fuel Cost Increases                                              75,000.00

The TPSD anticipates FY07 utility and fuel costs to be approximately
$  235,000.00 more than the FY06 costs.  

Additional Employees

Elementary Teachers                                 $      144,000.00
     (Necessary to maintain the 15:1 avg. ratio)
Secondary Teachers                                          192,000.00
     (Necessary to maintain the 24:1 avg. ratio)
ELL at risk-Poverty at risk                                  150,000.00
     (To be distributed among K-3 schools)
Elementary Art Teachers                                    240,000.00
     (To achieve Equity in Art Instruction)
Other New Employees                                       185 ,873.00
     (THS Career Center Staff, TMS
      Custodian, Computer Technician,
      Alternative Teacher, Communications 
      Assistant, Clerical and MSIS Support Staff…)

Expenditures from the TPSD Fund Balance

Six New Route Buses                                   $   512,875.00
Band Uniforms                                                       65,000.00
E-Rate Expenditures and IP Telephones         230,000.00

Debt Service Expenditures                          $178,343.00

These increased expenditures in the FY07 TPSD Budget are consistent with our school district’s commitment to the implementation of the TPSD Strategic Plan.