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. April 29, 2002 To: From: Prepared by: John Thein, Superintendent of Schools Roseviile Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee Sectt Alien, Garin Bogenholm, co-chairs . BaCkground: Faced with an existing budget deficit and the current declining enrollment trends, Superintendent Thein ecnvened a ecmmunity based task force to examine the district's financial situation with the task of preparing three, five, and ten year recommendations for the district's financiai future. The assembled task force consisted of parents, teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, school beard members, community members, and a state legislator. (See Appendix A) Purpose: The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee convened in order to review the current fiscal status of the school district., develop fiscal projections for the district, examine revenue options available to the district, review tax changes due to legislative action and report the tax implication of their recommendations. The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee ecnsidered the Roseville School's purpose, vision, values, and goals as the guiding principles used when making their recommendations. ' Process: . The Fiscai Planning Advisory Committee met for the first time on November 29, 2001. Superintendent Thein informed the committee of the financial history of the Roseville School District. His presentation included: defining of state and iocal financial terminology, the balance history of the general fund, a history of students served, an expenditure history, a revenue history, and a summary of recent budget reductions. In an attempt to quantify and qualify the expenditures of the district, the Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee deemed it prudent to compare Roseville Area Schoois with other Metropolitan school districts. Using the data available from the Division of Children, Families and Learning, the Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee compared 35 suburban school districts in the areas of referendum, total revenue, unrestricted revenue, special education revenue, restricted revenue, and student enrollment. (See Appendix B) The Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee also looked at expense profiles in the areas of: transportation, operations and maintenanca, pupil support, instructional support, special education, regular and vocational training, teacher salary, training and experience, and school administration. (See Appendix C) Finally, the Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee examined student achievement as evidenced by 3rd, 5th, and 8th grade Minnesota Basic and Comprehensive Test scores. (See Appendix D) The conclusions of the Fiscal Planning Advisory Committee were that while no statistically significant conclusions could be made based on the data studied, it was obvious that Roseville was operating within a reasonable standard and has demonstrated an