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This report is created by Ken Ducote on behalf of the Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools 
Greetings! 

The Jefferson Parish School Board met in Special Session, Monday, September 14, 2015 at the Administration Building, 501 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey.
 
The agenda for the meeting can be read here.JPSBrief has summarized the agenda below.
 
JPSB meetings are now be supported using BoardDocs. The public can get information on upcoming meetings, follow along with meetings as they happen, or search through archives of past meetings by visiting this link.
 
***This email is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools and is not an official correspondence from the Jefferson Parish School Board***
SEPTEMBER 14 JPSB MEETING AGENDA
Special Session Board Meeting
  • Public Hearing - FY 2016 Budget
      • Revenues
        • Projected sales tax revenues - down 2.91%
        • Projected ad valorem (property) tax revenues - no change
        • Total revenues projected - $585,245,144
      • Expenditures
        • Total expenditures projected - $603,299,150
      • Fund balance
        • Begins year at $234,356,025
        • Projected transfer from fund balance - $22,524,221
      • Changes / concerns
        • Includes one-time proceeds from BP Oil Spill settlement
          • Also includes payment of legal fees associated therewith
        • Two schools are opening
        • Long-vacant staff positions are being filled
        • Employer contributions to retirement systems are high due to state-wide unfunded accrued liabilities
          • TRSL Regular - 26.3% of salaries
          • TRSL Plan B - 28.8%
          • TRSL ORP - 28.2 %
          • LSERS - 30.2 %
          • LASERS - 37.2 %
    • Public comments
      • JFT representative pointed out that salary annual step increases were still eliminated from the budget
        • Urged Board to find ways to increase salaries
      • No other comments were received
  • First Readings
    • Proposal that no line item budget transfers be made over $10,000 without Board approval
  • Adoption of FY 2016 Budget
    • Amendment was made and passed that no line item budget transfers be made over $10,000 without Board approval
    • Amendment was moved and seconded that the position of staff Chief of Legal Services be eliminated as of 9/30/2015
      • Another Board member said it was inappropriate to delete staff position from the Superintendent's organization chart that the Board had already approved
      • Superintendent said he was "shocked" that one of his staff members would be eliminated without prior discussions with him about the position
      • Contracted counsel told the Board their billing would probably increase to pick up the extra work now done by in-house staff counsel
      • The proposed amendment was then withdrawn
    • The budget was then adopted with the amendment on line item transfers
  • Belair, et. al., vs JPSB
    • Following an Executive Session, the Board reconvened and approved  a settlement in the case for $823,686.51
    • The contract extension was approved
  • Public Comment - sign up prior to start of meeting
    • No one signed up to speak
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