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Nashville's
Priorities
Investing
in Nashville's Future
Staying the Course
Full
Funding for Schools
 Over
the last year, the Metro Board of Education developed and approved a systemwide
strategic plan for 2002-2007 with a mission to "do whatever it takes
for all students to acquire the knowledge and skills to become productive,
responsible citizens."
The Metro's
budget will advance both the mission and the funding recommendations of
the Board's 2003 Student-Based Budget. Specifically, it will fund the
following supports for students, teachers and administration:
- New Reading
Specialists - Every Elementary School
- More Teachers
- English Language Learners
- Campus
Supervisors - Free Up Instructional Staff
- New "Focus
on Achievement" Lessons
- More Books
& Materials - Libraries
- More Reading
Books - Elementary Schools
- New Programs
- Academically at Risk Kids
- Expanding
Technology
- More Summer
School Available with Extended Day Care
- Programs
to Keep Students in School
- More Library
Clerks
- More Supplies
- New Montessori
School
- The Renaissance
School
- International
Baccalaureate Program
- Student
Attendance Program
- Highest
Possible Standards for School Opening
- More Bus
Drivers, Better Scheduling & Maintenance
- More School
Custodians & Grounds Maintenance
Other
Improvements for Schools:
| Pay
Plan for Teachers & Support Staff 3% |
$
9,805,500
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| Step
Increases |
5,483,400
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Increased
Cost - Health
Insurance & Retirement |
5,108,600
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| Total
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$20,397,500
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2003
Recommended Funding for Schools (in
millions)
| FY2002
Approved Budget |
$447.6
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| Reallocations
FY03 |
(26.8)
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| Total
Additions |
56.8
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| FY2003
Proposed Budget |
$477.6
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| Net
Increases |
$30
Million
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