Transportation Budget and Funding Update
Original transportation budgets were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic leading to adjustments in funding allocations across various districts. State funding, program revenues, and expenditures were analyzed to reflect changes due to ridership and operational costs. The update includes insights on the impact of the pandemic on school transportation services and adjustments made to address budget shortfalls.
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TRANSPORTATION BUDGET 101 The original budget original budget is estimated using ridership reported for fall and winter school year. This estimate drives payments received September through January. fall and winter of the prior OSPI recalculates transportation funding in February to include the prior year s spring ridership. This true-up drives the funding for the remaining school year. spring Because of COVID, Manson had almost no ridership last spring. This resulted in a significant decrease to our original budget. original budget. Fortunately, OSPI is allowing our winter ridership to count for our spring ridership. We should see a positive adjustment in April. Other Districts were able to see this adjustment already (see next slide) Overall, because of other factors, all Districts the original budget. all Districts are seeing their total funding is lower than
Funding as of Funding as of February 2021 February 2021 $ 179,742.00 District District Original Funding Original Funding Variance Variance % % Manson $ 334,834.00 $ (155,092.00) -46% Omak Pateros Tonasket Lake Chelan Ephrata Okanogan Entiat Bridgeport Soap Lake Brewster $ 1,000,444.82 $ 200,635.49 $ 972,518.09 $ 774,941.49 $ 1,428,239.97 $ 508,569.70 $ 265,411.64 $ 186,831.45 $ 338,440.16 $ 204,020.83 $ 630,248.56 $ 146,107.58 $ 716,309.04 $ 600,583.13 $ 1,203,336.47 $ 446,917.32 $ 259,991.00 $ 183,467.73 $ 334,824.91 $ 202,889.07 $ (370,196.26) $ (54,527.91) $ (256,209.05) $ (174,358.36) $ (224,903.50) $ (61,652.38) $ (5,420.64) $ (3,363.72) $ (3,615.25) $ (1,131.76) -37% -27% -26% -22% -16% -12% -2% -2% -1% -1% - -15% 15% - -23% 23% Average Decrease with outliers Average Decrease with outliers Average Decrease without outliers Average Decrease without outliers
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET State Funding State Funding Original Budget Original Budget February Adjusted February Adjusted Estimated April Adjustment Estimated April Adjustment Original Adjusted Estimated 334,834.00 179,742.00 257,822.18 Total Program Revenues Total Program Revenues Available Available $ 334,834.00 $ 334,834.00 $ 179,742.00 $ 179,742.00 $ 257,822.18 $ 257,822.18 Expenditures Expenditures Original Budget Original Budget February Adjusted February Adjusted Estimated April Adjustment Estimated April Adjustment Salaries Benefits Supplies Purchased Services Travel Reimbursements Capital Total Program Expenditures Total Program Expenditures 218,602.94 144,284.09 60,100.00 21,450.00 450.00 (63,950.00) 219,154.33 86,945.50 16,732.68 25,783.48 129.01 219,154.33 86,945.50 16,732.68 25,783.48 129.01 - - - 279.90 279.90 $ 380,937.03 $ 380,937.03 $ 349,024.90 $ 349,024.90 $ 349,024.90 $ 349,024.90 Shortfall (transfer from Basic Shortfall (transfer from Basic Ed/Levy/COVID) Ed/Levy/COVID) $ (46,103.03) $ (46,103.03) $ (169,282.90) $ (169,282.90) $ (91,202.72) $ (91,202.72)
Allowable Uses of ESSER I, II, III Funds Allowable Uses of ESSER I, II, III Funds Any activity authorized by the ESEA of 1965, the IDEA Act, the AEFL Act, the CTE , or the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Coordination of preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies with public health departments. Allowable AllowableUses Specific to Uses Specific to ESSER III Funds ESSER III Funds Addressing learning loss among students 20% must be used to address learning loss. Activities to address the unique needs of children and students. Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and response efforts. Training and professional development for staff on sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases. School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards, and to support student health needs. Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities. Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the facilities, including buildings operated by such agency. Planning for and coordinating during long-term closures. Developing strategies and implementing public health protocols to effectively maintain the health and safety of students, educators, and other staff. Purchasing educational technology for students who are served by the local educational agency. Providing mental health services and supports. Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental afterschool programs.
Funding Funding *At least 20% of ESSER III funds must be used to address learning loss , $167,220 Funds are available until September 2023 ESSER I $ 124,575 $167,220. ESSER II $ 372,202 ESSER III $ 836,100* * Expected Learning Expected Learning Loss Expenses Loss Expenses Current Current 2022 2022 2023 2023 Total Total $ 1,332,877 $ 1,332,877 Summer School $ 50,000 50,000 50,000 Expenses Expenses Computers, Hotspots, Learning Platforms Hot Spots $ 14,000 14,000 14,000 $ 108,081 Learning Platforms $ 40,000 40,000 40,000 Delivering Meals and Learning Materials $ 20,489 Total Total $104,000** $104,000** 104,000 104,000 104,000 104,000 PPE, Signage, Disinfectant $ 16,212 Community Outreach $ 779 **Current expenses were charged to ESSER I. However, we have about $208,000 address learning loss in 2022 and 2023 that can be applied to ESSER III. Total Total $ 145,561 $ 145,561 $208,000 earmarked to Remaining ESSER Funding Remaining ESSER Funding $ 1,187,316 $ 1,187,316
