Understanding the STARS 1026A. The STARS 1026A For each step: Why are we doing it? Where do the numbers come from? What does it mean?

Understanding the STARS 1026A

The STARS 1026A

For each step:Why are we doing it?Where do the numbers come from?What does it mean?

The STARS 1026A

Sources for data outside of STARS:Prior Year F-196Prior Year 1191TRNPrior Year 1026A

All available on OSPI’s website(Student Transportation or SAFS)

The STARS 1026A

2010-11 Direct Transportation Expenditures

The STARS 1026A

Revenue Adjustments to Expenditures:To more accurately reflect to/from costs

7199: work for other districts

The STARS 1026A

Revenue Adjustments to Expenditures:To more accurately reflect to/from costs

8199: work for other agencies

The STARS 1026A

Revenue Adjustments to Expenditures:To more accurately reflect to/from costs

In Lieu of Depreciation: contracting capital costs

The STARS 1026A

Revenue Adjustments to Expenditures:

Totaling and subtracting from Line 1 =“Corrected Transportation Expenditures”

The STARS 1026A

Expenditure Adjustments

Why: To make salary and benefits adjustments included in the state operating budgetExpect this to change year to year

The STARS 1026A

2010-11 Salary ExpendituresContracting districts use state average 58.4%

The STARS 1026A

Salary Expenditures AdjustmentDecrease of 1.9% … from state budget

The STARS 1026A

2010-11 Benefit ExpendituresContracting districts use state average 25.5%

The STARS 1026A

Benefit Expenditures AdjustmentIncrease of 6.72% … from state budget

The STARS 1026A

Corrected Expenditures (revenue adjustments) +Expenditure Adjustments (salary and benefits) =STARS Prior Year Expenditures (STARS PYE)

The STARS 1026A

STARS PYEUsed in STARS:Determines final payment … the lesser of:

Prior Year Expenditures or Calculated Allocation

The STARS 1026A

Moving to this year’s allocation calculation…

Starting with last year’s allocation

The STARS 1026A

Adjust for wages and benefits(same as with expenditures)

The STARS 1026A

… result is Adjusted Prior Year Allocation

The STARS 1026A

Make the same adjustments to expendituresExcept this time … add indirects

Federal Rate is different for each district, and is recalculated each year

The STARS 1026A

2011-12 Transition Minimum Allocation

Lesser of

or

The STARS 1026A

Next step is determining the distribution of any additional funding (2011-12 = $2.2M)

Start with the allocation from STARS

The STARS 1026A

The STARS 2011-12 Actual AllocationDoes NOT include

Expected future adjustments forNon-high districtsLow ridership districtsTransportation CoopsESDs

The STARS 1026A

Subtract minimum transition allocation from the STARS allocation to determine The base point underfunding

The STARS 1026A

Base Point UnderfundingHow much more (if any) you would get

IF STARS was fully funded

EXCEPT FORAny future adjustments in STARS

The STARS 1026A

Multiply the base point underfunding by the additional allocation adjustment rate (2.02%)

Total Statewide Base Point Underfunding = $109MAdditional funding available = $2.2MAdjustment rate = 2.2/109 = 2.02%

The STARS 1026A

Add the additional adjustment (if any)to the Transition Minimum Allocation

the result is the2011-12 Transportation Allocation

The STARS 1026A

Additional Funding Distribution (< $1M)May or June 2012Funds from reductions in 2011-12 allocation

(state vs federal indirect rate)

Will include any corrections (Fall and Winter student counts, etc.)

Will not include adjustment for Spring counts

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