CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman County Board of Education (CCBOE) at its monthly meeting Thursday evening passed a $104,020,602.84 budget for fiscal year 2021, an increase of almost $1 million over its $103,065,916.39 budget from 2020. Additional fund uses bring total expenditures to $106,884,309.47. The budget was built on an anticipated $104,177,410.29 in revenues, with additional financing sources that bring total funding to $107,594,716.46.
The system is expected to start the fiscal year Oct. 1 with a balance of $15,055,528.67, and finish Sept. 30, 2021 with a balance of $15,765,935.66.
Chief School Financial Officer Ed Roberson shared highlights of the budget, including:
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New home economics/consumer sciences building addition at Holly Pond High School
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Replacement of window units in local schools across the county
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Installation of air conditioning in high school gyms
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Repaving on school campuses
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Installation of security fencing, entry security systems and camera systems
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LED lighting, HVAC upgrades and replacement of window walls
Roberson noted that the system is benefiting from an unexpected 15.9% increase in revenue from sales tax.
Due to economic issues stemming from COVID-19, officials have been concerned that tax revenues would be substantially reduced, but Roberson remarked, “Year to date, I think we’re up $490,000-something from where we were last year.”
Roberson noted he reduced his estimate at the outset of the COVID-19 shutdown by $.5 million, saying, “It looks like we’re going to finish the year $.5 million up. So we have been blessed here in Cullman County. The economy has really rebounded, so we’re very fortunate.”
Foundation Program funding
These amounts do not include things like maintenance, upkeep or capital projects, but include salaries, benefits and instructional support costs like teacher materials and supplies, technology, library enhancement, professional development and textbooks.
School Projected Enrollment Foundation Program Funding
Cullman Area Technology Academy . . . . N/A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $361,117
Child Development Center . . . . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $982,494
Cold Springs Elementary School . . . . . . . 480 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,334,196
Cold Springs High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,385,761
Fairview Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . 550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,982,285
Fairview Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,467,267
Fairview High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,394,972
Good Hope Primary School . . . . . . . . . . . 330 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,977,818
Good Hope Elementary School . . . . . . . . 375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,782,142
Good Hope Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . 350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,653,540
Good Hope High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,082,846
Hanceville Elementary School . . . . . . . . 600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,100,072
Hanceville Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,409,786
Hanceville High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,861,366
Harmony School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,018,130
Holly Pond Elementary School . . . . . . . . 340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,930,574
Holly Pond Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $948,278
Holly Pond High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,665,532
Parkside Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,736,294
Vinemont Elementary School . . . . . . . . . 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,353,857
Vinemont Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,376,938
Vinemont High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,631,774
Welti Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $897,868
West Point Elementary School . . . . . . . . 525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,128,310
West Point Intermediate School . . . . . . . 420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,836,720
West Point Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,065,765
West Point High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,662,894
Total projected system enrollment – 9,300
As usual, more than 70% of the budget is committed to personnel costs:
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Salaries – 53%
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Benefits – 21%
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