• Transfer .75 mill from debt service to M&O to provide approx. $21 million in revenue for the General Fund. The total millage rate would remain the same. The additional debt service millage was being used to retire our bond debt prematurely.
• Continue to fund nursing services. It is not clear yet how much the state will provide towards this.
• Continue with cuts put in place during FY09 (freezing central office vacancies, limit field trips, etc)
• Eliminate .50 undistributed position at the local school level ($3.2m)
• Increase square footage from 23,000 to 25,000 for custodial allocations ($2m)
• Fund growth in special education with federal stimulus money.
• Continue delay of K-8 language arts/reading textbook adoption
• Decrease per pupil allotment to schools from $111.88 to $90 ($1.9m)
• Eliminate 11 central office positions ($1m)
• Reduce work days for all employees except classroom teachers, media specialists, school based 10-month PAs, school tech specialists, and food service managers (currently all 190 days) ($8.4m)
• No salary or step increases. Employees eligible for step increases will receive a step in service, but will remain at the same FY09 salary. 

We will continue to receive revenue updates during the next month. The General Assembly approved a budget, but the Governor has not signed it yet. We anticipate a $23 million austerity reduction from our QBE earnings. 

• Full Price Lunch - $2.00 (elementary), $2.25 (middle/high)
• Reduced Price Lunch  - $0.40
• Adult Lunch  - $3.05
• Full Price Breakfast - $1.00 (elementary), $1.15 (middle/high)
• Reduced Price Breakfast - $0.30
• Adult Breakfast - $1.50 

The vote on these prices takes place at the same time the General Fund is adopted. 

• move forward with the Centennial High and Chattahoochee High science lab and band additions. The completion date is 2010; however the band additions may be delayed until 2011 due to staging on the sites.
• complete the construction of the Bethany/Cogburn high school in 2012
• delay the Derrick Road elementary school until August 2012 (south)
• delay the new MS South (Ga 138 area) until 2012
• replace Banneker High school, instead of moving forward with an addition. The last S. Fulton High school in the SPLOST III program would be this replacement.
• delay the new ES South indefinitely

Even with these revisions, additional revenue will probably be needed to complete this program. Our options include the selling of surplus land, and/or redirecting millage. Staff is still working on revised revenue projections based on some recent information. Georgia State has reviewed our revenue projections and increased the total by $19 million. On the other hand, the final state budget included a reduction in state capital outlay. These revenue changes may require revisions to the current recommendation.

• Numeric grades as well as letter grades will be included on report cards for students in grades 2-5;
• For middle and high school courses, requests for course changes should be made in writing within the first 10 school days. Course changes must be approved by the teacher and counselor. Any parent not satisfied with the decision of the teacher and counselor may contact the principal or his/her designee
• For middle and high school courses, students may transfer out of a course outside the 10 day period in the event of an exceptional hardship (extended illness, etc). Failure in a course alone should not be considered an exceptional hardship. Requests for hardships should be made in writing to the principal.
• Students/parents who sign an academic waiver may forfeit the opportunity to transfer out of a course.
  

Cobb, Gwinnett, Fayette and DeKalb counties have a similar 10-day course withdrawal policy.