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2009 Budget Request per Program:


 Program Budget Request Explanations for some Major Expenditures



 
35 Human Capital Development $41,469,000
35 Human Capital Development
is responsible for all human resources functions including leadership development, benefits administration, workforce planning, and the administration of all employee contracts and functions related to those contracts affecting the Educational Assistants Unit (EAA). the Clerical Unit (UAW). the Administative Unit (SAU). the Teachers' Unit (SEA). the Custodial Unit (Local 1083). and the Non-Certified Administrators (MAA). To equitably administer all aspects of each group's contract To coordinate recruitment, assignment, transfer and retirement for all employees within the Stamford Public School System. To implement the District's Affirmative Action Program and respond to the mandated procedures involving personnel.
22 Special Education $26,410,000
5 Elementary Education $24,000,000
31 Buildings and Grounds $20,357,000
39 Transportation $11,551,000
37 School Management Services $11,265,000
11 Language Arts $10,847,000
21 Pupil Personnel Services $9,307,000
12 Mathematics $6,958,000
15 Science $6,529,000
16 Social Studies $5,982,000
28 English Language Learners $5,386,000
14 Physical Education $5,092,000
10 Kindergarten $4,511,000
37 School Management Services
provides the support necessary for the operation of individual schools. Responsibilities include pupil welfare, instructional leadership, parent and community involvement, staff selection, supervision and evaluation. Within this program funds are provided for principals, school clerks, and educational assistants' salaries. Funds for supply items necessary to manage
2 Art $4,300,000
13 Music $4,104,000
1 Magnet School Program $3,680,000
33 General Business Services $3,401,000
7 World Languages $3,258,000
6 Educational Media $3,116,000
41 Non-Public Transportation $2,736,000
25 City IT $2,292,000
32 Central Management Services $2,245,000
33  General Business Services
includes budgeting, grants administration, purchasing, financial analYSis, state mandated financial reporting, interfacing with outside auditors, telephone and technical functions, and the overall administration of all business services of the Stamford Board of Education.
29 Alternate Routes to Success $1,769,000
19 Unified Arts $1,622,000
18 Summer School $1,251,000
9 Interscholastic Athletics $1,113,000
36 Research and Development $1,021,000
20 Adult Cont. Education $771,000
42 Non-Public Health Services $378,000
30 Board of Education $373,000
21 Pupil Personnel Services
consist of guidance counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, speech and language pathologists. and teachers of the hearing impaired and teachers of the visually impaired. Services are provjded to all students and extensively to students identified as disabled. Services provided by these personnel include those mandated as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Services are provided to all puplic schools, local private schools and charter schools. To provide support services to assist students to derive benefits from the general education offerings.
17 Student Activities $276,000
49 Student Health Centers $179,000
23 Agriscience $177,000
64 Early Learning-Pre-Kindergarten $110,500
38 Leadership Development $95,000
8 Gifted and Talented $32,000



 

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Support Programs
 

Interesting comparisons:

The biggest budget item is Human Capital Development (which does not include teacher salaries. Those are included in the individual program items).
We spend as much money on teaching math or science as we do on physical education (includes some health education but no interscholastic sports).
We actually spend more money on art and music combined than on math or science or learning a foreign language. The least funded is actually challenging our brightest children. Programs for the gifted and talented have been gradually reduced and are at the point of becoming extinct.