QEC MOTIONMIAMMEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC #
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members of t e City Com fission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: March 28, 2017
SUBJECT: Committee for Quality Education M ion
The Committee for Quality Education would like you to be aware of the following motions requesting
support for a sustainable funding mechanism for current education enhancements, sustain Committee
for Quality Education as the primary guide for educational funding, and consider option three (3) from
Finance and Citywide Projects Committee Memorandum March 31, 2017 for dedicated millage for
public education, approved at the March 28, 2017 committee meeting.
C: Executive Staff
Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld, Chief Learning Development Officer
Attachment
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City of Miami Beach
Committee for Quality Education
Meeting of March 28, 2017
Members Present: Beverly Heller, Beth Edwards, Stewart Turner, Kayla Rynor, Karen Edelstein,
Ivan Alvarez, Judith Berson -Levinson, and Faiza Liban
Members Absent: Jessica Rivero, Betsy Mateu, Yvette Tache, Joshua Levy, Tiffany Heckler, Damond
Neely, and Jordan Leonard
Motion made by Beverly Heller
Motion seconded by Judi Berson -Levinson
Motion Text:
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Miami Beach Mayor and Commission create a
sustainable source of funding for the educational Compact related expenditures/enhancements
now in place (See Attachment B - Finance and Citywide Projects Committee Memorandum March
31, 2017).
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage: Votes 8-0
Motion made by Karen Edelstein
Motion seconded by Kayla Rynor
Motion Text:
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Miami Beach Mayor and Commission in reviewing
the governance structure for any future educational funding, have the Committee for Quality Education
remain the governing/primary committee to guide the City's efforts toward providing the best
education possible in Miami Beach.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above request.
Motion Passage: Votes 8-0
Motion made by Beverly Heller
Motion seconded by Ivan Alvarez
Motion Text:
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Miami Beach Mayor and Commission look at
Option #3: Dedicated Millage for Public Education, including offset of decrease in debt service
millage, with dedicated millage for education (options below), as a possible source of funding to
sustain and/or enhance education in Miami Beach schools per Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee (FCWPC) memorandum dated March 31, 2017.
• Offsetting any decrease in the debt service millage with a dedicated millage for
education. The renewal and replacement dedicated millage was originally
established in the FY 2004/05 budget by offsetting the decrease of 0.126 in the debt
service millage that year with a dedicated 0.126 mills for renewal and replacement.
As of FY 2016/17, the dedicated millage for renewal and replacement is 0.0235,
estimated to generate $662,000. As an example, in FY 2016/17, the debt service
millage decreased by 0.0235 in FY 2016/17, had this decrease been recaptured as
education millage, it would have generated $662,000.
• Capturing a portion of growth in taxable property values, and establishing a millage
related to those additional revenues. It is anticipated that property values as of
January 1, 2017 (the basis of FY 2016/17 property taxes) will have increased over
January 1, 2016. A portion of the resulting increased revenues could be captured
and expressed as a dedicated millage rate, without increasing the millage rate over
the prior year. Typically, the resulting revenues from growth in property values is used
to offset growth due to inflation as well as fund new initiatives. To the extent some of
the growth is diverted to education funding, it could limit the amount of funding
available for new initiatives.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above request.
Motion Passage: Votes 8-0
Education Compact Fund
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1 FYIS Projected Revenues
Contribufforis - Int'l Baccalaureate (IB)
$15,0001,
Contributions - Education Support (Waste Haulers)
$75,0001,
Contributions - Chamber Donation for IS (No contractual commitment but annually recurring)
10,OOD
Total Revenues
$100.00
:FY18 Projected Expenses
IB
$50,0001
Miami -Dade Public Schools Agenda Planners
$18000
Nurse Initiative wl Sul'side, Sal Harbour, Bay Harbor, North Say Village, Miami Beach Chamber (Per
$16,000,
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MDC Dual Enrol ImentPrograrn
$13,000:
Substitute Teacher Incentive Program
$31000'
FIUDual Enrollrnent Program
$40,0W
Total Expenditures
$140,000
FYI S Proposed Revenues vs. CSL Expenditures
($40,000)
FYI 8 Budget Development Enhancement Requests
Year 3 1 School Year 2018-201,9
$144,000i
Nurse Initiative -Behavioral Health (Note 2)
$54
.1000,
FILI Dual Enrollment Program Expansion
$22,000ii
Common Threads (Note I)
$19,GO
Miami Dade College Dual Enrollment Program Expansion
$16,000
Education Compact Expanded Clerical Support (Note 3)
$391000
Anfl-Defemation League - No Place For Hate
$4,000;
Total FYI 8 Enhancement Requests
$294.0001
Total Education Compact Related Expenditures
FYIS Proposed Revenues vs, CSL Expenditures with Enhancements
($334,000):'
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(Program assumes 40% Match). During discussion, approved as a pilot program for FY17 only.
Note 2: CMB Schools Only; approved as part of FY17 Budget Process as one time expense.
p§��fun n source for education.
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