2007-08 Adopted Plan - Wake County Public School System

Growth RequestsInitiative: Teacher Assistants as Substitutes (Regular Education)Current Funding Formula:This provision gives Principals the fl exibility to assign classroom teacherassistants as substitute teachers for teachers who are absent. When ateacher assistant assigned to a classroom acts as a substitute teacher inthat classroom during the ten-month employment period, he/she shall bepaid for that service the same as the daily salary of an entry-level teacherwith an A certifi cate for each day he/she serves as a substitute. TeacherAssistants as Substitutes are paid $132.60 per day.• While savings may be an incentive, instructional continuity inthe classroom should be the fi rst priority. Therefore, a teacherassistant may not be assigned to substitute for more than ten(10) consecutive workdays for one teacher without prior approvalfrom Human Resources. There will be no replacements forregular education or grant-funded teacher assistants who serveas substitute teachers.• Teacher assistants may not substitute in schools other than theschools to which they are assigned.• Use of funds to pay a teacher assistant as substitute teacherswill be monitored according to these guidelines.• Unauthorized use of a teacher assistant as substitute teacherswill result in charging schools’ Fund 6 accounts.• Clerical assistants, media assistants, and other offi ce personnelmay not be paid as substitute teachers.Implementation Timeline & Budget Needed:Expenditures are diffi cult to project. Increases each year are due toincreased numbers of teacher assistants due to increased studentmembership, increase in rate of pay per day, and the availability ofregular substitutes.The average increase of the historical years shown above is 18 percent.We have applied an 18 percent increase to the projected costs through2010.YearsProjected Expenditures for 2006-07 byapplying 18% increase to 2005-06 expendituresIncreaseoverPreviousYear2006-07 $4,324,275 18%Projected expenditures for 2007-08 through 2009-10 by applying eighteenpercent increase annually.2007-08 Projection Amount CodeTAs as Subs $ 619,859 $ 82,6026,3195,6342008-09Total: $ 94,555TAs as Subs $ 731,434 $ 97,4717,4576,6472009-10Total: $ 111,575TAs as Subs $ 863,092 $ 115,0158,7997,844Base 01.5100.027.146.0276.0000SS 01.5910.027.211.0276.0000Ret 01.5910.027.221.0276.0000Base 01.5100.027.146.0276.0000SS 01.5910.027.211.0276.0000Ret 01.5910.027.221.0276.0000Base 01.5100.027.146.0276.0000SS 01.5910.027.211.0276.0000Ret 01.5910.027.221.0276.0000Historical Data - actualexpenditures at year endActualExpendituresPercent Increaseover Previous YearTotal: $ 131,6582005-06 $ 525,304 27%2004-05 412,950 17%2003-04 352,989 11%2002-03 317,667150