Showers is such a big part of the the budget. Um, we're not in a negotiation cycle right now. Let's say the teacher Paris, >> but are where are we with salaries? I know in the past we were very low in comparison for Paris and it was renegotiated. Uh are we still low? And I asked that question because of the third about the staff turnover in an essential area that supports students and it continues to be trending that way. Um I just wonder if that's part of the >> So K% right out of the money. Uh we know for the noncertified our non-certified were very low extremely low >> even with the increase low >> I can tell you with administrators teachers were low um because we're now in B so we are low within our B you're correct to the surrounding towns of Sbury a department support we're lower.
Okay. So before we even take a pencil out, this board is going to have the a major some major decisions to make with us in conjunction with us representing you all on a few things I want to talk about real quick just so just so it's out there. These aren't set in stone, but these are true and tried numbers numbers that we've done everything we can to to scrub. So, and I use that word because it's like you're really you're really getting down to like just 10 minutes before our first meeting started, we were looking at some lines that we were we were trying to make sure that we had correct um when we're bringing this new budget to you all. So, the benefits piece because we were still in the state benefits plan, okay, the benefits piece is a 12% increase right off the top of the bat.
The grade 7 through 12? You just our grade our grade? Yeah. I mean, why why can't a another I mean, I I guess if we wanted to be consistent, we could say that like five through eight or something like that. But I don't know. We have kids wanting to participate in those things at all grade levels. Yeah, I think we we like if this group wants to suggest just removing that square bracket reference, we could double check with legal to make sure like that doesn't take us out of compliance. But I can't imagine that more broadly applying it to all of our grade levels would make it non-compliant. So it's likely going to be okay. Okay, let me copy and paste it really quick and then I can put that we want to take that out. Yeah, those little kids are often like the feeding ground for for the older grades.
That's with the McGraill. With Spalding, the majority of our investment is in teacher training, the the training, the coaching. You don't get a textbook with Spalding because it's about the teaching. Okay? >> And that goes with McGra Hill. So when you learn how to teach a child to read, you've got to have some content readily available. We've also contracted with another uh member I think of McGra Hill who is very familiar with who is try who knows Spalding and so she's done a crosswalk and an integration of the two to assist our schools. Some of our schools have already gone down this path um of deemphasizing the the some of the features in the textbook for the teacher and uh emphasizing the instructional technique and pedigogy that you once you learn you cannot unlearn. um that are that our teachers are obtaining through Spalding training which is 45 hours and then Spalding coaching after that that we also invest in.
That's what I meant. That's what I meant to say. All righty. All right. So, they seem to be thinking very carefully. seem to be thinking very carefully about all this. So, he's getting up and there's Jaden in the background, captain of the JB team. We'll be seeing we'll be seeing him later. All righty. Looks like they're talking quite a bit. And in comes our champion. Come on in here, Scott. You know what you did. I think I out Aiden to take down the Lucina. >> All right. So, Lucina didn't. >> All right. So, Aiden is now in >> Yep. It is right here ready to take down the Lucina now. Hopefully he took some notes while watching Scott play once he was done cheering I tell you. Oh, does an up smash right into the counter. She kills him off of that. That's a shame.
So, we know how many positions we have within the corporation, when those are vacant, if we fill it, if we don't fill it, how can we move some people around to make some things more efficient for us in budgeting. Um, real-time reporting, some charts, analytics, which is just really cool. That'll be fun to play with if I get the opportunity to do that. So, numbers, this is the bottom line, right? Um, we have been voice has promised for years that they were going to make upgrades and changes. One of the biggest ones was their employee hub which is kind of like what I um discussed with the onboarding um for Tyler Technologies. The employee hub we will have that we will employees would be able to go on and fill out documentation but we still don't have the timekeeping system with the app. We still don't have the mobile capabilities that we would have through Tyler.
So, so unlike all the other slides, I added just a little some contextual text on the on the right hand side. >> Yeah. >> So, that 300,000 that was built into the budget, >> y >> is part of this additional $715,000 of revolving funds that have to be used to balance the budget even to get to a level funded. So, that means there's another $415,000 of revolving funds school choice that we're going to have to utilize for salaries. That's because I'm not willing to go reduce another $400,000 or $700,000 worth of salaries. That's what would that's the only way it would work. So you'll notice in the next slide that we end up using in the first year um one point is it? It's hard to read on this one. Um 1.6 6 million in school choice. We increased the amount of use in athletics.
Um, so that is the board will be negotiating with the teachers in the fall and the non-certified in the fall. So these are all things that your attorney will get togethers just like the teachers and the nots of what's happened. But yes, I will tell you for those who party >> but I but I will say last negotiation we did a responsible uh framework. We did make up some ground. >> Yes. >> That way. And they they were pleased with the ground that we made up both level on the teacher. >> Yeah. I remember that. I'm just see >> the superintendent who are still on the lower half. >> That's important to consider. >> The teachers are the highest. I was told recently the highest of any bar I think in the state that paying the most towards their insurance. We we froze froz we actually know we tried to make a problem.
We have to you have to understand that in order to maintain benefits for all of our employees here, including me, okay? And I appreciate the board helping us with that. Um, our share as a board is 12%. 12% is almost $5 million. So before I say anything else, the board has to raise the levy $5 million. Okay. All right. So So that's number one. That's the state health benefits plan. Okay. Overall, conservatively, we're at a 4.5% increment increase for salaries. Okay? Doesn't matter what was negotiated with the increment with new people coming in, people going out, etc. Breakage, we're at approximately 4.5%. All right. Um, that is again contractual, nothing we can do about it. It's what the board is is is faced with. Okay. So, right there we are at um those two those those two big big numbers. The $5 million in health benefits is is enormous.
We got that would love to start a club like a sewing club. Uh things like that. And they're they're the kids that are I'm not saying that older kids wouldn't be interested, too, but sometimes it's those little kids that that kind of participate more. Okay. No, I think that's fair. Okay. So, hold on. Now I've lost all the tabs. Policy. Okay, so then this the next one that was on here was 5213B. Oh, 212B. So, if you want to read that one really quick. So, we can't use it to fund our Hawaiian vacation? No. It seems It seems pretty straightforward to me. I thought so, too, but I Does it say in at the end of that second paragraph including for activities with a religious component? That means they can't be used for activities with a religious component? No, they can. Oh, they can. >> and may therefore be used um for lawful purpose blah blah blah including activities.
So there's there's a difference in the product that we're paying for. Thank you. I appreciate that clarification knowing that we're not buying two. >> Yeah. It's not Yeah. >> Okay. I have a couple questions, but mine's more on the process of how we did this, not so much on the curriculum itself. >> So, you said it was available for 60 days um for the public. Where would the public have found that? >> Um, one of the things I learned early on when we started doing adoptions 10 years ago is that the more we put it out there, the better reception we would get. So, not only did we house a set of everything here at the district office, but every school site had a set of all of the materials as well on display and we advertised that on our web page as required per >> on our district site.
All right, but hopefully he can take her down with a different one of moves cuz as I've seen in the game menu, Kazio Kazuya has a lot of moves. It's really difficult character to play well. >> Mhm. >> Oh yeah. Okay. >> He has >> Cut scenes. He has >> He has a lot of moves. >> Mhm. He's got a He's got >> got the most. >> He's got Yeah, I would say he definitely has the most. >> He's got like a lot of freaking jabs, I tell you. A lot of them. He can full on like do a free 40% on you if you're not careful. >> Yeah, >> it is crazy. Okay. Does a for air Oh, does a side be a turret. >> Yep. >> Yeah. All right. Now he's got the red Now he's got a red name. Do you know what that is?
Um and that comes with an additional price tag. Obviously it is included in that 47,000. um they are wanting to make changes and going forward, but the employee hub has been promised for about two years now and they're just now rolling it out to schools. Um some of the reporting things they've talked about rolling out, I mean Ktime is another two to three years upgrade on it and with each upgrade that they give us, it's an additional price tag. with Tyler. All the things that we talked about and then some are included. Um fouryear contract is $37,863 which as you can see what the savings is there for us. Tyler has promised us that number for three years. So it will be a three-year contract. Um the first year we will do a one-year implementation with them. So that first year fee will be waved as we will still be paying for our voice software.
We increased the amount of use in building rentals. Like like our our funding for athletics and school choice again is zero negative dollars really and Chris we just showed it at zero in FY28. It's a significant change. So at 2.5, school choice ending FY27 was 847,000, right? So but in a level funded budget, it ends at 433,000. We've split, we've shared out some of the additional costs. So school bus revolving picked up 150,000 of it that 700,000. I think what may be getting lost to people who don't live in the numbers is you if to be level funded you are absorbing the cost increase that's already fixed. >> Right. You have to do that. It's a negotiated contract. And so that is in essence a cut andor a band-aid with these one time >> Oh, there it's a band-aid. We've been talking about that for years, right?
I I will tell you based on the state legislative breakfast that I went to that there's a concern overall from the state that the cities are losing teachers to come out to the suburbs. The suburbs are now competing at a higher level. So there's this the shortage is being caused by the pilering that's going on from district to district. So it's it's a problem but um >> is going to get up here for the insurance. Are >> you good? >> Yep. I'm good. Thank you. >> Joe a couple of quick ones. We heard from our state legislators for ago that the ECS funding changed. Any update on that or any indication when that be? >> So, uh it was in uh they just went through testimony this week on Tuesday or today. Today's Tuesday. >> So, today there was uh there was the ability to give testimony.
We are at 50% and a 50% increase in energy just like you all are at home. Okay. Energy for some reason people think we don't pay an energy bill. It's not true. Right? We're working with a couple companies now that go back was it 5 years? Go back five years to see if there are any mistakes made on energy bills and we get a little bit of money back. So, we're doing our due diligence, but we're at 50% increase, which is approximately $1 million. Okay, before we even talk about anything else. And lastly, we are about a 50% increase in our sub rate. Right, when I first got here, if you remember some of the the more interesting meetings that that I was was at with all of you, um it was we don't have subs and classes where we can't get people in classes.
Okay. Interesting. Are y'all still reading? I'm done. Okay, so can we move So, you guys good just leaving it as is? Yeah, it looks pretty I I agree with Evan. Looks pretty straightforward to me. Okay, perfect. Um let me just paste this really quick and then I can move that one. Okay. Um So, then the last one that you guys did, I don't know if there was comments still. Looks like you just did. Okay. So, I think we might be ending early today unless did I I don't I don't think there was bonus work. Yeah, so we didn't have any bonus homework from last time. So, um we're done with all the stuff that we've reviewed. So, we can kind of just decide Well, I guess there's the first part of the conversation we need to have is like is this committee continuing with the members that we have?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Um and so it was available at every one of the school sites and that's where parents could come to check it out and give feedback and they did. >> And how many parents did that? >> I I can't give you an overall amount. I can tell you that on my desk right now, I've got at least 30 emails from parents about it, but there there could be more, but I could tell you that I've got at least 30 on my desk. >> Okay. Um, and then the you said the parents, is that different than the parents ch like the ones you choose to use it for a little bit? Like is there a difference between the parents that look at it and the parents that you said chose it or or wanted it or >> there is a difference between the parent who is on the actual committee because that person is present for all of the discussions and everything versus a general parent who comes in to examine anything and then send feedback that goes to Dr.
No, I do not know what it's called. I know it's I know it's like the limit and the >> go meter from Terry. >> Go meter. >> Yep. >> And the um >> the one on um Willmarmac. >> Oh, the power meter. I think it's just the KO meter. >> KO meter. Yeah. Yep. >> And the one on um Joker. >> Yep. >> All right. Okay. And unfortunately, Aiden lost another stock, but he did take one of Lucina, so that's pretty good. >> Actually, I'd probably say it's more like the Sephro getting the wings. >> Oh, yep. >> It increases, I think, just damage and stuff kind of stuff like that. >> Yep. >> With Sephroof, it increases speed, damage, speed of moves, >> and it gives him an extra jump >> and gives me three jumps >> or two jumps if I'm in. >> Oh, okay.
So, we'll still have to continue working in voice as we're setting up Tyler and work on those side by side. Um, we have onetime implementation fee. So, we'll pay half of that when we sign our contract hopefully here in another week or two. And then once we go live in another year, then we'll pay the additional um the other half the 275. Um so they have also said if after that first year implementation we are not happy we walk away and there's there's no cost to us and as you can see the return on investment for us is about 5 years. Um I just see way more efficiencies for us back there for us to be much more productive and efficient with our time and reducing our risk as we go back through our processes back there in the business office. So, um Tyler, this kind of gives a little bit of a glimpse of what it looks like.