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FCPS Adjustments for Growth COLA and Benefits 2000 to 2014
FCPS Adjustments for Growth COLA and Benefits 2000 to 2014
Prepared for FCTA by
Office of Budget Services / Fairfax County Public Schools
[2013-10-23:] I have attached a spreadsheet that shows the history of increases in growth, COLA and step (including percentages), and employee benefit cost increases (all benefits, not just pension and health insurance) for each of the years in your analysis so that you can compare your salary increase calculation to this document. Also, the per employee pension and medical insurance costs on the spreadsheet are overstated because bus drivers, bus attendants and parent liaisons participate in these benefit programs, but they are contracted hourly employees and are not reflected in the position count.
[2013-10-24:] The attached chart has been updated to include FY2000-FY2002. There are approximately 1,260 bus driver full-time equivalents and 430 bus attendant full-time equivalents. I do not have the information on parent liaisons, but that is a much smaller number. I also do not have the medical and pension costs for the hourly contracted employees. I will have to request that from HR and I'm not sure how long that will take, but I wanted to get you the information I do have.
-- Sheila Houston / Coordinator, Office of Budget Services /
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fiscal Amount
Year Program Positions ($ in millions)
2000 Membership Growth* 605.3 $29.7
COLA - 2% - $19.4
Step (average 2.6%) - $24.7
Employee Benefits - $34.0
2001 Membership Growth* 817.3 $47.0
COLA - 5% - $50.9
Step (average 2.6%) - $26.3
Employee Benefits - $6.0
2002 Membership Growth* 742.7 $43.1
COLA - 3% - $33.3
Step (average 2.6%) - $28.7
Employee Benefits - $0.7
2003 Membership Growth* 293.4 $23.5
COLA - 2% - $24.9
Step (average 2.6%) - $30.1
Employee Benefits - $25.4
2004 Membership Growth* 347.6 $23.4
COLA - 2% - $25.6
Step (average 2.6%) - $32.1
Employee Benefits (1st of 6-yr plan to pick up 5% VRS empl contrib) - $35.0
2005 Membership Growth* 34.7 $2.0
COLA - 2% for Support and 3% for Teachers - $36.7
Step (average 2.6%) - $33.1
Employee Benefits (2nd of 6-yr plan to pick up 5% VRS empl contrib) - $58.7
2006 Membership Growth* 27.4 $4.1
COLA - 3% - $43.2
Step (average 2.6%) - $35.2
Employee Benefits (3rd of 6-yr plan to pick up 5% VRS empl contrib) - $43.1
2007 Membership Growth* 24.6 $0.4
COLA - 3% - $46.5
Step (average 2.9%) - $38.0
Employee Benefits (4th of 6-yr plan to pick up 5% VRS empl contrib) - $76.9
2008 Membership Growth* 70.5 $2.8
COLA - 2% - $33.4
Step (average 2.9%) - $39.0
Employee Benefits (5th of 6-yr plan to pick up 5% VRS empl contrib) - $39.2
2009 Membership Growth* 358.7 $22.4
COLA - 2% - $34.9
Step (average 2.9%) - $40.7
Employee Benefits (last of 6-yr plan to pick up 5% VRS empl contrib) - -$1.3
2010 Membership Growth* 557.8 $36.0
COLA - 0% - No adjustment - -
Step - No Step Increases - -
Employee Benefits - -$0.1
2011 Membership Growth* 217.5 $14.4
COLA - 0% - No adjustment - -
Step - No Step Increases - -
Employee Benefits - $15.1
2012 Membership Growth* 426.8 $28.4
COLA - 1% - $17.9
Step (average 2.6%) - $40.2
Employee Benefits - $48.3
2013 Membership Growth* 700.2 $48.0
COLA - (1.25% COLA + 2.0% incr to meet state mandated VRS Shift) - $47.1
Step - None - -
Employee Benefits (1st of 2-yr phase out, 5% emplr-pd empl contrib) - $100.0
2014 Membership Growth* (Approved Budget) 299.0 $21.7
COLA** - (2.0% COLA for half yr plus 3.0% incr to meet ... VRS Shift) - $38.3
Step - None - -
Employee Benefits (2nd of 2-yr phase out, 5% emplr-pd empl contrib) - -$17.8
* Membership growth includes costs associated with opening new schools, where applicable.
**FCPS will receive $6.3 million in one time incentive funding from the state to offset
the cost of the 2% COLA, effective January 1, 2014.
TOTAL Membership Growth* $381.6 23%
TOTAL COLA $448.5 28%
TOTAL Step $393.7 24%
TOTAL Employee Benefits $404.5 25%
$1,628.3 100%
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