The District will expend for tuition, teacher retirement, and compensation of certificated staff a percentage of current operating costs that is no less than two percentage points less than the base school year certificated salary percentage
Have an unrestricted fund balance in the combined incidental and teachers’ fund on June 30 which is equal to or less than 10% of the combined expenditures for the year from those funds.
Maintain or increase its fiscal instructional ratio of efficiency (FIRE) compared to the District’s FIRE for the 1997-98 base year.
The District’s FIRE is the quotient of the sum of the District’s current operating costs plus the cost of improvement of instruction and the cost of purchased services and supplies for operation of the facilities housing those programs, and excluding student activities divided by the sum of the District’s current operating cost for kindergarten through grade twelve, plus all tuition revenue received from other districts minus all noncapital transportation and school safety and security costs.