JEWISH FEDERATION OF OTTAWA REPORT ON SCHOOL FUNDING 2015/2016

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1 JEWISH FEDERATION OF OTTAWA REPORT ON SCHOOL FUNDING 2015/2016 SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS ENVELOPE This report presents recommendations for the distribution of funding from the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign to schools for fiscal year For , the Funding Envelope has remained the same as last year. List of Funded s: Day s: Ottawa Jewish Community, Rambam, Torah Academy, Ottawa Torah Institute (OTI) Supplementary s: Chabad Hebrew (OTC Chabad), Ottawa Talmud Torah Afternoon (OTTAS), Ottawa Modern Jewish (OMJS), Temple Israel Religious (Temple), Torah High. Table 1: Funding Envelope Envelope Amounts: Support to s Year Day s Supplementary s 2013/14 $661,966 $100,973 $762, /15 $676,966 $100,973 $777, /16 $676,966 $100,973 $777,939 Table 2: Enrollment in Jewish education Table 2 shows the total number of students enrolled in Jewish education in Ottawa over the past ten years.

2 2005/ / / / / / / 20/ / /15 Day s Supplementary s s K Table 3: 2014/15 Enrolment in Ottawa Jewish s K-5 Enrollment By Grade Ottawa Jewish Community Rambam Torah Academy OTI Day OTC Chabad OTTAS * OMJS Temple Torah High 5* Supplementary *This is the first year of a joint Grade 8 program for OTTAS and Torah High. The students were divided evenly between the schools for the purposes of the funding formula. DAY SCHOOLS The day school envelope for is $676,966. The process for determining day school funding is as follows: 1. Per Student Funding Formula is applied according to the criteria in Table The Ottawa Jewish Community (OJCS) is red circled. 3. Any remaining funds in the day school envelope are distributed on a proportional basis, to schools that are not red circled.

3 Table 4: Day per Capita Formula Index of Per Capita Rates for Ottawa Jewish Day s A basic per capita rate of $500 per student enrolled A multiplying factor of 1.0 for K to grade 5 to give a rate of $500 per student A multiplying factor of 1.5 for grades 6 to 8 to give a rate of $750 per student A multiplying factor of 3.0 for high school to give a rate of $1,500 per student A multiplying factor of 2 for schools with over 200 students enrolled applied to the total The Ottawa Jewish Community is Red Circled if needed Table 5: Day Enrolment - 3 Year Average 20/ / /15 3 Year Average K K K K Ottawa Jewish Community Rambam Torah Academy OTI Enrollment 3 Year Average K Table 6: Calculations- Day Formula K-5 (x 500) $ Calculation by Grade 6-8 (x 750) (x 1,500) Allocation By Formula Ottawa Jewish Community $138,000* $93,000* $99,000* $554,526** ** Rambam $22,000 $8,250 $30,250 Torah $32,500 $13,500 $46,000 Academy OTI $18,000 $18,000 Day $648,776 * A multiplying factor of 2 is applied to the Ottawa Jewish Community, as it has more than 200 students. ** The Ottawa Jewish Community is Red Circled and its funding level remains the same as last year.

4 The day school funding envelope for is $676,966. The amount of funding remaining in the envelope after the allocation by formula is $28,190. This remainder is allocated to the schools that are not red circled, on a proportional basis: 1. Rambam s allocation by formula ($30,250) + Torah Academy s allocation by formula ($46,000) + OTI s allocation by formula ($18,000) = $94, Rambam s allocation is 32% of $94,250; Torah Academy s allocation is 49% of $94,250, and OTI s allocation is 19% of $94, Therefore Rambam receives an additional 32% of $28,190, Torah Academy receives an additional 49% of $28,190 and OTI receives 19% of $28,190. Allocation by Formula Table 7: Proposed Day Funding Proportional Increase to s Current Funding Proposed Funding OJCS $554,526** - $554,526 $554,526 Rambam $30,250 Torah Academy $46,000 OTI $18,000 $9,020 (32% of $28,190) $13,814 (49% of $28,190) $5,356 (19% of $28,190) $42,6 $39,270 $62,314 $59,814 $18,000 $23,356 Day $648,776 $676,966 $676,966 SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS FUNDING The Supplementary Funding Envelope for is $100,973. $6,000 is earmarked for joint professional development and marketing. $94,973 in funding is available for individual supplementary schools. This is the same level of funding for schools as last year. Since 2006, the Federation has distributed funds to Supplementary Jewish s using a funding formula based on contact hours (calculation based on enrolment x hours of programming). Funding Rationale for Supplementary s Calculations based on Enrolment x Contact (student contact per week) Supplementary s Funding Envelope set at $100,973 Funding available for individual supplementary schools for : $94,973

5 Table 8: Supplementary Enrolment Supplementary s: Chabad Hebrew (OTC Chabad), Ottawa Talmud Torah Afternoon (OTTAS), Temple Israel Religious (Temple), Torah High, Ottawa Modern Jewish (OMJS). 20/ / /15 3 Year Average K K K K OTC Chabad OTTAS Temple Torah High OMJS Table 9: Calculation of Contact 3 Yr Average of Contact : Programming Enrolment x K K of Programming OTC Chabad = 200 OTTAS See below * * 130 Temple See below * * * 267 Torah High OMJS = 6 Three of the schools have straightforward schedules. However, separate calculations for Talmud Torah Afternoon and Temple Israel Religious are required. Detailed calculations are below as their Grades have different contact hours. Table 10: Calculation of 3 Year Average for Talmud Torah OTTAS K Gr. 1 Gr. 2 Gr. 3 Gr. 4 Gr. 5 Gr. 6 Gr. 7 Gr yr average

6 Table 11: Calculation of 3 Year Average for Temple Israel Religious Temple K Gr. 1 Gr. 2 Gr. 3 Gr. 4 Gr. 5 Gr. 6 Gr. 7 Gr. 8 Gr. 9 Gr yr average Table : Individual Calculations Grade Average # of No. of Contact Students K Talmud Torah Grade Average # of No. of Contact Students K Temple Israel Contact Table 13: Supplementary Allocations by Formula % of Contact Contact Hour Allocation (as a % of Envelope) Current Funding 2014/15 Proposed Funding 2015/16 OTC Chabad % $19,945 $18,995 $19,945 OTTAS % $,345 $14,246 $,345 Temple % $26,590 $28,492 $26,590 Torah High % $23,745 $20,894 $23,745 OMJS 6 13% $,345 $,346 $,345 s % $94,970 $94,973 $94,970