Hullender, Sikes, Stark: Group 1

Key Assessment
FRIT 7331
Lisa Hullender, Amanda Sikes, & Jason Stark
Section V: Budget Resources
Long County Media Center Budget
The line budget amount for the Long County Middle School Media Center this year was
$61,876. The media center served two schools for FY14 including Long County Middle School,
Walker Elementary School and the Long County Pre-K.
FTE Count and Formula
The total count for the FTE for media budget for 2014 was 690. This was based only on the Long
County Middle School and did not include the other schools. The dollar amount received per
student based on FTE count for the media center was:
$61,876 / 690 = $89.67 Budget
$69,584.01 / 690 = $100.84 Actual
Spending
The media center budget for 2014 was spent on the following items for a total of $69,584.01:
Salary

54.35%

$37,821.40

Benefits

33.89%

$23,580.29

Prof Serv.

.7%

$487.50

Supplies

2.32%

$1,611.52

Software

1.07%

$747.50

Equipment

1.00%

$697.99

Tech. Equip.

1.72%

$1,196.00

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Books

4.95%

$3,441.81

Additional Funding
The Long County Middle School Media Center does get QBE funding. They receive QBE
funding for salary at $61.38 per FTE count and materials at $13.03 per FTE count. Other funding
comes from book fairs that are held each year. The media center also has a school store that
provides funding as well as turtle book sales. In addition, the media center receives local
supplements that vary from year to year.
Adequacy of Funding
The media specialist feels the funding is adequate for the current needs of the media center.
Enough funding is available to purchase books and software for student use. However, additional
funds are needed to add more technology to the media center. The media center is in need of
updating furnishings as well. However, the system is currently breaking ground on a new school
so it is likely that those updates will not happen for the current media center.
As stated above, more funding is needed for technology so that students are able to use more Ebooks and other Web 2.0 tools. The school does not allow students to BYOT so students must
rely on using the technology provided by the media center. If the media center wants to move
towards a more 21st century focus, more funding will need to be allocated for purchasing
technology for student use.