However, in order to maintain a competitive pay scale, in line with the rising cost of living, comparable increases have been approved for these classes of employees. A study of the total effect of "General Actions on Personnel" has shown that these actions account for an increase of $97,227,600 of the FY 1970 budget over the FY 1964 budget; 37.8% of the total budget increase for those years is due to general actions on personnel. The detail follows: Public Law 89-791, the D. C. Public Education Act, approved November 7, 1966, authorized the establishment in the District of Columbia of a public college of arts and sciences and a vocational and technical institute. From fiscal year 1968 to 1972 (estimate), the annual appropriations for Federal City College and Washington Technical Institute are as follows: Public Laws 87-507 and 90-605 authorized the District of Columbia to implement a school transit subsidy program to subsidize the difference between the reduced fare for school children and the regular adult fare as set by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission. This program has received appropriations as follows: $34,472 in 1967; $32,000 in 1968; $1,227,000 in 1969; $1,487,000 in 1970; and $3,203,035 in 1971. In FY 1972, the request is for $212,300, with a reserve established of $2.3 million for this program if the authorizing law is extended by the Congress. METRO The National Capital Transportation Act, as amended, authorized the planning and construction of the regional rail rapid transit system. Funds appropriated thus far are: The fiscal 1971 request of $34.2 million and the fiscal 1972 request of $38.3 million are presently pending before the Congress. Human Resources Public Law 90-227, authorized the District of Columbia's participation in the Title XIX Medicaid program of medical services to persons eligible for any of the four Federally-assisted categories of public assistance. Incremental funds approved for Medicaid totalled $500,000 in FY 1970, a net additional amount of $2.1 million in FY 1971 ($2.7 million approved; $600,000 redirected), and an increase of $4.9 million is pending in the FY 1972 Budget. Public Law 90-452, the D.C. Alcoholic Rehabilitation Act of 1967, recognized alcoholism as a public health problem, not a criminal problem, and formed the basic legislative authority for the District's residential treatment and rehabilitation program for alcoholics. In FY 1972, the budget request for this program is $3.9 million, an increase of $171,000 over 1971. The Social Security Amendments of 1967 required every state to implement a program of income supplementation to supplement the income of AFDC mothers working full-time, but earning less than they would receive if they were on welfare. This program was begun in Fiscal Year 1971 with an appropriation of $175,000. In FY 1972, the request is for $4.8 million. For the public assistance programs, OAA, AFDC, AB, and APTD, eligibility requirements are set by Federal law. The intake of new cases is a direct factor in the expenditure levels for welfare. The District's caseload has risen substantially in recent years following a nation-wide pattern influenced by Federal administrative requirements, court actions and economic conditions. The rise in D.C. appropriations resulting from this trend is as follows: In the area of public safety, considerable program expansions and increases in expenditures have resulted from Presidential recommendations and Congressional approval of enabling legislation. In 1966, the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia made public its findings and recommendations on law enforcement in the Nation's Capital. The recommendations were very extensive and dealt with the full range of District responsibilities and functions. They involved the activities of 30 D.C. operating agencies. Many of the findings were policy oriented, or related to organizational issues which may or may not have had budgetary impact. In addition, many new programs and new emphases were recommended and have formed the basis for District agency program planning and operations since that time, as for example the Department of Recreation's Roving Leader program. The recommendations of the President's Commission on Crime have had a significant and all-pervasive influence on budgetary and program increases for the District operating agencies. Three specific examples in the public safety area are the expanded police force, the 1970 Crime Program and the 1970 Court Reform Act. In May, 1968, President Johnson called for an increase in the D.C. police force from 3,100 officers to 4,100. The annual cost of the additional police officers is $9.8 million. In 1970, following President Nixon's speech of January, 1969, the District undertook the implementation of the President's Crime Program for D.C. This program included an increase in the authorized level of the police force from 4,100 to 5,100 officers and an increase in police cadets and civilian employees; Youth Group Homes, a Diagnostic and Evaluation Program and Pre-Delinquency Program of the Social Services Administration; improved departmental administration, community correctional programs, a Youth Crime Control program, a narcotics program, improved security and improved medical and classification services for the Corrections Department; expansion of the Human Relations Commission; and increased staff for the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Marshal's Office. The appropriations for the 1970 Crime Program are as follows: Public Law 91-358, the Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act, was approved in July 1970 and authorized many significant and thorough-going reforms of the District's court and judicial system. The implementation of this Act will require extensive programs and services not only in the traditional Public Safety agencies, but also in such agencies as the Department of Human Resources which provides important services in the areas of rehabilitation, institutional services, job training, education, psychiatric care. These services are especially important to the effective operation of the total criminal justice system and to the prevention of criminal activity. The estimated annual cost of programs which implement the provisions of this Act is $13 million, once the total program is underway. Initial programs to implement the mandate of the Court Reform Act were funded in the Fiscal Year 1971 Supplemental appropriations acts. 1971 first supplemental expenses related to court reform Total_ Office of the Corporation Counsel. Special Litigation Division, Juvenile Division, and Administra Ten additional judges and staff, Executive Office, Social Services D.C. Court of Appeals. Division, Clerk's Office, Data Processing. Three additional judges and staff. D.C. Bail Agency.. Strengthened legal services, Offender Rehabilitation Division, $3,830, 000 225.000 551, 000 2, 329, 000 280, 000 170,000 275, 000 1971 second supplemental expenses related to court reform Total___ Department of General Services___ Increased security in the courts. D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure.. U.S. Courts__. The District's share of the increased costs of Federal Court Department of Human Resources Improving education at the Department of Human Resources Psychiatric services to emo- 1,044, 000 12,000 11, 000 906, 000 85,000 30, 000 D.C. Superior Court__ D.C. Court of Appeals. 1972 budget requests related to court reform Total____. 743, 000 Seven additional judges and staff, support staff for the Criminal, 191, 500 Increased workload; handling Bar Admissions-Grievances. 622, 400 153, 100 2, 911, 986 U.S. Courts____ Reimbursement of Federal Court costs. Public Defender Service__. Appellate Division. Annualization requirements of 1971 Supplemental appropriations--- Source: D.C. Government, Office of Budget and Executive Management, July 19, 1971. MANDATORY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS! A. Required costs (Pos. $2,806.8) 1. Definition.-Required Costs include the staffing of new buildings and additions, annualizations, and results of governmental actions such as pay legislations, and direct Congressional actions. Also included would be the increased cost of providing the same level of services to the current clientele (types and numbers)-inflationary costs including increased costs of services provided by other District agencies. 2. Explanation.-Funds included here are for pay raises; two extra days pay for Classified employees; adjustment for BA plus 15 credit hours increased pay; annualizations; within-grade increases; increased operating costs; and uniforms for bus drivers. Staffing costs (Pos. 104 (44) $1,099.7) include professional and clerical staffing for the new Woodson Senior High School; Mamie D. Lee School for the Severely Mentally Retarded; assistant principals for the additions to the Langdon and Walker-Jones Elementary Schools; and custodial staffing for these buildings as well as additions to the Carver, Webb, Ketcham, and Thomas Elementary Schools, and Phelps and M. M. Washington-Vocational Schools; and the Specialized Learning Center for Career Development. B. Workload (Pos. 173 $2,386.1) 1. Definition.-Workload Costs include increased costs of providing the same service to an increased number of current clientele. For example, providing the same student-teacher ratio for an increased population. 2. Explanation.-Through the budgetary process, redirection of funds resulted in increasing the pupil-teacher ratio, reducing the number of teachers, and thus increasing the workload of the classroom teachers. By action of the City Council, 18 classroom teachers at both the elementary and secondary levels, and 20 art and music teachers for the elementary schools were restored to aid in relieving the workload in these areas. Also, 38 teachers for children with learning difficulties, severely mentally retarded children, and for Crisis Resource Teachers in the area of Special Education were requested. 1 Source: D.C. Public Schools, Division of Budget and Executive Management. In the Operation and Maintenance of Buildings (including transportation), additional custodial substitutes, management supervisors, bus drivers, laborers, and repairmen are requested. Of the 26 drivers requested, 19 are requested to provide for the increase of 717 pupils in special education classes. Additional funds are provided for repair, improvement, and programmed maintenance on a contract basis, for Summer Enrichment Programs, for machine rental, and for travel. Finally, 11 positions for payroll, and time and leave clerks have been requested for the Personnel Department. C. Improved services (Pos. 81 $815.3) 1. Definition.-Improved services are increased costs of providing the same services to the current clientele as a result of changes in staffing patterns, technological changes, or new methods. 2. Explanation.-Positions in this category include 22 reading specialists and 30 mathematics resource teachers for the elementary schools; 19 positions for the Custodian Training Program; 3 preventive maintenance employees; one counselor and two teacher aides for special education; and two academic teachers for the Career Development Program. D. New services (Pos. 26 $247.8) 1. Definition.-New Programs or Services are those requests for a new service to existing or new clientele or an extension of present services to a new clientele not now being served. (This is distinct from increases in current clientele under workload.) Also included are programs previously funded from non-general appropriations. 2. Explanation.-New services requested are two social workers to work with pregnant girls who are continuing their schooling in regular schools; seven positions plus funds for equipment for grounds maintenance; two bus attendants for transportation of special education pupils; two teachers for vocational education training for special education; and 10 cooperative education teachers for Career Development. Prepared by Division of Budget and Executive Management, June 9, 1971. |