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The Boston Consulting Group
Hallazgos y Recomendaciones

Noviembre 12, 2014
Presentando al equipo de BCG

            Tyce Henry                       Allison Bailey                       Danny Acosta
             Principal,               Senior Partner and Head, North                  Partner,
           Washington DC               American Education Practice                   New York
   Tyce is a member of the           Allison has been with BCG since      Danny is a core member of
   leadership team for BCG's         1987 and leads BCG's Education       BCG's Public Sector practice with
   Education Practice, with broad    Practice in the U.S. She is the      a focus on performance
   experience advising school        Regional Practice Leader for BCG's   management, organizational and
   districts, state governments,     People and Organization Practice     operational effectiveness,
   universities and education        and has deep experience advising     economic planning, growth
   services firms on issues of       clients across K-12, higher          strategy, and large-scale
   strategy, operations and          education, foundations, and global   transformation. He worked
   organization. Tyce received his   intermediaries (eg, World Economic   closely with Puerto Rico's
   MBA from the Wharton School of    Forum). Allison received her MBA     Government Development Bank
   Business at the University of     from the Wharton School and her      to develop an economic
   Pennsylvania.                     MA from Harvard's Kennedy            development plan. Danny holds
                                     School.                              a dual JD/MBA from Georgetown
                                                                          University.

                                                                                                              1
Agenda

Overall PRDE context

School consolidation and docente staffing

PRDE administrative restructuring

                                            2
La matrícula se ha reducido un 42% desde el 1980 y se
   espera una caída adicional de 22% para el 2020

                                               Matrícula histórica y pronosticada, 1980-2020

# de estudiantes 800
         (Miles)               713

                                                        -42%
                      600
                                                                                                  Pronosticado
                                                                                                  -22%
                                                                      423    411
                      400
                                                                                                                          321

                                                                                                                                   Elemental
                      200

                                                                                                                                   Intermedio
                                                                                                                                   Superior
                         0
                                 1980

                                        1990

                                                 2000

                                                               2010

                                                                      2013

                                                                             2014

                                                                                    2015

                                                                                           2016

                                                                                                   2017

                                                                                                           2018

                                                                                                                   2019

                                                                                                                           2020
                                                                                                          Inicio del año escolar

   Sources: BCG analysis; US Census
                                                                                                                                                3
El gasto por estudiante se ha triplicado en los
últimos 30 años
                              PRDE's inflation-adjusted budget                                                 ... while per-student spending more
                              doubled over the past 30 years ...                                                             than tripled

                                                      +98%                                                                                         +230 %
                              4
                                                                       $3.6                                                                                         $8,540
 $B (constant 2013 dollars)

                                                                                                                                                                                        Nevada
                              3                              $2.8
                                                                                                                                                                                        Utah

                              2   $1.8      $1.8

                                                                                                                                $2,584
                              1

                              0
                                  1980-81   1990-91          2001-02   2010-11                                                   1980-81                             2010-11

                                     DE gasta menos en instrucción y más en administración que cualquier
                                         otro Estado (50% en instrucción vs. 65% promedio en EEUU)

1. "Expenditures" include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs,
and interest on long-term debt. Data used for 1980-1981, 1990-1991, and 2001-2002 come from "The Economy of Puerto Rico: Restoring Growth," Helen Ladd and Francisco Rivera-Batiz,
p.209), which lists the PRDE as its source and uses 2003 constant dollars. For 2010-2011, data comes from NCES and has been adjusted to 2013 dollars using the CPI inflation calculator.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, "The Economy of Puerto Rico: Restoring Growth"; National Center for Education Statistics, "Revenues and Expenditures for Public
Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2010-11, Table 2; BCG analysis
                                                                                                                                                                                                 4
30% de estudiantes en educación especial (dos veces el
promedio de EEUU), lo que aumenta el nivel de gasto
                                                 Special education population, top 25 US school districts by size

% Individualized Education Program Students [District] 2010-11
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        30%
30

25

20
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        18%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          16%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              15% 15%
15                                                                                                                      14% 14%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             14.5
                                                                                                            13% 13% 13%
                                                                                            12% 12% 12% 12%
                                                                                    11% 12%
                                                                11% 11% 11% 11% 11%
                         10% 10%

     8%        8%

0
                                                                       Gwinnett County

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Fairfax County
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Wake County

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        New York City
                                                                                                                                     Cobb County

                                                                                                                                                             Montgomery County
                                                 Clark County

                                                                                                     PG County

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Duval
                                                                                                                                                                                 City of Chicago

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Palm beach
                         Charlotte-Mecklenburg

                                                                Dade
               Houston

                                                                                         Hawaii DE

                                                                                                                                                   Memphis

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Puerto Rico DE
                                                                                                                 San Diego Unified
      Dallas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Orange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Pinellas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Philadephia
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Broward

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Los Angeles Unified

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Hillsborough
Note: New York City data from 2008-2009 school year; PR data from 2012-2013
Source, BCG analysis
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En la última década, la reducción de estudiantes ha sido
más acelerada que la disminución de maestros

     Since 2004, enrollment has declined                                                      ... while the number of teachers
                  by 27% ...                                                                           declined by 18%
   Enrollment ('000)                                                                     Teachers ('000)
   800                        -19%                                                       60
                    713
                                                                                                           +33%
                                                       -27%                                                                 -18%
   600                                     576                                                                      43
                                                                                         40
                                                                                                                                     35
                                                                   423                             32
   400

                                                                                         20
   200

      0                                                                                   0
                 1980-81                 2004-05                2013-14                          1980-81          2004-05          2013-14

                           Los estudiantes por maestro en PR se ha reducido de 22.1 en el
                           80 a 12.0 hoy en día (por debajo del promedio de EEUU de 16.1)

Note: 1986
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Puerto Rico Department of Education
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Salones de clase con menos estudiantes por maestro no
resulta en aprovechamiento académico más alto

    PRDE has a very low ratio of students to                                                                ... low ratios do not translate to higher
  classroom teachers relative to U.S. states ...                                                            student performance in PRDE schools
 No. of students
 per teacher*                                                                                              % Math Proficiency
 25
                         Student:teacher ratio, top 20                                                     100
       24                                                                                                                                                                  PRDE school
                            U.S. states by density

                                                                                                            80

 20
                                                                                                            60
            18 18
                  18

                                                                                  Avg.: 16.1
                       16 16 16                                                                             40
                                  15 15 15 15
 15                                           15 14
                                                      14 14
                                                              13 13 13                                      20
                                                                       13
                                                                            12
   0                                                                                                          0
       CA IN MI VA OH HI IL NC FL GA TN MD DE MA PA CT NY RI NJ PR                                                0             5             10             15             20

 * Note: excludes teachers working in administrative roles                                                                       Number of students per teacher

Note: Total number of students and teachers excludes Pre-K. Teachers include all regular, vocational, and special education teachers; Guidance councilors, social workers, and program
coordinators excluded. All teachers are under active status within the January 2014 Plantilla.
Source: PRDE data, BCG analysis
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Agenda

Overall PRDE context

School consolidation and docente staffing

PRDE administrative restructuring

                                            8
La utilización de escuelas irá de 71% a 55% en el 2020 si no
se realiza un esfuerzo de consolidación

                  Utilización (%)                                                                                       # estudiantes (en '000's)
                  100                                                                                                                            800
                                                                        Best practice: 90%
                   80
                                             71%                                                                                                 600

                   60                                                                                                                     55%
                                                                                                                                                 400

                   40

                             423              411              394              377                                                              200
                   20                                                                            362             346              333     321

                     0                                                                                                                           0
                              2013             2014            2015             2016             2017             2018             2019   2020

                             Basada en M1 certificada del 2014

1.Schools omitted when capacity or enrollment were not available
Note: Other category includes schools with all grades and secondary schools (7-12).
Sources: BCG analysis; US Census; 2014 M1 official enrollment data from PRDE as of October 2014. School capacity information from OMEP.
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Las escuelas pequeñas y sub-utilizadas contribuye al bajo
número de estudiantes por maestro
  Small K-6 schools tend to have ratios                                                                  ... while larger K-6 schools tend to see
    of 6-10 students per teacher ...                                                                       ratios of 10-16 students per teacher

        Student:teacher ratio for small schools                                                              Student:teacher ratio for larger schools
                   (250 students)
% of small schools                                                                                 % of larger schools
(250 students)

                                                                                                                                                              U.S. average (14.4)
40                           n = 261 schools                                                        50
                                 37%                                                                              n = 292 schools
                                                                                                                                                      44%

                                                             U.S. average (14.4)
                                                                                                    40
30                                       28%
                                                                                                                                             30%
                                                                                                    30
20                      17%
                                                                                                    20                                                        16%
                                                  12%
10
                                                                                                    10
                                                           3%                                                                        5%                                             4%
        1%      1%                                                                 0%   0%
  0                                                                                                  0
        2-4     4-6      6-8     8-10 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18                           18+                2-4      4-6     6-8     8-10 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18                         18+

                                               # of students per teacher                                                                          # of students per teacher

                                  La consolidación de escuelas es esencial para mejorar el
                                  aprovechamiento y las practicas de staffing de docentes
Source: Teacher ratio calculated using 2013-14 student enrollment and teacher data as of January 2014. Total 2013 enrollment from official PRDE enrollment figures as of August 2013.
Teacher information from PRDE HR include maestro docente, maestro vocacional and maestro de confiianza
                                                                                                                                                                                               10
El enfocarse en la cantidad adecuada de escuelas le dará al
DE más opciones en el futuro

                               • Declining population
                               • Declining birth rates
                               • Increasing shifts to private schools

                                         Enrollment declines
                                             and shifts

 • Increasing class size                                                   Driven directly by declining enrollment:
   without focus on more   Last-minute                                      • Fewer students generating federal
   effective teachers       cuts with                                          per-pupil revenues
                             adverse                           Declining
 • Cutting academic        impacts on                          revenues     Exacerbated by...
   programs                 students                                        • Decreased state funding due to
                                                                              recession and government's fiscal
 • Decreasing length of                                                       crisis
   school day
                                            Unsustainable
                                          stopgap measures

                               • Drawing down "rainy day" reserves

                               • Deferring facilities maintenance

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La metodología utilizada para identificar escuelas para la
consolidación busca primordialmente mejorar el desempeño

Three main criteria for
 receiving candidates

• Academic
  performance                             High   Prioritize program for:
  should be equal or                              • Program
  better based on PPAA                              relocation (to existing              Maximize
                                                    bldg)                                 capacity
  scores in Spanish and                                                                  utilization
                                                  • Facility renovation
  math
                                                  • New construction
                                 Academic
• Building quality              performance
  must be better based on                        Close program and
  regional director ratings,                                                  Retain facility; replace
                                                 facility
                                                                              program
  OMEP repair needs                                • Emphasis on
                                                                               • Replacement with high-
                                                      lower utilized
                                                                                 performing program
                                                      schools
• Distance from closing                   Low
  school                                          Low                                                     High
  should be within ~3 -4                                                  Building quality
  miles of driving distance

                       Objetivo: Consolidar escuelas con bajo desempeño
                         académico y baja calidad en las instalaciones

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Las proyecciones de matrícula de estudiantes sugieren
potencial para consolidar / reconfigurar varias escuelas
Con la meta de llegar a 90% de utilización

       PRDE could reconfigure up to 300                     By 2020, reconfiguration would free up to
         schools now and 580 by 2020                                 $249M per year in costs

         Number of
         consolidated schools                                   Savings ($M)
                                                                                                           249
         600                       580                          250
                                                                                                    226
                                    85     High schools
                                                                200
                                    80     Middle schools
                                                                                             167
         400
                                                                150
                     300                                                       129    129
                       33
                   34                                           100
         200                       415     Elementary/K-9             76

                       233                                       50

            0                                                    0
                   2015-16       2020-21                              2015     2016   2017   2018   2019   2020

                                School year                                                          School year

Source: BCG analysis
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La reconfiguración de escuelas es esencial para mejorar
las prácticas de staffing de docentes
Ejemplo demuestra mejor oferta curricular con 30% menos maestros

      Consolidating school                     Receiving School (before)                 Receiving School (after)
                                               Grade        Students       Teachers     Grade       Students      Teachers
   Grade         Students      Teachers
                                                    K          21      5                  K            38      7
     K              17      4
                                                    1          17      •4 K-3             1            19      •5 K-3
     1               2      •3 K-3                                                        2            24      •2 Arts
                                                    2          18      •1 Arts
     2               6      •1 Arts                                                       3            28
                                                    3          18
     3              10                                                                                         6
                                                    4          16      6                  4           29       •3 4th-6th
     4              13      5                                          •3 4th-6th                              •1 English
     5              11      •2 4th-6th              5          26      •2 English         5           37       •1 Consum.
                            •1 English                                 •1 Consum.
                                                    6          23                         6           35       •1 Health
     6              12      •1 Consum.
                            •1 Health                                  14                                      13
                                                                       •2 Math                                 •2 Math
     7              15      5                       7          53                         7           68
                                                                       •2 English                              •2 English
     8              17      •1 Math
                                                                       •2 Spanish                              •2 Spanish
                            •1 English
                                                                       •5 Science                              •4 Science
                            •1 Spanish
     9              12                           8             58      •2 Phys. Ed.       8           75       •2 Phys. Ed.
                            •1 Phys. Ed.
                                                 9             39      •1 Librarian       9           51       •1 Librarian
                            •1 Librarian
 Special Ed.         8      2                Special Ed.       n/a     3              Special Ed.      8       4

   Total           123      16                 Total           289               28     Total         412      30

                16 teachers                                28 teachers                            30 teachers
         8:1 student:teacher ratio                  10:1 student:teacher ratio             14:1 student:teacher ratio

                                      44 teachers                                             30 teachers
                                                                                      (32% reduction –14 teachers )

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La consolidación tiene beneficios académicos y fiscales
para todo el sistema

          Academic benefits                         Fiscal benefits

           Move children to                   Use instructional staff more
        higher-quality schools                         efficiently

       Increase academic and
                                                Lower operations costs
  extracurricular offerings (eg, arts)

 Recruit fewer, better school directors   Reduce administrative and support
             and teachers                              staff

       Focus turnaround efforts             Revenue from sale of facilities

           Invest in modern               Shrink backlog of deferred facilities
       facilities and technology                     maintenance

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La consolidación de 70 escuelas y la implementación de
nuevas prácticas de staffing permitieron reducir 2,450
puestos de docentes este año

                                                                                                                              Guidance Counselors                                Total
                                                                                  Teachers
                                                                                                                               & Social Workers                                Docentes

                                                                  Perm.             Trans.              Total             Perm.             Trans.             Total                Total
January 2014 Staffing1                                             31,040             4,800             35,840              2,170               130             2,300                38,140
Attrition through July 31                                           (1330)                 570             (760)               (80)                 50              (30)                 (790)
Retirements3                                                       (1,770)                      -       (1,770)               (130)                    -          (130)               (1,900)
Transitorio contracts terminated on
                                                                             -        (5,370)           (5,370)                     -           (180)             (180)               (5,550)
May 31
Transitorio hires                                                            -          5,560             5,560                     -             230                230                5,790
2014 – 2015 staffing (as of 9/2014)                                 27,940              5,560            33,500              1,960                230             2,190                35,690
Eliminated positions                                               (3,100)                 760          (2,340)               (210)               100              (110)              (2,450)

1. Includes all teachers that are active or on paid or unpaid leave. Excludes non-teachers and abandoned, terminated, or suspended posts. 2. Estimate to be verified with latest plantilla
data and PRDE projections. 3. PRDE estimate as of August 6. Excludes 92 estimated administrative retirements (facilitators, directors, etc.). Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest
10. Source: PRDE data, BCG analysis
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Los ahorros de la consolidación y la reducción en posiciones
     docentes se estiman en $109M por año

                                                                Category ($M)                                           FY15              FY16              FY17
                                             Teacher, counselor, & social worker salary & benefits1                       $96               $96               $96
                         Recurring savings

                                             Other personnel salary & benefits (~310 fewer)1,2                            $8                 $8                $8

                                             Privatized services                                                          $2                 $2                $2

                                             Electric (AEE) & Water (AAA)                                                 $2                 $2                $2

                                             Maintenance3                                                                 $1                 $1                $1

                                             Recurring Savings Total                                                     $109              $109              $109

                                             Licencia payouts                                                           ($39)                $0                $0
                         Costs

                                             Facility costs (shutdown, moving, repairs)4                                 ($8)                $0                $0

                                             Academic investments5                                                      ($20)              ($20)             ($20)

                                             TOTAL IN-YEAR SAVINGS                                                        $42               $89               $89

                                             CUMULATIVE SAVINGS                                                           $42              $131              $220

1. Includes State's retirement contribution, special laws (Christmas and medical), Social Security contribution for non-docente and Medicare contribution for docente, FSE, and
unemployment. 2. Reduction of non-teachers made up of school directors, janitors, food service workers, and guards. 3. Maintenance costs extrapolated on a smaller sample of 51 potential
school closures due to data limitations. 4. Confirmed OGP budget. 5. Estimating new teacher hires to reduce class size to 15 students per class in K-3 in selected school interventions (or
other interventions to be determined by head of Asuntos Académicos. Source: PRDE Office of Budget and Office of Human Resources
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Agenda

Overall PRDE context

School consolidation and docente staffing

PRDE administrative restructuring

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Los gastos en administración por estudiante del DE son
mayores que la mayoría de los distritos grandes de EEUU

                                 General administrative costs per-pupil among large U.S. districts
                   500

                   400                                   Philadelphia

                   300                                                                  Chicago

                                                                                                                         Puerto Rico
                   200
                                                Memphis

                   100                                                        Miami-Dade
                                                                  Houston                                                                              Los Angeles
                                                                         Clark County
                                                       Hawaii
                      0
                          0                               200,000                              400,000                              600,000                              800,000

                                                                                                                                                     Number of students

                    Los costos administrativos de PR ($260 por estudiante) son más que el
                     triple vs. Los Angeles ($69/estudiante) o Miami-Dade ($81/estudiante)

1. Defined as the sum of all expenditures for school district administration, including boards of education and their staff, and executive administration. Also included are expenditures for
legal activities in interpretation of laws and statutes, and general liability situations. Data is from 2010 – 2011 unless otherwise noted. Source: NCES 2011 data, BCG analysis
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El DE pudiera reinvertir entre $75 y $100M en instrucción al
reducir los costos administrativos

                                                                                                                                 Projected PRDE
                                                                       Admin cost                   Total admin                   admin cost at                       PRDE savings at
            District                       # of pupils                 per pupil ($)                 cost1($M)                   benchmark ($M)                       benchmark ($M)
Philadelphia                                   155,856                         401                            62                              198                                  (70)
Chicago                                        404,584                         319                          129                               158                                  (30)
Puerto Rico DE                                 493,393                         258                          127                               127                                     -
Broward County                                 256,472                         107                            27                               53                                    75
Gwinnett County                                160,744                           93                           15                               46                                    82
Palm Beach                                     174,663                           92                           16                               45                                    82
Dallas                                         157,143                           86                           13                               42                                    85
Orange County                                  176,008                           82                           14                               40                                    87
Miami-Dade                                     346,842                           81                           28                               40                                    88
Clark County                                   313,866                           78                           24                               38                                    89
Fairfax                                        174,428                           77                           13                               38                                    90
Houston                                        204,245                           72                           15                               35                                    92
Los Angeles                                    667,090                           69                           46                               34                                    93
Hillsborough County                            194,525                           66                           13                               33                                    95
Hawaii                                         179,601                           60                           11                               30                                    98

1. Defined as the sum of all expenditures for school district administration, including boards of education and their staff, and executive administration. Also included are expenditures for
legal activities in interpretation of laws and statutes, and general liability situations. Data is from 2010 – 2011 unless otherwise noted. Source: NCES 2011 data, BCG analysis
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El DE tiene más personal administrativo que la mayoría de
los distritos de EEUU

                    General administrative staff per 10,000 students, for 25 largest districts1
         Administrator staff2 per 10k students
         120
                                              San Diego

         100
                                                        Orange County
                                            Duval County
           80                                            Houston
                                                 Montgomery County
                       Baltimore County
                                                        Hillsborough County
           60

                      Charlotte-Mecklenburg
                                                         Hawaii                                             Puerto Rico DE3
           40
                                              Philadelphia
                                                       Broward County                       Miami-Dade                                                       Los Angeles
                                         Memphis
           20
                                                       (Ft Lauderdale)
                                                    Gwinnett County

            0
                0                                    200,000                                   400,000                                   600,000                                   800,000

                                                                                                                                                                Number of students

1. Data not available for NYC, Chicago, and Clark county. 2. As identified by NCES. Includes chief executive officers of education agencies, Districts, deputies, and assistant Districts;
other persons with districtwide responsibilities, e.g., business managers, administrative assistants, and professional instructional support staff; and staff members providing direct
support to LEA administrators, business office support, data processing, secretarial and other clerical staff. 3. Inclusive of 1,952 Central, Regional, and District office administrative
positions. Source: NCES 2012 data, PRDE April 23 Plantilla, BCG analysis
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Los comparativos sugieren que el DE pudiera reinvertir
~$30M en instrucción al reducir posiciones administrativas

                                                           District                  Total             Projected PRDE                       Projected               Projected salary
                                     # of                 staff / 10k               district            admin staff at                       savings                   + benefits
         District                 students                students                   staff1              benchmark                         (positions)               savings2 ($M)

  PRDE
                                    427,113                      46                   1,952                        N/A                              -                              -
  (2014 Plantilla)3

  Los Angeles
                                    659,639                      29                   1,932                       1,251                           701                             28
  (2012 NCES)

  Miami-Dade
                                    350,239                      28                     996                       1,214                           737                             29
  (2012 NCES)

1. As identified by NCES. Includes chief executive officers of education agencies, Districts, deputies, and assistant Districts; other persons with districtwide responsibilities, e.g.,
business managers, administrative assistants, and professional instructional support staff; and staff members providing direct support to LEA administrators, business office support,
data processing, secretarial and other clerical staff. 2. Represents savings on salary and benefits, based on average PRDE administrator salary and benefits of $39,480. 3. Inclusive of
1,952 Central, Regional, and District office administrative positions. Source: NCES 2012 data, PRDE April 23 Plantilla, BCG analysis
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