Phase II of the Lawrence school board’s $4.7 million plan for balancing the 2002-2003 budget contains $1.84 million in fee increases and spending cuts.

The prioritized Phase II list:

Instructional material fee Increase this new fee to $15 per student to defray costs of weekly readers, workbooks and other items to generate $40,000.

Textbook fee Raise to $72 per student, the basic rental fee, to generate $105,000.

Technology fee Increase this new $10 per-student fee to pay for supplies in computer laboratories to generate $35,000.

Custodial Hold off on calling in custodial substitutes until the third day to save $30,000.

Transportation activity fee Increase of this new $15 per-student fee would help cover the cost of field trips and generate $40,000. Currently, these fees range from $2 to $4.

Supplemental enrollment fee Increase to $50 the fee charged secondary students to support school organizations and activities to raise $60,000.

Drama Reduce the number of drama assistants to save $6,510.

Textbook fee Charge students qualifying for a reduced-price lunch a $15 fee to generate $12,000.

Transportation fee Charge students in the reduced-lunch program a $5 fee to raise $4,000.

Technology fee Charge students in the reduced-lunch program a $5 fee to raise $4,000.

Elementary staffing Reduce secretarial and clerical support to save $83,000.

Instructional material fee Charge students in the reduced-lunch program a $5 fee to generate $4,000.

Cheerleading End cheerleading in the junior high schools to save $29,500. (This pulled by the board and placed in phase 2 to be replaced by high school intramural.)

Pep band Drop supplemental pay to four staff in the high schools to save $4,959.

Secondary guidance Drop the Lawrence Alternative High School’s counselor to a half-time position from full-time and save $21,276.

Special education Eliminate a full-time social worker to save $17,677.

Athletics Drop all sophomore programs, which would compel all ninth- and 10th-graders to compete for junior varsity or varsity spots, and save $40,000.

Library media Eliminate remaining clerks to save $81,674.

Quiz Bowl Eliminate supplemental pay for two staff and save $3,157.

Vocal music Drop supplemental pay to elementary vocal programs to save $13,524.

Nursing Reduce further the budget for school nurses, dropping the allocation by $63,288.

Secondary library media Cut clerks to save $98,000.

Peer assistants Cut the program by removing two jobs to save $94,000.

Library media Drop the ProQuest electronic periodical database for secondary students to save $15,914.

Special education Drop three autism paraprofessionals to save $21,120.

Elementary guidance Option to reduce the counselor staff to the equivalent of 3.6 positions (each covering as many as five schools) to save $306,374.

Elementary music Drop supplemental pay for elementary instrumental music teachers to save $5,411.

March band End extra pay to marching band teachers to save $6,150.

Elementary Title I supplemental Option to reduce to only first- and second-graders the district’s funding of extra reading and math instruction to children who don’t qualify for the federal Title I program to save $31,627.

Tutoring End supplemental pay for teachers involved in a junior high school tutoring program to save $8,114.

Elementary guidance Option to eliminate all remaining counseling services in elementary schools to reduced seven jobs and save an additional $175,535.

Special education Delay hiring an executive director of special services to save $92,000.

Library media Discontinue World Book electronic encyclopedia used by students in kindergarten through high school to save $4,643.

Elementary Title I supplemental Option to eliminate all remaining supplemental reading and math programs to save $282,021.

WRAP Drop remaining $70,000 allocation to this student-intervention program.