Professional Report

As far as the supplemental transportation funding is concerned, only school districts whose rider  density (the number of students per square mile of the district) is below 35 are considered eligible.  For the calculation of this fund the positive difference between 35 and the district rider density is  multiplied by the per‐mile based funding of the district times 0.55. A comprehensive and detailed  worksheet of the transportation calculation is now provided with the SFPR  for each payment of the  fiscal year.   This funding provides additional state support for students who have special needs. This is basically  the same concept as the weighted funding that the state had in place in previous years except that  instead of weights there are now per‐pupil amounts applied to different special needs categories.  Students with various handicapping conditions are grouped into 6 categories for funding purposes  with a per‐pupil amount assigned to each category. The categories and their respective per‐pupil  amounts in FY16 are as follows:  H. Special Education Additional Funding [Section 3317.022(A)(3) and Section 3317.013(A) to (F)]  

1. Category 1 with the per‐pupil amount of $1,547 is comprised of:  Speech Only Students  2. Category 2 with the per‐pupil amount of $3,926 is comprised of:  Specific Learning Disabled Students  Developmentally Disabled Students  Students with Other Health Impairments (minor)  3. Category 3 with the per‐pupil amount of $9,433 is comprised of:  Hearing Disabled Students  Severe Behavior Disabled Students  4. Category 4 with the per‐pupil amount of $12,589 is comprised of:  Visually Impaired Students  Students with Other Health Impairments (major)  5. Category 5 with the per‐pupil amount of $17,049 is comprised of:  Orthopedic Disabled Students  Students with Multiple Disabilities  6. Category 6 with the per‐pupil amount of $25,134 is comprised of:  Autistic Students  Deaf/Blind Students  Traumatic Brain Injured Students

Funding for special education students is equalized by means of the state share index. Expressed in  mathematical terms the funding calculation amounts to: 

[(Category 1 ADM) X $1,547 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 2 ADM) X $3,926 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 3 ADM) X $9,433 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 4 ADM) X $12,589 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 5 ADM) X $17,049 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 6 ADM) X $25,134 X (State Share Index)]

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