Professional Report

I. Career Technical  Education Funding [Sections 3317.022(A)(8) & (9) and Section 3317.014(A)  to (E)]   This funding provides additional state support for students who are in career technical programs.  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 additional per‐pupil amounts applied to different  career technical programs. Students in various career tech programs are grouped into 5 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:  1. Category 1 with the per‐pupil amount of $4,992 is comprised of WFD programs in:  Agricultural & Environmental Systems  Construction Technologies  Engineering and Science Technologies  Finance  Health Science  Information Technology   Manufacturing Technology  2. Category 2 with the per‐pupil amount of $4,732 is comprised of WFD programs in:  Law and Public Safety  Transportation Systems  Arts and Communications  3. Category 3 with the per‐pupil amount of $1,726 is comprised of:  Career Based Intervention Programs  4. Category 4 with the per‐pupil amount of $1,466 is comprised of WFD programs in:  Education and Training  Business Administration  Hospitality and Tourism  Human Services 

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Public Administration  Career Development  5. Category 5 with the per‐pupil amount of $1,258 is comprised of:  Family and Consumer Science Programs 

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

[(Category 1 FTE) X $4,992 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 2 FTE) X $4,732 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 3 FTE) X $1,726 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 4 FTE) X $1,466 X (State Share Index)] +   [(Category 5 FTE) X $1,258 X (State Share Index)]  

In addition to the above per‐pupil funding by category, the law also provides for the calculation of  Career Tech Associated Services where the per‐pupil amount of $236 in FY16 is applied to the  number of students in all career tech programs for payment to the lead career tech district for the

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