Additional information
Total new education dollars to individual SAUs since LD1 ramp-up
General EPS Information
List of EPS Matrix Positions in PDF
2008-09 EPS Salary Matrixes in PDF
Regional Salary Cost Indexes by School Administrative Unit in PDF
2008-09 EPS Special Education Allocation Description of Steps and Data Needed: |
| Step 1: Base Component - Applies the 1.25 weight (for the excess cost) to all students up to 15% of the resident enrollment in PDF |
| Data Used: |
| 1. Resident Enrollment (Used Oct 1, 2007 ) |
| 2. Count of Students with Disabilities (Used October 1, 2007) |
| 3.Count of State Ward/State Agency Clients (October 2007) |
| 4. 2008 - 2009 Base EPS Rate for District |
| Step 2: Prevalence Adjustment - Applies a .38 weight (for the excess cost) to all students above 15% of the resident enrollment in PDF |
| Data Used: |
| 1. Resident Enrollment (Used Oct 1, 2007 ) |
| 2. Count of Students with Disabilities (Used October 1, 2007) |
| 3.Count of State Ward/State Agency Clients (October 2007) |
| 4. 2008 - 2009 Base EPS Rate for District |
| Step 3: Size Adjustment - Allocated additional funds for districts with fewer than 20 students w disabilities for lower ratios and higher per-pupil related exp in PDF |
| Data Used: |
| 2. Count of Students with Disabilities (Used October 1, 2007) |
| 3.Count of State Ward/State Agency Clients (October 2007) |
| 3. State average teacher salary(Used 07 - 08 inflated to 08-09) |
| 4. State average director salary (Used 07 - 08 inflated to 08-09) |
| Step 4: High Cost In-District Adjustment - Allocate additional funds for students estimated to cost 3X the statewide special ed EPS rate in PDF |
| Data Used: |
| 1. Count of High Cost In-District Students (Took from estimates based on the Dec 1, 2006 count of students with placement and related services received) |
| 2. Estimated Cost of High Cost In-District Students (Took from estimates based on the Dec 1, 2006 count of students by placement and related services received) |
| Step 5: High Cost Out-of-District Adjustment - Allocate additional funds for students estimated to cost 4X the statewide special ed EPS rate in PDF |
| Data Used: |
| 1. Count of High Cost Out-of-Dist Students (Take from EF-S-07 Detail Data) |
| 2. Cost of High Cost Out-of-Dist Students (Take from EF-S-07 Detail Data) |
| Data Used: |
| 1. 2006 - 2007 (most recent year available) expenditures |
| 2. 2006 - 2007 Federal Revenues Inflated to 2008 - 2009 using 10% inflation rate |