BEP/ADM Update 2018 Spring Attendance Conference Maryanne Durski, executive director, office of local finance

Agenda Alternative school students BEP considerations Questions

Alternative School Students

Alternative Education Districts offer alternative programs in different ways Separate school with school number, principal, staff, etc. Program operating within an existing school under that school’s administration Current discussion centers around where students are to have their primary enrollment School of origin OR Alternative school (if separate school)

Alternative Education Impacts of enrollment options Impacts funding only for school-based positions Principal, assistant principal, librarian, library assistant, school secretary Impacts test provisioning and assessment

Alternative Education Current guidance re: funding impact No need to make any changes to student enrollment this school year – which impacts funding for FY19 If you have moved alternative students back to their school of origin, Local Finance will reach out to districts to request the information needed to ensure that funding for the school-based positions is not lost Districts may continue to enroll students in alternative schools in FY19 in the same manner as in FY18 Enrollment guidance for FY20 is currently under consideration

BEP Considerations

BEP Considerations April estimate – Alternative schools Will be sent to districts Monday April 23 at the latest Some school-based positions for alternative schools may not be reflected in this first estimate if the students’ enrollment has been moved back to the school of origin; this will be addressed in the May estimate

BEP Considerations April estimate - ADMs Check numbers on April estimate closely Regular ADMs Special Education ADMs CTE ADMs EL At-risk Comparisons of first three are shown on allocation sheet EL and at-risk may be found on pages 1 and 2 respectively of the How To Sheet

BEP Considerations Check ADMs often during the year – do not wait until the April estimate arrives to discover there is a problem Be sure to check your SIS package information against an EIS report from Data Reports or the Attendance Funding Website If checking against i-now you are checking against your own data – can lead to false sense of security

BEP Considerations Be aware of other, relatively new, classifications that affect funding IEA Early graduate Homeless Migrant Runaway Foster

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