© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved Student Transportation Funding and Reporting 1 Pursuant to Section , Florida Statutes Suzanne Tart, Bureau Chief of School Business Services Chris Sanchez, Director of the Office of Funding & Financial Reporting Lee Davis, Supervisor of K-12 Funding

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© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. 3 School Transportation Funding Base Funding $359 $362 $370 $374 Additional ESE Funding $1,382 $1,361 $1,378 $1,393 Total Funding for ESE $1,741 $1,723 $1,748 $1,767 Per Student Funding

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. 4 School Transportation Funding o The Student Transportation funding formula provides FEFP funds for school district transportation based on each district's pro rata share of state transported students. o Authorized by Sections , , , , and , Florida Statutes. o Additional funding for the transportation of certain students with disabilities o Adjustments are made for cost of living differences, percent of population outside of urban centers, and Average Bus Occupancy (ABO), i.e., the average number of eligible students transported per bus in daily service (to encourage greater bus utilization).

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© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Authority: s , F.S. School Transportation Eligibility 1.2 miles or More from school 2.ESE Student whose IEP requires transportation 3.Teen Parent 4.Hazardous Walking (K-6 elementary only) Base Riders : All riders that meet the eligibility requirements listed above. Includes weighted riders. Weighted riders : all ESE riders that require special transportation services on their IEP (example: Aides, wheelchair lift), School Transportation Funding 6

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Authority: s , F.S. School Transportation Adjusted Base/Weighted Riders : Riders that have been adjusted by the term length they were served out of 180 days (most students served 90 days per semester and would receive 0.5 in survey 2 and 0.5 in survey 3). Other Adjustments / Allocation Factors : 1.Average Bus Occupancy Index (ABO) 2.Rurality Index 3.Florida Price Level Index (FPLI) factor applied to weighted ESE students ESE Transportation Allocation : weighted allocation factor multiplied by legislative ESE allocation. Base Transportation Allocation: Remaining Allocation based on base allocation factor School Transportation Funding 7

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. 8 School Transportation Reporting Membership Category L: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act - Prekindergarten through Grade 12, Weighted Membership Category F: Teenage Parents and Infants, Unweighted Membership Category G: Hazardous Walking, Elementary, Unweighted Membership Category M: All Other FEFP Transportation Funding-Eligible Students, Unweighted Membership Category N: Non-FEFP-Fundable Prekindergarten through Grade 12 Students Membership Eligibility Categories

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. FTE Reporting Deadlines: Survey 1 Survey Week: July 6-10, 2015 Due Date: July 24, 2015 State Processing: July 20-September 11, 2015 Final Update/Amendment: September 30, 2015 Survey 2 Survey Week: October 12-16, 2015 Due Date: October 30, 2015 State Processing: October 19-November 13, 2015 Final Update/Amendment: March 31, 2016 Survey 3 Survey Week: February 8-12, 2016 Due Date: February 26, 2016 State Processing: February 15-March 11, 2016 Final Update/Amendment: July 31, 2016 Survey 4 Survey Week: June 13-17, 2016 Due Date: July 5, 2016 State Processing: June 27-July 15, 2016 Final Update/Amendment: August 31, Transportation Reporting Deadlines: All Transportation Reporting Deadlines can be viewed at: CalculationWhenData Source Conference Report 1 st Trans Calc. Legislative Session Survey 1 – Prior Year Survey 4 – 2 years prior Survey 2 – Prior Year Survey 3 – Prior Year 2 nd FEFP Calc. 1 st Trans Calc July – Upon receipt of Tax Roll Survey 1 – Prior Year Survey 4 – Prior Year Survey 2 – Prior Year. Survey 3 – Prior Year 3 rd FEFP Calc 2 nd Trans Calc Upon receipt of Survey 2 Survey 1 – Actual Survey 4 – Prior Year Survey 2 – Actual Survey 3 – Survey 2 Figures 4 th FEFP Calc 3 rd Trans Calc Upon receipt of Survey 3 Survey 1 – Actual Survey 4 – Prior Year Survey 2 – Actual. Survey 3 – Actual Final FEFP Calc Final Trans Calc After Final Update of Survey 4 Survey 1 – Actual Survey 4 – Actual Survey 2 – Actual Survey 3 – Actual Transportation Calculations

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Transportation Survey 3 Reporting Timeline 10 Survey week: All reported data should be based on ridership during this time period. End of state processing: All Survey 3 Data should be reported accurately by this date. Funding Timeline: Fiscal impact related to when survey 2 and 3 amendments are made. Final Amendment Window: amendments cannot be made after this time. Survey 2 data reported by November 14 is incorporated into payments beginning in January Survey 2 and 3 Data reported by end of March 13 th is incorporated into remaining FEFP payments between April and June Survey 2 or 3 amendments reported after March 13 will not be part of current year payments. Data amendments to survey 3 cannot be reported after July 31 Feb 9-13 March 13 July 31

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© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Transportation Certification Letters After each survey districts must certify their Transportation FTE in an certification letter. Districts should use FTE Report F63499 or F70092 to verify FTE student data recorded in the database for use in the certification letter. This certification should be based on the report as of the close of state processing. 12

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© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved.  F63499: Reported and Funded riders and buses for all categories and all available surveys for the year.  F70092: Reported and Funded riders and buses for all categories for a specific survey for the year.  F71265: includes Fundable Base and ESE student headcounts and bus counts for a specific survey compared to the same survey in the previous year or the same survey earlier in the same year. Useful Report List

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved.  Transportation Reporting Deadlines  Transportation Instructions studenttransgeneralinstructions.pdf studenttransgeneralinstructions.pdf  Transportation Survey Memos and Certification Letters program-fefp/transportation-reporting.stmlhttp://fldoe.org/finance/fl-edu-finance- program-fefp/transportation-reporting.stml Useful Links

© 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved. Office of Funding and Financial Reporting (850)  Chris Sanchez, Director of Funding & Financial Reporting  Lee Davis, Funding Supervisor Contact Information

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