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

2. Agenda
Alternative school students
BEP considerations
Questions

3. Alternative School Students

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. BEP Considerations

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. Questions?

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