FY 2016 Community School Deductions

Provisions of Am. Sub. H. B. 64 of the 131st General Assembly govern the funding of community schools.  Payments to community schools take the form of deductions from the state foundation funding of the school districts in which the community school students are entitled to attend school.  Community school students are counted as part of the enrollment base of the resident school district to generate funding.

The funding calculation of community schools utilizes a number of funding concepts and formulae some of which are also applied to traditional school districts.  The following funding streams comprise the foundation funding of the community schools.  Some of the following funding streams are not calculated for internet-based community schools as will be pointed out below.

 

Opportunity Grant [Sections 3314.08(C)(1)(a)]

This is the core per-pupil funding of the community school which is calculated by multiplying the formula amount of $5,900 by the formula ADM of the community school on FTE basis.  The result of this calculation is deducted from the funding of the resident district of each student attending the community school as follows:

Deduction from Resident District = Formula Amount X Resident Student FTE attending the Community School

 

Targeted Assistance Fund [Section 3314.08(C)(1)(b)]

This is an additional per-pupil funding community schools receive based on the per-pupil amount of the Targeted Assistance calculated for the community school students’ resident school districts pursuant to provisions of Section 3317.0217(A).  This funding is calculated based on 25% the community school FTE.

Deduction from Resident District = Section 3317.0217(A) Per-Pupil Targeted Assistance X 0.25 X Resident Student FTE attending the Community School

 

Additional State Aid for Special Education and Related Services [Sections 3314.08(C)(1)(c)]

This is additional funding targeted to special needs students who are identified as having handicapping conditions that fall within one of the 6 broad categories of special education students as follows:

  1. Category 1: Speech and Language Disability – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $1,547 in FY16.
  2. Category 2: Developmentally Disabled; Specific Learning Disabled; Other Health (minor) – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $3,926 in FY16.
  3. Category 3: Hearing Impaired; Severe Behavior Disabled – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $9,433 in FY16.
  4. Category 4: Visually Impaired; Other Health (major) – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $12,589 in FY16.
  5. Category 5: Multiple Disability; Orthopedically Disabled – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $17,049 in FY16.
  6. Category 6: Deaf and Blind; Autistic; Traumatic Brain Injured – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $25,134 in FY16.

Deduction from Resident District =($1,547 x Category 1 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools) + ($3,926 x Category 2 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools) + ($9,433 x Category 3 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools) + ($12,589 x Category 4 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools) + ($17,049 x Category 5 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools) + ($25,134 x Category 6 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools)

 

Improving At-Risk K-3 Readers Fund [Section 3314.08(C)(1)(d)]

This funding is aimed at providing resources for early education literacy.  For each student in grades kindergarten through 3 the community school will receive $305 from the resident school district.

Deduction from Resident District = $305 X K-3 FTE Resident Students attending Community Schools

 

Economic Disadvantaged Fund [Section 3314.08(C)(1)(e)]

This funding targets students who are identified as economically disadvantaged.  For each such student the community school receives $272 from the resident school district.

Deduction from Resident District = $272 X Resident Economically Disadvantaged FTE Students attending Community Schools X Resident District Economic Disadvantaged Index

 

Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Fund [Section 3314.08(C)(1)(f)]

This funding is targeted to students who lack proficiency in English language.  For each such student the community school receives a per-pupil amount depending on the severity of the language problem of the student.  The law categorizes LEP students into 3 categories as follows:

  1. Category 1: LEP students are those who were enrolled for 180 days or less in US schools and were not exempted from taking the spring administration of the required state English reading and writing tests.  The per-pupil amount for these students is set at $1,515.
  2. Category 2: LEP students are those who were enrolled for more than 180 days in US schools or were previously exempted from taking the spring administration of the required state English reading and writing tests.  The per-pupil amount for these students is set at $1,136.
  3. Category 3: LEP students are those who are not included in the above categories and are in trial-mainstream period.  The per-pupil amount for these students is set at $758.

Based on the above parameters, the LEP funding deduction from the district of residence amounts to:

Deduction from Resident District = ($1,515 X Category 1 LEP Resident FTE Students attending Community Schools) + ($1,136 X Category 2 LEP Resident FTE Students attending Community Schools) + ($758 X Category 3 LEP Resident FTE Students attending Community Schools)   

 

Career Technical Education Fund [Section 3314.08(C)(1)(g)]

This funding is targeted to students in career technical education programs.  The law provides for a deduction from the resident district for each student who attends a community school and is participating in a career technical education program based on the appropriate career technical classification of the student and a per-pupil amount established in the law.  For the purposes of this funding, career technical students are classified into 5 different categories as follows:

  1. Category 1: WFD in Agriculture and Environmental Systems, Construction Technologies, Engineering and Science Technologies, Finance, Health Science, Information Technology and Manufacturing Technologies – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $4,992 in FY16.  
  2. Category 2: WFD in Business Administration, Hospitality and Tourism, Human Services, Law and Public Safety, Transportation Systems and Arts and Communications – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $4,732 in FY16.
  3. Category 3: Career Based Intervention Programs – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $1,726 in FY16.
  4. Category 4: WFD in Education and Training, marketing, WFD in Academics, Public Administration and Career Development – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $1,466 in FY16.
  5. Category 5: Family and Consumer Science Programs – The per-pupil amount associated with this category is $1,258 in FY16.

Deduction from Resident District = (Category 1 Career Tech FTE Students attending Community Schools X $4,992)+ (Category 2 Career Tech FTE Students attending Community Schools X $4,732)+ (Category 3 Career Tech FTE Students attending Community Schools X $1,726)+ (Category 4 Career Tech FTE Students attending Community Schools X $1,466)+ (Category 5 Career Tech FTE Students attending Community Schools X $1,258)

The sum total of the aforementioned 7 funding components comprises the total funding of brick and mortar community schools in FY16. 

 

Transportation Fund [Section 3314.091]

Some community schools choose to provide their own transportation services in which case an additional deduction from the school district of residence based on the statewide per-pupil transportation cost that forms the basis of the traditional districts’ per-pupil transportation funding will be applied to the number of students attending the community school.

As far as internet-based community schools are concerned, the funding is limited to:

  1. Opportunity Grant Funding pursuant to Section 3314.08(C)(1)(a)
  2. Additional State Aid for Special Education and Related Services Funding pursuant to Section 3314.08(C)(1)(c)
  3. Career Technical Education Funding pursuant to Section 3314.08(C)(1)(g)

The funding mechanism and deduction from the school districts of residence for students attending internet-based community schools for the 3 funding components listed above will be the same as those of brick and mortar community schools as explained above.

Last Modified: 8/7/2018 9:41:14 AM