FEATURE
DESCRIPTION/INFORMATION The first source of funding for special education will be those received by the district/charter in support of education as generated by students with special needs (received directly by each district or charter school as part of the K-12 funds for education). The second source of revenue will be the AB602 apportionment. Each SELPA Member District must spend an equal amount of general fund dollars for students with special needs equivalent to average general fund expenditures for nondisabled students prior to spending any federal IDEA funds (as determined via the “Excess Cost” reporting tool. This model equalizes each SELPA Member’s/District’s per- ADA rate. Funding for Small School Districts, defined as districting having ADA of 1500 or less (currently Baker Valley, Helendale, Needles, and Trona) will be protected at the 1997-98 level subject to adjustments for program transfers and/or at the amount of revenue generated by their current actual ADA calculation (whichever is less). By approval of the SELPA Local Plan, the governing board of each participating member/district authorizes the SELPA to process NPS/NPA contracts and invoices on their behalf. Contract invoices will be paid by the SELPA and billed back to the districts per the Board approved X-Pot procedure. To protect member/districts from the potentially high cost of due process litigation and other expenses approved by the SELPA Board, SELPA member/districts agree to maintain a self-insurance pool (X-Pot) with an annual targeted reserve level of $500,000. All districts and County Operations will be 100% responsible for State Special School service costs provided for their students. These costs will be reimbursed via the X- Pot per the Board approved X-Pot procedure. Each district and County Operations will make an X-Pot contribution on a per-pupil basis, based on current year’s December P-1 Pupil Count. The per-pupil contribution rate is recalculated and Board approved each year.
Equalization
Small School District Protection
NPS/NPA Costs
Due Process/Dispute Resolution Pool
State Special School Costs
Due Process and NPS Processing Costs
Chapter 24 – Fiscal Allocation Plan, Desert/Mountain SELPA
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As of 02/07/2014 Board Approval
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