School and District further agree that the provision of funding specified within this Article constitutes an equitable share of special education funding and services as defined in Education Code Section 47646(b). Section K – Small District Protection Funding levels for small school districts with 1500 ADA or less (Baker Valley, Helendale, Lucerne Valley, Needles, Oro Grande, and Trona) will be supported at the 1997-98 revenue level subject to adjustments for program transfers. As a result of the equalized funding allocation described in the sections above, and the small amount of ADA generated by a small district, it is possible that a small district’s net revenue may be less than the 1997/98 funding level. In order to protect the small district from this funding shortfall and provide sufficient revenues to operate their special education programs, the following calculations will be employed as part of the allocation model. Calculation: 1. Subtract the small districts current year revenue, after the deduct for regional service costs, from the 1997/98 revenue to determine the shortfall; 2. Add all of the small district shortfalls together to determine the total need to be covered by the large districts (or other funding source available for such use); Divide each large district’s total current revenue, after deducting the regional service costs, into the sum of all large district revenues. This will result in the ratio of each large district to the total. Multiply the ratio for each large district by the total shortfall from step 2. Deduct the resulting prorated share from each relevant large district’s revenue. The result is the final revenue amount for each large district. Section L – X-Pot Insurance Fund Contribution The Desert/Mountain SELPA X-Pot Insurance Fund has been developed by the member districts to provide revenue for costs in designated areas. Those areas are: 1. Legal/Due Process/Fair Hearing expenditures for both SELPA and district legal counsel related to compliance findings and due process hearings when approved procedures have been followed (See Exhibit B) ; 2. NPS/NPA Indemnification for each LEA voting member of the SELPA Board as protection against the first $30,000 in NPS/NPA costs; 3. NPS/NPA expenditures are brokered through the SELPA office to ensure consistent service, support, usage and rates. These costs are not charged against the X-pot contribution but are billed back to the district of residence at 100% of the expenditure incurred;
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As of 02/07/2014 Board Approval
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