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PA Local Educational Agency (LEA) MOE. Mid-South /Northeast Regional Fiscal Forum February 8 and 9 th , 2011. Challenges facing PA. 500 School Districts (SD’s) 150 Charter Schools (CS’s) Staff of two to test all SD’s and CS’s
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PA Local Educational Agency (LEA) MOE Mid-South /Northeast Regional Fiscal Forum February 8 and 9th, 2011
Challenges facing PA • 500 School Districts (SD’s) • 150 Charter Schools (CS’s) • Staff of two to test all SD’s and CS’s • Rely on another Bureau for data (Annual Financial Report (AFR) Special Ed Expenditures and General Fund Budget (GFB) Projected Expenditures). • SD’s and CS’s that meet MOE receive nothing from the State. (No news is good news.) Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Special Education
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Where do we start? • When AFR and GFB data are approved we compare Special Ed state and local expenditures to projected Special Ed state and local expenditures via an Excel Spreadsheet. • We delete the SD’s and CS’s with projections higher than actual expenditures. Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Special Education
Per Capita Test • On the same spreadsheet we add the child counts for the remaining SD’s and CS’s and run the per capita test. • Those that fail both the expenditures and per capita test receive the letter, report, and exception worksheet. (See handouts.) • For the last 3 years, we have had 26, 54, and 40 SD’s and CS’s that received letters. All were resolved without returning funds. Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Special Education
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