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Special Education Budget Presentation
February 29, 2016
Presented by: Tina D’Acunto, Superintendent of Education: Exceptional Learners
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Student Services
Areas for Consideration
• Vision and Delivery Model • Changes to the Special Education Funding
Model • Accumulative Reductions • Cost Saving Measures Implemented To Date • Current Challenges, Limitations, Restrictions • Next Steps for 2016-2017
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Student Services Department Vision and Delivery Model
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YCDSB Plan supported by Student Services Focus
Vision Our envisioned future
Our students will become creative and critical thinkers who integrate Catholic values into their daily lives as socially responsible global citizens.
Students with special education needs, as meaningful members of an inclusive Catholic community, will reach optimal independence and achievement through strategic, focused,
accessible, and timely educational
interventions.
Mission Our core reason for being
Guided by gospel values and Catholic virtues, in partnership with home and Church, we educate and inspire all students to reach their full potential in a safe and caring environment.
We are committed to providing consistent, accountable and focused quality service in response to identified needs of students, through direct and effective intervention, and building capacity of staff.
Values Important as we work on the above
Catholicity Excellence Equity Respect, Integrity Inclusion Fiscal Responsibility
Catholic value of compassion Strong commitment to a collaborative team approach Respectful and open-minded communication Creative, innovative, flexible, and adaptive problem-solving approach
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Connections on a Continuum
Creative and critical thinkers
Socially responsible global citizens
Optimal independence and achievement
Meaningful members of a Catholic community
YCDSB Vision YCDSB
Student Services Engaging Enabling Empowering
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From Vision to Action
“accessible, and timely educational interventions”
Year 1
Core Function
Establish consistent and focused areas of service and expectations for each unique service by developing department Handbooks and service delivery expectations
“strategic, focused”
Year 2
Accountability
Targeted assessments
Tiered service
Customized strategies
Goals with measured outcomes
Transparent statistics
“reach optimal independence and
achievement”
Year 3
Resources
Continued realignment of resources that provide responsive structures and supports based on need.
Continued focus on research and development ( i.e. training, data analysis, new evidence based strategies and programs)
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• The integration of all learners within their home school with a focus on providing the most enabling learning environment within their age appropriate class placement.
• The implementation practices may include the need for a continuum of responses, including:
program centers (i.e. PACE, TD, ISA, Language Support Centers, Hearing, ASD),
human resource support (i.e. EA, EI, CYW, SSW),
range of other accommodations (i.e. instructional, environmental, technical, assessment).
* Please note the glossary of terms in your package
Philosophy: A Framework for Mainstreaming
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Quick Facts
Categories of
Exceptionalities
(Refer to Handout for
Definitions)
Autism LD MID Dev
Delays
Gifted Lang
Imp.
Deaf &
Hard of
Hearing
Blind &
Low
Vision
Non
Identified
Totals
Elementary
Program Centres 18 (ASD)
305 (ISA)
- - 398 (PACE)
30 (Lang)
10 (Hearing)
- - -
Regular Class
Placements
453 962 88 39 18 23 91 17 3163 -
TOTAL STUDENTS 471 1267 88 39 416 53 101 17 3163 5615
Secondary
Program Centres - - - - 272 - 5 - Regular Class
Placements 314 1565 130 76 85 30 27 21 965
TOTAL STUDENTS 314 1565 130 76 357 30 32 21 965 3490
TOTALS 785 2832 218 115 773 53 133 38 4335 9105
Please note: • Elementary Transition Diagnostic Centres have 38 students • Secondary Transition Diagnostic Centres have 8 students
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Special Education Funding
Model Changes
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The HNA allocation can be misunderstood, as it is still frequently associated with its past connection to counts of students with “high needs”. The recent changes to this allocation are meant to transition this allocation to one that addresses the variation among boards with respect to students with special education needs, including students with greater needs, and boards' abilities to respond to their special education needs.
The High Needs Amount Allocation
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2015-16 SEG Allocation Method
Allocation Method
Special Education per
Pupil Amount (SEPPA)
($1.402 billion)
A per-pupil amount that varies by grade grouping: JK-3; 4-8 and 9-12.
High Needs Amount (HNA) ($1.05 billion)
HNA Per Pupil Amount (47.2%) • Board-specific
per pupil amount per student of the board funded at 50%
Note: the HNA Per Pupil amounts will be reduced to 25% in 2016-17 and eliminated by 2017-18.
Special Education Statistical Prediction Model (SESPM) (37.3%) • Board predicted value
(census-based) of the total number of students that are likely to receive special education programs and/or services multiplied by the board’s ADE determines each board’s proportion of allocation.
Measures of Variability (MOV) (12.4%) • Five categories of data
(one category census-based) where each category has an assigned percentage of the total MOV amount (each category has one or more factors and each factor has an assigned percentage of the category total) determines each board’s proportion of allocation.
High Needs Base Amount for Collaboration and Integration (3.1%) • $450,000 per
board
Special Equipment
Amount (SEA)
($93.7 million)
Per-Pupil Amount
A base amount plus a per-pupil amount.
Claims-Based Amount
• Claim amount minus $800 deductible
Special Incidence
Portion (SIP)
($68.7 million)
A claims-based amount, up to a maximum per claim.
Note: Further analysis of SIP is warranted given the broad ranges among boards.
Facilities Amount (FA)
($96 million)
• Based on an approval process specified in a guideline issued for programs for school-aged children and youth in care and/or treatment
centres, and in custody and correctional facilities.
• Recognize costs of teachers, education assistants, classroom supplies, health and/or social support services provided by regulated health
professionals, regulated social service professionals and paraprofessionals.
Behaviour Expertise
Amount (BEA)
($11.6 million)
A base amount plus a per-pupil amount.
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HNA MOV:
How is Data Used to Fund School Boards?
HNA Funding Allocation/
Category
How is Data Used to Fund School Boards?
Measures of Variability (MOV)
Category #1: Programs &
Services
Provides more funding to boards that reported having higher prevalence rates
of students with special education needs.
Category #2: EQAO Provides more funding to boards with students with special education needs
that are performing below the provincial average on the Grade 3 and 6
EQAO assessments and those that require more accommodations
Category #3: Credit
Accumulation, Locally
Developed (LD) and K-
Courses
Provides more funding to boards with students with special education needs
that have a low number of credits in Grade 9 (i.e., 5 or less) and Grade 10
(i.e., 13 or less), and for those with higher numbers of students with special
education needs enrolled in LD and K-courses in Grades 9 and 10
Category #4: Remote & Rural Supports the higher per-pupil costs for goods and services faced by
smaller school boards (board enrolment)
Recognizes the additional costs of services related to remoteness and
the absence of nearby urban centres (distance/urban factor/French-
language equivalence)
Recognizes the higher costs of providing services to students with
special education needs in widely dispersed schools (school dispersion)
Category #5: FNMI Provides more funding to boards with larger FNMI populations
Please note: Based on 2012-13 data (as reported by boards)
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Special Education Funding Implications For
York Catholic District School Board
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In 2015-2016, the estimated decrease for Special Education high needs amount for 2016-2017 was projected to be $650,000.
Special Education Funding Projection
2016-2017
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Special Education Funding Revenue Comparisons
2015/16 2015/16Revised
Estimates Estimates
Revenue
SEPPA 38,764,025 38,515,191Special Education Equipment Amount:
Claims Based Amount 250,000 310,000Board Amount 10,000 10,000Per Pupil Amount 1,984,116 1,973,058
2,244,116 2,293,058
High Needs Amount (HNA) 27,087,790 27,010,521Special Incident Portion 2,100,000 2,200,000Section 23 488,803 488,803Behavioural Expertise 239,083 238,219
Total 70,923,817 70,745,792
Difference (RE to Est.) (178,025)
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Special Education Funding
Expense Comparisons
2015/16 2015/16
Revised
Estimates Estimates
Expenditure
Salaries & Wages 64,352,712 63,471,228Employee Benefits 12,953,907 12,216,962
77,306,619 75,688,190
Professional Development 126,679 126,679Supplies and Services 1,533,390 1,533,390Fees and Contractual Services 869,309 869,309Other 0 0Section 23 488,803 488,803
3,018,181 3,018,181
Total 80,324,800 78,706,371
Difference (RE to Est) (1,618,429)
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Special Education Funding Envelope Comparisons
2015/16 2015/16
Revised
Estimates Estimates
Enveloping: Special Education
Special Education Expenses 80,324,800 78,706,371Less: Other Revenue Sources
CTN 784,187 784,187EPO Autism Training/EPO Other 83,231 120,305
Net Special Education Expenses 79,457,382 77,801,879
Allocation for Pupils in Self-contained Special Education Classrooms:
Pupil Foundation 3,732,442 4,068,355French as a First Language 0 0Teacher Qualification and Experience 605,102 660,010
4,337,544 4,728,365
Net Spec. Ed Expenses Less Self-contained 75,119,838 73,073,514
Expenses Relating to SEA (Base and Per Pupi) 1,994,116 1,983,058
Incremental Expenses for Compliance Purposes 73,125,722 71,090,456
Special Education Funding 70,923,817 70,745,792Less: SEA (Base and Per Pupil) 1,994,116 1,983,058
68,929,701 68,762,734
Under/(Over) Envelope (4,196,021) (2,327,722)
Difference (RE - Est.) 1,868,299
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Accumulative Reductions
2009 -2016
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Special Education Budget Savings
Year Type of Reduction Total Amount
2009-2010 • 1 ASD program itinerant teacher $90,000
2011-2012 • 1 Elementary Consultant $100,000
2013 -2014 • 1 Hearing Itinerant Teacher • 1 Secretary • 1 Communication Disorder Assistant (CDA) • 1 Secondary Consultant
$300,000
2014-2015 • 1 Behavior Resource Worker • 1 Secretary • 1 Vision Teacher • Reduced Mileage budget by $80,000
$300,000
2015-2016 • 3 Behavior Resource Workers • Restructuring Special Equipment Amount
(SEA) Training Model, selection of software application, and model of laptops
$880,000
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Cost Saving Measures Implemented
Year Strategy Budget Savings
2015-2016 Restructuring SEA equipment
• Refurbished computer with greater technical capacity and three year warranty
• Transition to GAFFE accessibility software • Elimination of continued funding for school
Wi-Fi, interactive whiteboards, laptop carts, and projectors.
• Reframe SEA student training model to include small group sessions with YCDSB trainers
$700,000
Educational Assistants/Educational
Intervenors
• Development of a new policy and procedure outlining criteria for access
• annual review of students meeting criteria for EA support
• Increased EA to student ratio to accommodate over 115 Junior Kindergarten students with complex needs
• Realignment of resources to address changing school needs during the school year (Oct, Jan, March)
$400,000 (due to increased EA/student ratio)
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Cost Reduction Measures Implemented
Year Strategy Budget Savings
2015-2016 Program Center Consolidation
• Closure of ISA , Secondary TD center • Reallocation of resources to new ISA centers
and Kindergarten ASD centers to address new needs in York region
$320,000 (due to realignment of resources)
Core Resource Staffing
• Maintaining a freeze in hiring additional core resource teachers to address the additional student needs ( over 200 per year)
• Adjustments made to system staffing formulas to distribute resources equitably
$200,000 (due to increased teacher/student ratio)
Management of School Based Special
Education Resources
• Administration training session • Use of Special education planning templates
(ie. Core resource and EA timetables)
• Reduce number of standardized academic assessments and optimize the use of formative assessments and direct teaching time
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Current Challenges, Limitations,
Restrictions
• Over 110 Junior Kindergarten students with complex needs requiring human resource support annually.
• Increased number of potential staff work refusal due to violent incident reports (approximately 30) requiring additional staffing
• Additional students receiving special education support with fewer staff • Reduction of Third Party supports to students and staff (i.e. COMPASS,
Kinark ASD School Support Workers) • Limited access to Day Treatment placements resulting in increase CYW
expenditures • Impact of FDK on special education resources • Waitlist for assessments (i.e. psycho-educational, speech and
language, occupational therapy) • Waitlist for Student Services (ie. BRS, SSW, Psychology, Speech and
Language, Physical Management, Program Consultant) • Funding restrictions do not reflect real costs to supporting actual
students with complex needs.
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• Further consolidation of program centers ($360,000)
• Introduction of a Health Assist E. A. role to address the needs of medically fragile students and reduce the need for EIs ($200,000)
• Reduced number of purpose built calming rooms ($50,000 x # of rooms requested)
• Transition from Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training model to Behaviour Management System (BMS) ($10,000 per year)
• Streamline process for managing potential staff work refusal involving students with special education needs
• Transition from SEA claim software licensing to the use of GAFE • Transition from SEA laptop computers to refurbished computers or Chromebooks
($200,000)
• Implementation of the Special Education Operational Review Recommendations
Next Steps: Future Cost Savings
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