Utah Admin. Code R277-479-3 - Charter School Special Education Add-On Funding
(1)
(a) For
new and expanding charter schools, the Superintendent shall calculate the
foundation based on the average special education ADM for the number of years
the school has been in operation beyond the first year, until the charter
school completes its fourth year of operation.
(b)
(i) A
new or expanding charter school in its first operational year shall receive
special education add-on funding based on estimated enrollment projections made
by the CDC and approved by the Superintendent for legislative
projections.
(ii) The
Superintendent shall initially calculate the add-on by multiplying estimated
enrollment by 10% to determine the number of WPUs allocated in the legislative
estimate.
(iii) The Superintendent
shall finally calculate the add-on by taking the actual number of special
education students reported on the December 1 count.
(c)
(i) For
the second operational year, a new or expanding charter school shall receive
estimated special education add-on funding based on the December 1 count from
the prior year.
(ii) The final WPUs
allocated from the special education add-on program in the second operational
year shall equal the ADM count from the prior year.
(d)
(i)
(A) In its first operational year, a new or
expanding charter school shall receive estimated WPUs for the special education
self-contained program equal to the average self-contained prevalence rate of
all charter schools in the prior year multiplied by the CDC estimated
enrollment for the school.
(B) The
final WPUs allocated shall be equal to the number of self-contained students
reported on the December 1 count of the current school year for the new or
expanding charter school.
(ii) In its second operational year, a new or
expanding charter school shall receive estimated special education
self-contained funding based on the December 1 count of self-contained students
from the prior year.
(iii) The
final WPUs allocated from the special education self-contained program in the
second operational year shall equal the ADM count of self-contained students
from the current school year.
(e)
(i)
(A) For special education impact aid funding
in the first operational year, a new or expanding charter school shall receive
an estimated December 1 count equal to 10% multiplied by the CDC estimated
enrollment of the new or expanding charter school.
(B) The Superintendent shall use the amount
from Subsection (A) in the formula prescribed in the USBE Special Education
Rules X.J., incorporated by reference in Rule R277-750.
(C) The Superintendent shall base the final
WPUs allocated to a new or expanding charter school on the school's December 1
counts for the current school year.
(ii)
(A) In
the second operational year, a new or expanding charter school shall received
estimated special education impact aid funding based on the December 1 count of
self-contained students from the prior year.
(B) A new or expanding charter school shall
receive final WPUs allocated based on December 1 counts for the current school
year.
(f)
(i)
(A) For
the special education ESY program, in the first operational year, a new or
expanding charter school shall receive funding based on a program count equal
to .014 multiplied by the CDC estimate.
(B) The Superintendent shall use the amount
in Subsection (A) in the formula prescribed in the USBE Special Education
Rules, X.L., incorporated by reference in Rule R277-750.
(ii) In the second operational year, a new or
expanding charter school shall receive estimated special education ESY funding
based on the ADM count of ESY eligible students from the prior year.
(2) The foundation is
the minimum amount a charter school may receive for special education add-on
funding.
(3)
(a) The Superintendent shall apply a positive
growth adjustment to a charter school's foundation for weighted
growth.
(b) The Superintendent
shall determine weighted growth as set forth in Subsection
53F-2-307(7)(e)(i).
(c) The Superintendent shall determine growth
WPUs as set forth in Subsection
53F-2-307(7)(e).
(d) The Superintendent may not impose a
funding cap based on the charter prevalence rate because a charter school is
designed and authorized specifically to serve students with
disabilities.
(e) When there is no
growth, either because a charter school is new or because the same number of
students are enrolled, the Superintendent may not apply a positive growth
adjustment.
(4)
(a) The Superintendent shall apply a negative
growth adjustment to a charter school's base for decline in special education
ADM.
(b) The negative growth
adjustment is the base multiplied by the percentage of enrollment
decline.
(c) The Superintendent
shall subtract the result calculated under Subsection (5)(b) from the base to
determine WPU.
(d) When there is no
decline in a charter school's enrollment of students with disabilities, either
because the charter school is new or because the same number of students are
enrolled, the Superintendent may not apply a negative growth adjustment to the
charter school's allotment.
(e) If
a negative growth adjustment brings the WPU below the foundation, the charter
school shall receive the foundation WPU.
(5) After the first and second years of a
charter school's expansion, the special education formula provided in this
Section R277-479-3 shall account for the
expansion.
(6) Notwithstanding this
Section R277-479-3, if a new or
expanding charter school identifies a purpose and target population in its
application focusing on students with disabilities, the Superintendent shall
estimate the number of students with disabilities expected to enroll in
consultation with the authorizer and the school.
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