Special Education Grant The Special Education Grant provides additional funding for students who need special education programs, services, and/or equipment. The Special Education Grant is made up of six allocations: Special Education Per Pupil Amount (SEPPA) Allocation - $1.478 billion, Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount (DSENA) Allocation - $1.065 billion, Special Equipment Amount (SEA) Allocation - $102.4 million, Special Incidence Portion (SIP) Allocation - $98.2 million, Facilities Amount (FA) Allocation - $99.7 million, and Behaviour Expertise Amount (BEA) Allocation - $11.9 million. The Special Education Grant may only be used for special education. Any unspent funding must be treated as deferred revenue for special education. The Special Education Grant is projected to be approximately $2.856 billion in 2017-18. Special Education Per-Pupil Amount (SEPPA) Allocation The Special Education Per-Pupil Amount (SEPPA) Allocation recognizes the cost of providing additional assistance to the majority of students with special education needs. SEPPA is allocated to boards on the basis of total enrolment. The amounts for 2017-18 are: $975.77 per JK to Grade 3 student, $749.52 per Grade 4 to 8 student, and $494.90 per Grade 9 to 12 student. The SEPPA Allocation is projected to be approximately $1.478 billion in 2017-18. Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount (DSENA) Allocation The DSENA Allocation addresses the variation among boards with respect to students with special education needs and boards' abilities to respond to those needs. In 2017-18, the DSENA Allocation is made up of: the Measures of Variability (MOV) Amount $269.4 million, and – the Special Education Statistical Prediction Model (SESPM) amount $763.2 million, – and the Base Amount for Collaboration and Integration amount $32.4 million. – The DSENA Allocation is projected to be $1.065 billion for 2017–18. 2017-18 is also the final year of a four-year phase in of a new funding model for the Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount Allocation, and other adjustments. More
Special Education Grant The Special Education Grant provides additional funding for students who need special education programs, services, and/or equipment. The Special Education Grant is made up of six allocations: Special Education Per Pupil Amount (SEPPA) Allocation - $1.478 billion, Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount (DSENA) Allocation - $1.065 billion, Special Equipment Amount (SEA) Allocation - $102.4 million, Special Incidence Portion (SIP) Allocation - $98.2 million, Facilities Amount (FA) Allocation - $99.7 million, and Behaviour Expertise Amount (BEA) Allocation - $11.9 million. The Special Education Grant may only be used for special education. Any unspent funding must be treated as deferred revenue for special education. The Special Education Grant is projected to be approximately $2.856 billion in 2017-18. Special Education Per-Pupil Amount (SEPPA) Allocation The Special Education Per-Pupil Amount (SEPPA) Allocation recognizes the cost of providing additional assistance to the majority of students with special education needs. SEPPA is allocated to boards on the basis of total enrolment. The amounts for 2017-18 are: $975.77 per JK to Grade 3 student, $749.52 per Grade 4 to 8 student, and $494.90 per Grade 9 to 12 student. The SEPPA Allocation is projected to be approximately $1.478 billion in 2017-18. Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount (DSENA) Allocation The DSENA Allocation addresses the variation among boards with respect to students with special education needs and boards' abilities to respond to those needs. In 2017-18, the DSENA Allocation is made up of: the Measures of Variability (MOV) Amount – $269.4 million, and the Special Education Statistical Prediction Model (SESPM) amount – $763.2 million, and the Base Amount for Collaboration and Integration amount – $32.4 million. The DSENA Allocation is projected to be $1.065 billion for 2017–18. 2017-18 is also the final year of a four-year phase in of a new funding model for the Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount Allocation, and other adjustments. More
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