Mandates

Only Three are Partially FundedAll Others are Unfunded

Mandates

Mandates

Mandates are those things that all schools are required to do by state or federal law

And Either partially funded (circuit breaker for special education)

or completely UNFUNDED

Those things include, but are not limited to:

Mandates

1. Provide English language instruction by a certified ESL teacher to all students who are identified as English Language Learners (ELL students)

FY11: 3 students FY12: 2 students FY13: 1 student FY14: 4 students

2. Provide services in-district to students with disabilities who qualify for special education or a 504 plan

300 in-district special education students (17% of total enrollment)80 students on 504 Plan

3. Provide services in out-of-district placements to students with disabilities who require those services

23 students Nonpublic placements: 10 Collaborative placements:

13Total Cost=$690,395 Total Cost =$470,666CB offset=$409,571 CB offset= $96,658Budget = $ 280,822 Budget = $374,007Total Special Education out-of-district cost to the budget1,161,033

4. Provide services to children ages 3 and 4 years old who have disabilities (pre-school age)-In District

FY12=16 students FY14= 48 students

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5. Provide tuitions to Vocational Schools, Agricultural Schools and Charter schools for all Carver students who choose to attend

Norfolk Agricultural School 4 students @ $22,594 per student each year= $90,376/yearCharter school @ $60,000/yearBristol Plymouth Agricultural school-4students @$18,860 per student = $75,440/yearSchool Choice – We bring in $90,000/year and We spend $5,000/year on (1) student who

chooses to go to other school choice districts

95 Students attend Old Colony at a total cost of $680,000 which is in the Town Budget

6. Provide transportation to all students who attend Vocational and Agricultural schools

Total Cost of $20,000

7. Provide transportation for all students with disabilities who attend Special Education schools in out-of-district placements

23 students @ a total cost of $398,262

8. Share transportation costs for all children who are homelessMcKinney/ Vento legislation

5 students @ a total cost of transportation of $20,000 PARTIALLY FUNDED by NEW Legislation

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9. Provide extended school year services (summer) to students with disabilities who require these extended services

140 Students (we must also provide transportation)

10. Provide educational services after grade 12 through age 22 for students with disabilities who require these services

4 Students (1 student pays tuition from Middleboro)

Note that the “Foundation Budget” from the state only accounts for 1% of the budget to be allocated to all Special Education Costs

1% of the 2014 level funded budget(21,324,3920 = $213,242 to fund the entire district’s special education budget. 1% will not pay for 16% of the students identified as Special Needs.

The Foundation Budget Formula is flawed due to many UNFUNDED mandates

Actual 2013 Special Education Costs for out – of – district costs are about $1,, this does not include in-district Special Education programs. The total Special Education expense for in and out-of-district exceeds $5,000,000.

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11. Schedule ALL elementary students into 900 hrs of structured learning time (5 hours per day excluding lunch)

12. Schedule ALL secondary students into 990 hrs of structured learning time (5.5 hours per day excluding lunch and studies)

13. Input and submit student, teacher, school and district data several times per month to the Dept of EducationEPIMS-Educator Information System-evaluation data is now part of this systemPlus the Student Information System – more than 55 fields of data for every student must be continuously updated.DOZENS of reports- School Attending Children, Discipline Reports, Enrollment reports, etc. must be submitted from the data system

14. Fund 40 hours of SEI (Sheltered English Immersion) training for every teacher –now changing to a more rigorous requirement and all teachers must be re-trained in the new system even though we only have 1 student.

15. Fund a minimum of 12 hours of Educator Evaluation training for every teacher16. Follow all USDA requirements for school lunches (more expensive products)

MORE and MORE and MORE Mandates17. Provide a trained mentor for every new teacher for a minimum of one year18. Yearly updates on federal and state mandated trainings for educators: Ethics,

Mandated reporting, Restraint Training, 504 and I.E.P. regulations, Bullying Intervention and Prevention and coming soon, the New Discipline Law

19. Yearly updates for bus drivers, custodians, and paraprofessionals: First Aid, CPR, EPI Pen, Bullying Intervention and Prevention and job specific training for each of these employees

20. Purchase one to one electronic devices (tablets and/or computers) for students to take the required online testing for the PARCC test which will replace the MCAS in 2015

21. Upgrade the technology infrastructure to support a minimum of 150 students taking an online test at the same time

22. Train teachers and students to use these devices before the tests are actually implemented

23. Provide one to one tutoring or pay for an out-or district tuition for students who are suspended or excluded for an extended period of time (as of 2014 school year)

24. Provide Special Education Services (upon request) for Carver students who are enrolled in private and or public out-of-district schools (such as Charter or Virtual Schools and many private or parochial schools)

25. Purchase data system for New Teacher Evaluation System: Year 1 $14,000

Per Pupil Expenditure FY2013 Carver Per Pupil Expenditure

$12,904

Massachusetts State Average Per Pupil Expenditure

$14,000