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Categorical Aid Funding
Trends
Under funded mandates from state and federal governments continue. The
discrepancies between district costs and reimbursements is widening. State imposed
revenue limits do not provide the additional resources necessary to fund the needs of
Exceptional Education Needs children as defined by the federal IDEA law. In addition,
Federal IDEA legislation has no provision for consideration of funds available to
school districts to provide EEN programs. Districts are being forced to
provide for the educational needs of some student population groups at the cost of other
student population groups. Special education needs are in competition with the needs
of other educational programs.
Stevens Point School District Categorical Aid Costs and
Reimbursements
STATE CATEGORICAL AID STATUTORY OBLIGATION vs. ACTUAL PAYMENT |
Stevens Point School District
1993-94 1998-99 |
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YEAR |
PROGRAM |
PRIOR
YEAR |
% of TOTAL |
STATE
AID |
ACTUAL |
STATUTORY |
DOLLARS |
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REIMBURSEMENT |
DISTRICT BUDGET |
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REIMBURSEMENT |
REIMBURSEMENT
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OWED TO |
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COSTS |
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RATE |
RATE |
DISTRICT |
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1993-94 |
Special
Education |
4,478,246 |
9.98% |
2,037,024 |
45.49% |
63.00% |
$784,271 |
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Psych/Social
Work |
805,320 |
1.79% |
296,542 |
36.82% |
51.00% |
$114,171 |
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ESL/Bilingual |
669,480 |
1.49% |
221,865 |
33.14% |
63.00% |
$199,907 |
Total for Year |
5,953,046 |
13.26% |
2,555,431 |
42.93% |
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$1,098,350 |
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1998-99 |
Special
Education |
6,568,110 |
11.35% |
2,233,158 |
34.00% |
63.00% |
$1,904,751 |
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Psych/Social
Work |
984,121 |
1.70% |
275,554 |
28.00% |
51.00% |
$226,348 |
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ESL/Bilingual |
1,095,522 |
1.89% |
233,000 |
21.27% |
63.00% |
$457,179 |
Total for Year |
8,647,753 |
14.94% |
2,741,712 |
31.70% |
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$2,588,278 |
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Data provided by district business administrator. |
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The TOTAL obligation that the State has failed to provide since 1993-94 is
nearly $10 million. |
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