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Professional Review Panel

REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION FUNDING COMMITTEE PRESENTED ON MARCH 18, 2019

Background

The ROE Funding Committee was created by the Professional Review Panel (PRP) to study funding related to Alternative Schools, Laboratory Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning

• pportunities as outlined in PA 100-465. As stated in PA 100-465:

(4) On a periodic basis, the Panel shall study all the following elements and make recommendations to the State Board, the General Assembly, and the Governor for modification

• f this Section:

(H) Funding for Alternative Schools, Laboratory Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning

• pportunities programs. By the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall study

and make recommendations regarding the funding levels for Alternative Schools, Laboratory Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning opportunities programs in this State.

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Issue and Purpose for Studying Regional Office of Education (ROE) Funding

On any given day, the education for 7,127 students is funded differently from the other 2 million students in Illinois. These students receive educational services from ROE/ISCs. These students may:

• have multiple suspensions,
• be expulsion eligible,
• be in danger of dropping out, or
• have significant attendance issues caused by a variety of problems.

Currently, the EBF model does not address the needs of these students as compared to the other students in Illinois Public Schools.

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Summary of Issues Related ROE Funding

EBF funding for ROE/ISCs was and will be held flat because:

• There is no local effort target for ROE/ISCs.
• There is no low income count for ROE/ISCs.
• The model does not account for dynamic program enrollment.

Because ROE/ISC FY18 funding was held flat, there was a s upplemental appropriation in FY18 to fund FY17 programs that experienced increased enrollment.

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Committee Members & Meeting Dates

Committee Members Susan Harkin, Chief School Business Official CUSD 300 Justin Miller, Assistant Superintendent, Carbondale SD 95 Cameron Mock, Senior Policy Advisor, CPS D299 Gregg Murphy, Regional Superintendent, I-KAN ROE Julie Wollerman, Regional Superintendent, ROE 3 Meeting Dates To date, the committee has met on 17 separate occasions to complete their work.

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ISBE Support and Acknowledgements

The committee would like to acknowledge the following Illinois State Board of Education staff for their assistance in the development of the committee’s recommendation. Jeff Aranowski, Executive Director, Safe and Healthy climate Amanda Elliott, Co-Director-Legislative Affairs Jason Hall, Director, State Funding and Forecasting Barbara Hobrock, Legislative Affairs Coordinator Leticia Pickens, Senior Policy Advisor, State Funding and Forecasting Cara Wiley, Director, Safe and Healthy Climate Robert Wolfe, Chief Financial Officer

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Recommendation

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Recommendation & Discussion

1. Modify the EBF state statute to allow Regional Safe School and Truant Alternative Optional Education Programs to receive Tier Funding effective with the FY 2020 budget cycle to include:

a) Setting a local effort to 10% ⇒ Mirrors Lab Schools b) Establishing a Low Income Count of 50% ⇒ State average c) Using a March Enrollment Count ⇒ Addresses the fact that programs grow throughout the year. ROE/ISC will receive the funding for these students/not the home school enrollment account with a phase of FY20 – Current year enrollment only, FY21 – Current year or two year average enrollment (highest of), and FY22 and ongoing – Current year or three year average enrollment (highest of)

2. Eliminate the Hold Harmless Base Funding Minimum for Regional Safe School, Truant Alternative Optional Education and Alternative Learning Opportunity Programs once they no longer continue 3. Continue studying the following items:

a) Alternative Learning Opportunity Program funding, b) EBF elements in relation to RSSP, TAOEP, and ALOP, and c) Truancy alternatives for students no longer in the public education system.

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ROE Funding - EBF 2018-2019 Proposed

# Students Served EBF #1 Tier Funding #2 Supp. Funding Total EBF Per Pupil Spend Grant Total Funding RSSP 2,116 $12,701,570 $1,538,386 $385,356 $14,625,312 $6,911 $6,300,000 $20,925,312 TAOEP** 1,153 6,478,180 897,713 435,871 7,811,764 6,775 8,459,124 16,270,888 ALOP 3,858 13,585,076 3,926,609 4,577,369 22,089,054 5,726

• 22,089,054

Total 7,127 32,764,826 6,362,708 5,398,596 32,764,826 4,597 14,759,124 59,285,254 Effective FY 2020, the proposed recommendation estimates RSSPs and TAOEPs would receive $2.4M in Tier Funding. With the current proposal of $325M of additional tier funding, no LEAs would lose funding through the proposal. **Students served by TAOEP does not include students that are receiving support services through the ROE/ISC but are still enrolled/counted in their home school for EBF purposes.

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Entertain a Motion

Motion to approve the recommendation of the proposal as presented with the understanding that appropriation amounts for FY 2020 are sufficient so as to not impact or diminish the amount of tier funding available to all organizational units.

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Answers to Follow Up Questions

12/18/2018 PROFESSIONAL REVIEW PANEL QUESTIONS

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Questions Posed by PRP on 12/18/18

Program Requirements Tuition Charged Tier Funding Impact Alignment to the Elements New Program Amount

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Programs and Requirements

Program Type

• Regional Safe School Programs (RSSP)
• Truants Alternative and Optional Education (TAOEP)
• Alternative Learning Opportunity (ALOP)

Goal in each Program

• Address the student’s unique needs (Social Emotional, Educational)
• Keep the student on-track academically
• Prepare the student for successful return to their home school

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Regional Safe Schools (RSSP)

RSSP serves expulsion-eligible and suspension-eligible students in grades 6-12. School districts face increasing challenges in maintaining a safe environment for all students. The purpose of RSSP is twofold:

• Increase safety and promote the learning environment in schools, and
• Meet the particular educational needs of disruptive students more appropriately and individually in

alternative educational environments.

Each student in an RSSP has an Alternative Education Plan (AEP) and positive outcomes include:

• reduction in disruptive behavior,
• regular attendance,
• coursework/credit completion resulting in advancement in grade level
• return to home school, and
• high school graduation and where appropriate completing a program leading to taking a HS equivalency test

and passing.

Behavior modification training and other counseling, life skills training, community service, and work - based learning experiences are aspects of RSSP. RSSP has 39 grants representing 38 ROE/ISCs and the Chicago Public Schools.

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RSSP Requirements

Each student receives an Alternative Education Plan

• Length and duration of the plan
• Specific academic and behavioral components
• Method and time frame for reviewing progress on the plan

Curriculum

• Multi-disciplinary curriculum, which may include work-based learning and community service work
• Emphasize making the educational experience of each student meaningful and worthwhile
• Give due consideration to rules and regulations adopted by ISBE for alternative schools

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Truants’ Alternative & Optional Education (TAOEP)

TAOEP programs serve students with attendance problems and/or dropouts up to and including those who are 21 years of age. The purpose of TAOEP is to:

• Improve student attendance rates & increases high school graduation rates and
• Increase the number of high school students earning high school credits.

Programs are divided between two methods of operation:

1. Provide truancy prevention and intervention services that integrate resources of the school and community to meet the needs of the students and parents to improve student attendance. 2. Provide optional education programs to serve as part-time or full-time options to regular school attendance and offer modified instructional programs or other services designed to prevent students from dropping out

• f school.

Most truant students have suffered from (multiple) trauma. They and their families require more one-

• n-one attention than the average student. The typical TAOEP student comes from a family that has

experienced very little school or academic success. Outreach to parents, grandparents, guardians, and more take significant time by school personnel to help educate caregivers as well as their students.

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TAOEP Requirements

Individualized Optional Education Plans must include:

• Learning objectives or individual outcomes
• Basis upon which the student is referred to the program
• Services that will be provided with regard to the student’s educational, social and career development

needs

• Assessment procedures to measure progress
• Time period sufficient to allow the student to achieve their objectives
• Statement indicating that placement in the program is the choice of the student/guardian

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Alternative Learning Opportunities (ALOP)

ALOPs serve students who need educational supports and other support services that are not currently provided by their regular school programs. ALOPs offer a broader range of academic, behavioral, and social/emotional interventions designed to increase the academic achievement levels of these students and complete their education in a safe learning environment. An alternative learning opportunities program shall provide:

• a flexible standards-based learning environment,
• innovative and varied instructional strategies,
• a student-centered curriculum,
• student-centered social programs, and
• supplemental social, health, and support services.

Local ROE and School District collaboratively define a “student at risk of academic failure”. Programs may be located in public school buildings or at an alternate site.

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ALOP Requirements

Each student is given a Student Success Plan which must:

• Be based on an assessment of a student’s educational and social function and skills,
• Specify curriculum and instructional methods to be used in improving the student's educational

performance,

• Outline the support services needed to remove barriers to learning,
• Specify, when appropriate, the career development experiences the student will receive,
• Set objectives to ensure successful transition back to the regular school program, and
• Outline the student’s responsibilities under the plan.

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RSSP Annual Tuition

From ROE Survey:

• 10 offices charge $0 tuition
• 10 offices charge $2k or less tuition
• 13 offices charge between $2k and $10k tuition
• 4 offices charge between $10k and $16k tuition
• 1 office charges $21k tuition - per request from sending districts requesting additional services
• 5 offices charging more than $10K are from Cook, Lake, DuPage and St. Clair Counties

The median tuition for those charging is $1,780. Those ROE/ISC charging tuition indicated a need for additional funds to pay for rent, salaries, additional services, etc. based on low/declining grant funding as well as limited GSA funding. Tuition does not account for in-kind donations of facilities, services, and personnel which programs receive in lieu of tuition.

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ROE Survey – RSSP Tuition Summary

District Tuition Paid to ROE Support Safe Schools Range Average Spending per Pupil in Public Schools (FY17 AFR Data)

Minimum Median Average Maximum $0 $1,780 $4,409 $21,120 Minimum Average Maximum $6,167 $12,110 $34,306

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Tier Funding Modeling - FY 2019 Impact

Summary:

• Total change in funding for tier distribution and supplemental program would be $11.8M
• Tier funding would be $6.4M broken out as follows:
• Regional Safe Schools - $1.5M
• Truancy Alternative and Optional Education - $0.9M
• Alternative Learning Opportunity - $3.9M
• Supplemental funding for program growth would be $5.4M broken out as follows:
• Regional Safe Schools - $0.4M
• Truancy Alternative and Optional Education - $0.4M
• Alternative Learning Opportunity - $4.6M

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Program Type Base Funding Minimum (Hold Harmless) Revised BFM

Supplemental Funding

Change in Tier Funding Total Gross FY 19 State Contribution Revised FY 19 Total Change in FY 19 Total Funding ALOP 13,585,076 $ 18,162,445 $ 4,577,369 $ 3,926,609 $ 13,585,076 $ 22,089,054 $ 8,503,978 $ TAOEP 6,478,180 $ 6,914,051 $ 435,871 $ 897,713 $ 6,478,180 $ 7,811,764 $ 1,333,584 $ RSSP 12,701,570 $ 13,086,925 $ 385,356 $ 1,538,386 $ 12,701,570 $ 14,625,312 $ 1,923,742 $ Total 32,764,825 $ 38,163,421 $ 5,398,596 $ 6,362,709 $ 32,764,825 $ 44,526,129 $ 11,761,304 $

Tier Funding Modeling-Target Summary

Based off of the 12/18/18 proposed recommendation, this chart models the shift of enrollment to the ROE/ISC from the LEA, calculated % adequacy and assigned tier.

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Program Type Enrollment % of Adequacy Tier # Programs ALOP 3,858 75% 1.33 9 TAOEP 1,153 67% 1.60 21 RSSP 2,116 73% 1.66 38 Total/Average 7,127 72% 1.60

Alignment to EBF Element-Deeper Dive

Proposal:

• Allows for adequacy targets to be calculated for each ROE/ISC program
• Calculated adequacy targets apply the same evidence based staffing and programmatic

recommendation on ROE/ISC programs as is done for public schools

• As program spending approaches the calculated adequacy target, tier funding will decrease.
• Specific grant funding for Regional Safe Schools Programs and Truancy Alternative Optional Education

Programs allow programs to address unique individual needs of enrolled students

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New Program Calculation and Rationale

The Committee recommends establishing a new program amount that:

• Is based off of state average adequacy targets

per pupil and percentage of adequacy, and

• Uses the minimum state average for both

categories.

This methodology will lessen the overall financial impact of new programs entrance into the model with a slower phase-in to adequacy.

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