:: Allocation Levels and Rates

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALLOCATIONS

• The superintendent of schools is responsible for allocating resources to schools.
• All eligibility categories and allocation levels are determined on an annual basis.
• The criteria used by the District are for the purpose of distributing district resources to schools.
• Allocations are based on the number of students registered in the school on September 30, with high school allocations based on course completion.
• Allocations are not intended to cover all costs associated with programming for any individual student.
• Weighted allocations are provided to schools in recognition that the programming needs of a limited number of students fall outside the wide range of abilities, skills and behaviours that can be accommodated in a regular program.
• Not all students with special education needs meet criteria to generate a weighted allocation.
• Schools are responsible for provision of appropriate programming for all students within the local school or arrangement for accommodation in another district school.

BASIS OF ALLOCATION

• all resources available for allocation to schools are distributed equitably in accordance with responsibility for results; and
• allocations are student driven; and
• the number of allocation categories is minimized; and
• the basis of allocation is accepted, understood, and supported by all concerned; and
• the information on which allocations are based is clear, consistent, and easily obtainable; and
• the administrative cost of allocating resources is minimized.

Changes to the basis of allocation are recommended on an annual basis to the superintendent by a representative committee of principals.

STUDENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION LEVELS, RATIOS AND RATES

Kindergarten, elementary and junior high students, including those in second language and alternative elementary school programs, and in home education programs, blended programs and virtual schools:

• Allocations are based on 1.0 F.T.E. student with the exception of Kindergarten and ECS Severe (PUF) which are normalized at 0.5 F.T.E.
• Blended elementary and junior high students generate a Level 1 allocation for the percentage of program the school is responsible for (minimum of 50%), plus the remaining percentage of the home education allocation.

Senior High General allocations are based upon completion of academic courses by students attending senior high schools. Senior High Other allocations are based on completion of courses in International Baccalaureate, vocational, home economics, industrial and career and technology courses including courses at the 14/24 and 16/26/36 levels. Allocations are normalized at: Total Credits/35 = 1.0 F.T.E. student. Blended high school students will be funded on course credit completion.

OTHER ALLOCATION CATEGORIES

For the purpose of some of the following categories, weighted enrolment is the student driven allocation divided by the base rate ($5,145).

Aboriginal Education Funds: Amount allocated to schools with self-identified Native enrolment greater than 15 per cent of total enrolment.

Addition to Basic: Provided to schools with unique operating needs.

Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI): Amount allocated to schools to support collaborative and continuous learning by District staff.

Alberta Small Class Size Initiative: Allocation provided to lower class size averages across the jurisdiction to those recommended by Alberta's Commission on Learning.

Alternate Allocations: The following educational services are exceptions to which the formulae are not applicable.

Community Use of Schools: Amount allocated as a result of community use of schools at a rate of $13.50 per hour according to the number of hours booked during the previous school year.

Designated Receiving School: Amount allocated based on the number of elementary school students attending designated schools from neighbourhoods where there is no local school (September 30, 2009), at $51 per student.

Establishment Grant: Amount allocated for the introduction of selected new programs in a school or for the establishment of learning resources and supplies in new schools.

High Social Vulnerability (formerly High Socio-Economic Needs): Amount allocated to reflect the characteristics of a school's student population based on an index of nine indicators of social vulnerability for the community in which the student resides.

In-service/PD: Dollar amount allocated to schools for the purchase of in-services and professional development opportunities for staff. Allocations are based on weighted enrolment and the amount available per division is based on historical usage data prior to decentralization of these resources.

Literacy Intervention Funding: Amount allocated to elementary schools to support literacy intervention programs.

Multiple Programs: Amounts allocated to schools with small enrolments and schools with multiple program situations.

Other Services: Amount allocated to schools for services in the areas of information technology services, and the Bennett Centre services. Calculated on the basis of 20 per cent flat rate and 80 per cent of weighted enrolment as a percentage of total dollars available to purchase "other" services

Plant Operations and Maintenance: Amount allocated to schools to cover the costs associated with custodial salaries. Calculated based on area + weighted student enrolment.

Teacher Aide: Provided to schools with Grades 1 to 6. Allocated to schools as a percentage of the total district Grade 1 to 6 population.

Transfers from Institutions: Allocations at levels 5 to 8 are available on a monthly pro-rated basis after September 30th for coded students with special education needs who were enrolled in an institutional school on September 30th.

Twinned Plant Allocation: Amount allocated to support schools operating in two locations with one PO&M allocation.

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