RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALLOCATIONS

The superintendent of schools is responsible for allocating resources to schools.

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, ECS Mild/Moderate 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. (For projected calculations schools receive 70% of a per pupil allocation based on averages across the District from previous years. The actual allocation is adjusted based on the September 30th enrolment.)
  Example: School is responsible for 60% of the student's program:
  

  60% of level 1 = $2,749
  40% of home schooling = $556
  Total Allocation = $3,305

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/36.5 = 1.0 F.T.E. student.
• Blended high school students will be funded on course credit completion, not on the above formula.

OTHER ALLOCATION CATEGORIES

For the purpose of some of the following categories, weighted enrolment is the student driven allocation divided by the base rate ($4,582).

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

Adaptation Block Grant: Amount allocated to elementary and junior high schools based on the number of students scoring 2 years or lower on either Reading or Writing on the District HLAT.

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.

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

Community Use of Schools: Amount allocated as a result of community use of schools at $16 for the first activity and $8 for each subsequent activity on the same day during 2009-10, based on the actual 2007-08 bookings for community use. In addition, as a result of new user fees charged for gymnasium use under the Joint Use Agreement, additional revenues will be allocated to schools on the basis of $25 per hour of weekend use.

Consulting/Inservice: Dollar amount plus hourly equivalents allocated to schools for the purchase of consulting services or inservice 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.

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

Dual Plant Allocation: Amount allocated to support schools operating in two locations.

Early Reading Incentive: Amount allocated to elementary schools to support early reading initiative programs.

Enrolment Growth: Amount allocated on a monthly prorated basis of the 2009-10 level 1 allocation rate, based on increases in enrolment beyond 5 per cent from September 30, 2009.

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

Intervention Grant: Amount allocated to senior high schools to provide school based interventions intended to support students deemed to be at risk.

Innovative Classroom Technology: Amount allocated to schools to support the further integration of technology into classrooms to assist schools in attaining classroom technology standards. This grant was introduced by Alberta Education for a three-year period beginning in the 2008-2009 school year to ensure that all Grade 1 to 12 classrooms are equipped with the key technologies that support innovative teaching and learning.

Multiple Program: 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 leadership services, marketing, 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 operational maintenance, custodial salaries, and school to pay utilities. Calculated on a two part formula: Part I - maintenance portion (base amount for mandatory tasks + 90% area of school + 10% student weighted enrolment); Part II - custodial portion (base amount determined by school area + student weighted 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.

Teacher Settlement Grant (2002): Represents the 6 per cent salary enhancement grant from Alberta Education and is based on the total teacher F.T.E.s in the 2002-03 school year. Commencing 2007-2008 this grant will be phased out over four years. As of the 2010-2011 school year, this grant will be totally absorbed into the weighted student allocation.

Transfers From Institutions: Allocations at levels 5 to 8 are available on a monthly pro-rated basis after September 30th for students with special education needs who were enrolled in an institutional school on September 30th. Schools must notify Budget Services when the student registers. Please contact Sandra Bassett by e-mail and provide the student's name, identification number, eligibility code and the date of registration at the school.

Adjustments to Allocations: Adjustments to allocations are made on the following basis:

• Student Allocations: September 30, 2009
  Forecast student allocations are revised to reflect actual enrolments in schools on September 30, 2009
  
  
• Community Use of Schools: August 31, 2010
  The allocation included in the 2009-10 forecast allocations are revised based on the actual number of first and subsequent community use bookings from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010.
  
  
• Senior High (General) and Senior High (Other): August 31, 2010
  The allocations included in the 2009-10 actual allocations are revised based on credits completed and reported to Alberta Education

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