Transcript Nashoba Regional School District

Special Education Department
FY 08 Budget Proposal
January 25, 2007
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The goal of the Special Education
Department
is to deliver excellent services
to our students with disabilities
while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
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 NRSD educates more and more of our children with
severe disabilities within the district.
 NRSD maintains a very low number of out of district
placements.
 All of our NRHS graduating class special education
students have passed MCAS.
 No BSEA hearings have been requested in FY 07.
 No complaints have been filed with the DOE in FY 07.
 Special Education is operating well within the current
budget.
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The Special Education Department developed
the proposed budget by:
 Trying to anticipate the needs of our students.
 Meeting with the principal of each school as well as the
Director of the Technology Department.
 Considering budget requests from our special
education staff.
 Reviewing the current budget.
 Seeking efficiencies.
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Line by line comparison
 SPED Legal Expenses – Level request
 SPED Transportation – $26,150 increase includes 4% contractual
increase to McCarthy Transportation
 Home/Hospital Tutoring – $5,600 decrease in expected
expenditures
 Contractual Services-Ther/Evals – Level request
 Out of District Tuitions – .5% ($7310) increase
 Contracted Services Medicare – $8389 increase due to under
funding in FY 07 and small increase in CASE assessment.
 Supplies and Equipment - $1500 decrease due to efficiencies
 Professional Development - $13,700 increase due to equitable
approach ($200 for each unit A and $100 for each unit C staff per
year)
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FY 08 Initiatives
Two special education teachers are needed to restart
the NRHS life skills program (14-15 students).
Three paraprofessionals will be reassigned to the
NRHS life skills program.
A .6 paraprofessional position at NRHS needs to be
increased to 1.0 to support an expected increase of
inclusion students.
The Director of Special Education needs to be a full
time position.
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Budget Summary
 Non-salary lines equal less than two percent increase over
FY07.
 Staffing additions at the high school level will service our most
needy special education students as they move into high
school.
 NRSD moves toward a full time Director of Special Education.
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In FY 07 the Special Education Department’s initiatives
included supplementing our staff to adequately address our
students and to establish cost efficiencies.
 Teacher of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired: New students to
the district required the expertise of this position. We were
very lucky to find a terrific Teacher of the Deaf for this 20
hour position.
 Physical Therapist: We had been contracting for this service,
and a cost comparison determined that hiring our own PT
would be cost efficient and would bring this expertise to our
staff. We are thrilled to have a PT on staff whose only job is
to work with our children and staff.
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Conclusion
 The FY08 budget reflects our best predictions about the needs
of our students and staff for the next fiscal year.
 The goal of the Special Education Department continues to be
to deliver excellent services to our students with disabilities
while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
Thank you.
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