SPECIAL INCIDENCE PORTION (SIP) 2015 - 2016 SEAC Presentation March 2016
Special Education Funding Grants Province TVDSB Percentage SEG $2,721,800,000 $97,754,863 3.6% SEPPA $1,401,800,000 $52,052,751 3.7% HNA $1,050,000,000 $37,258,779 3.5% FA $96,000,000 $4,184,592 4.4% SEA $93,700,000 $3,390,373 3.6% SIP $68,700,000 $486,000 0.7% BEA $11,600,000 $288,009 2.5% PFG (additional funding for self-contained classes) - $6,628,025
SIP Funding $600,000 $500,000 $400,000 $300,000 SIP Funding $200,000 $100,000 $0
Purpose of SIP Funding • Funding for staff support to ensure the health and safety both of students who have extraordinarily high needs related to their disabilities and/or exceptionalities and of others at school. • The identified additional supports must be in place PRIOR to submitting an application. • The maximum amount is $27 000 per claim.
Eligibility Criteria • Student must be enrolled either in a special education class or a regular class with special education support. • The student must require more than two full time equivalent board-paid staff for the health and safety of the applicant student, other students, and/or staff.
Safety Claims • A safety claim may be submitted on behalf of a student who requires more than two full-time board paid staff to provide intensive support for the safety of the student and/or others from behaviour that is injurious to self and/or others. “John’s actions pose a safety risk to himself as well as the staff and students at our school and it is therefore essential that he is provided with support from two educational assistants at all times. This level of support affords the classroom teacher the ability to execute programming for John that will safely manage his challenging behaviours and maintain the safety of himself, his classmates and the school staff.”
Health and Health and Safety Claims • A health claim or a health and safety claim may be submitted on behalf of a student who, as a consequence of their diagnosed medical condition, is dependent on more than two full-time board paid staff to provide intensive support for activities of daily living including health and/or safety at an age when they would not otherwise be so dependent. “Jane’s physical fragility and tenuous medical condition make it imperative that a minimum of two educational assistants support her full-time nurse for feeding, dressing, transfers, toileting, vision and oral care, AFO’s and participation in water therapy and snoezelen activities.”
SIP Profile? “John has received supports through a variety of agencies including Behaviour Therapy (Regional Support Associates), Psychiatry (CPRI), Occupational Therapy (CCAC) and residential care (Participation House). These agencies work collaboratively and support the school in stabilizing John’s behaviour in order that he may benefit from his educational program.”
Required Documentation For All Claims • All documents submitted to support SIP claims must reflect the student’s programs and services for the current school year. • A checklist of required documents has been provided for all claims (Appendix A). • A summary of student needs for intensive staff support (Appendix B). • The Special Incident Portion Application Form (Appendix C) • Assessment documents or reports which demonstrate the intensity of student needs relevant to the application.
Required Documentation For All Claims (cont.) • The Special Incident Portion Staff Support Timetable (Appendix D) • All SIP claims require a current IEP that documents in the human resource section, the board-pad staff that are identified and shown in the staff support timetable. • For SIP health must include the Characteristics Checklist for Health and Health and Safety Claims (Appendix E) • For SIP safety claims a Safety Plan is also required.
Eligible Board-Paid Staff Support • Only Board employed staff with a special education assignment can be included in the calculation of intensive support. Teacher time in a regular classroom is not included in the calculation of intensive support. These teachers’ salaries are funded through the Foundation Grant. • The classroom teacher can be counted where the teacher is a special education teacher in a special education class. • Staff counted in the Staff Support Level Timetable must be supporting the student for at least 10% of the student's hours during a week on a regularly scheduled basis, for the entire school year. (2014-15 Guidelines) This is 150 minutes per week for a child in a regularly scheduled program.
SIP – Staff Support Level Timetable Who Goes Where? • Column A is for Educational Assistants (EA’s) who support the student directly and are reflected in the IEP. • Column B is for Special Education Teachers. The teachers placed in column B must have special education credentials and a special education assignment. • Column C is for “other staff”. Staff in this column must be referenced in the IEP and must meet the criteria for supporting the student for at least 10% of the student's hours during a week on a regularly scheduled basis, for the entire school year. They are not cumulative staff or on call staff.
SIP Timetable – DE Self-Contained Class Note: 24 Hour Format "A" "B" "C" "D" Total Spec Ed Teacher Support Total Other Staff Support Level (excluding regular classroom Total EA Staff Support Level # Spec Ed Teachers # Other Staff # students # students # students # minutes # minutes # minutes Start Time Finish Time teacher) Activity Description # EAs Level (i.e. 09:00 = (i.e. 15:00 = 9:00 AM) 3:00 PM) Specify Role/ Job Title of Other Staff Reported in Col. C. Total 07:50 08:00 Arrival, entry 2 1 0.067 1 3 0.011 5 3 0.056 Educational Assistants 10 10 10 08:00 08:30 Sensory Activities 2 1 30 0.200 1 3 30 0.033 5 3 30 0.167 Educational Assistants 08:30 08:45 Sequencing/ Labeling Tasks 2 1 0.100 1 3 0.017 4 3 0.067 Educational Assistants 15 15 15 08:45 09:00 Snack 2 1 0.100 1 3 0.017 4 3 0.067 Educational Assistants 15 15 15 09:00 09:30 Gross Motor Activities 2 1 0.200 1 3 0.033 4 3 0.133 Educational Assistants 30 30 30 09:30 10:00 Snack 2 1 0.200 1 3 0.033 4 3 0.133 Educational Assistants 30 30 30 10:00 10:30 Gross Motor Activities 2 1 30 0.200 1 3 30 0.033 4 3 30 0.133 Educational Assistants 10:30 10:50 Fine Motor Activities/Music 2 1 0.133 1 3 0.022 4 3 0.089 Educational Assistants 20 20 20 10:50 11:00 Snack 2 1 0.067 1 3 0.011 4 3 0.044 Educational Assistants 10 10 10 11:00 11:30 Gross Motor Activities 2 1 0.200 1 3 0.033 4 3 0.133 Educational Assistants 30 30 30 11:30 12:00 Lunch 2 1 0.200 3 0.000 4 3 0.133 Educational Assistants 30 30 30 12:00 12:30 Gross Motor Activities 2 1 30 0.200 1 3 30 0.033 4 3 30 0.133 Educational Assistants 13:00 13:30 Snack 2 1 0.200 1 3 0.033 4 3 0.133 Educational Assistants 30 30 30 13:30 13:45 Sensory Activities 2 1 0.100 1 3 0.017 5 3 0.083 Educational Assistants 15 15 15 13:45 14:05 Prep for home/ walk to van 2 1 0.133 1 3 0.022 5 3 0.111 Educational Assistants 20 20 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Timetable should include support provided by education assistants, special education teachers and other board-paid support staff who work with the student for at least 10 percent of the student's hours on a regular basis during the school year. SIP Funding Calculation : Total staff support level "D" minus 2.0 multiplied by $27,000 (to maximum $27,000) + + = Total Staff Support Level "D" "A" "B" "C" "B" is automatically 2.300 0.875 1.617 4.792 multipled by 2.5 SIP funded staff level support : 2.792 "D" minus 2.0 = Staff Support Level = # staff divided by # students multiplied by # minutes divided by 300 SIP funded staff support level multiplied by $27,000 : $ 27,000 0 ( maximum $27,000)
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