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Campbell County board approves special education annual plan; federal funds to support staff salaries
Summary
The Campbell County School Board approved the division’s Special Education Annual Plan and application to the Virginia Department of Education, which outlines funding for teachers, aides and services and notes a December 1 count of 1,247 students with disabilities.
The Campbell County School Board on March 10 approved the division’s Special Education Annual Plan application to the Virginia Department of Education, a required agreement that outlines how federal special education funds will be used in the district.
Doctor McCormack, who presented the application, told the board the plan “serves as a formal agreement between the Campbell County School Board and the Virginia Department of Education to ensure that we are implementing the regulations regarding special education services.” He said the plan is meant “to assure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free and appropriate public education.”
The application uses the division’s December 1 student snapshot. Doctor McCormack reported that on Dec. 1 the division counted 1,247 students with disabilities, an increase of about 28 from the previous year, and said the district continues to see growth in autism (AUT) and other health impairment (OHI) categories. He outlined the eight sections of the application, including assurances, maintenance of effort, coordinated early intervening services (CCEIS), proportionate set-aside, and two federal funding components commonly referred to in local materials as Part 6-11 and Part 6-19.
Doctor McCormack said Part 6-11 funds (flow-through federal funds for school-age programs under IDEA) pay salaries for 20 full-time special education teachers, three specialists and six teacher assistants. He said Part 6-19 (preschool/early-childhood special education funds) will fund one full-time early childhood special education teacher but does not fully cover that employee’s salary and benefits. He told the board, “We anticipate receiving about $1,900,000; $702,000 of that would have to be set aside for proportionate set-aside. And then for our 6-19 funds, we anticipate receiving about $46,000 with $1,300 of that being set aside for proportionate set-aside.”
On maintenance of effort, Doctor McCormack explained the division must spend at least as much in state and local funds for students with disabilities as it did the prior fiscal year. He said the division’s previous year’s plan “was implemented with fidelity,” with federal funds used for salaries and benefits. The presenter said the division is not required to set aside funds for CCEIS at this time because it has not shown disproportionality in discipline or eligibility.
He also described an existing memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local and regional jails. He said that if a person detained in a Campbell County facility is age 18–22, has not graduated with a standard diploma, is detained for 10 or more days and requests services, the division will send staff to provide them.
Doctor McCormack closed by noting the division’s local determination on the special education annual performance report was “meets requirement,” the highest rating, with 37 out of 40 points, and that graduation rates for students with disabilities were about 71 percent receiving standard or higher diplomas. The board approved the plan by motion and second; the motion carried.
