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Meeting Date:
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12/13/2011 - 7:30 PM
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Category:
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Untitled
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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14.6 REVISED - Approve Budget Allocation for Seneca Center Memorandum of Understanding, Approved by Board of Education on June 14, 2011
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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Seneca Center offers a Non-Public School (NPS) program with intensive day treatment services for MDUSD students diagnosed with serious emotional disturbances. Students are at the Seneca/Glenbrook campus with a dedicated rate structure that reflects a reduction in the State-approved NPS rate paid. The desks in these classrooms are dedicated to serve MDUSD students exclusively, thereby providing options for meeting the more intense needs of students and their families. In addition, this program offers community-based treatment services to families with students currently placed out-of-state enabling the young people to return home and successfully integrate into the Seneca NPS program.
This program was designed to create a cost-effective service system that will maximize available district resources, while efficiently controlling costs. The program provides a highly supportive educational setting for parents to consider in lieu of placing their children in expensive residential treatment programs. Currently 4 residential students have been transitioned from residential treatment programs to the Seneca Treatment Center. The annual cost for residential students placed in NPS averages $100,000. The annual cost for students placed at Seneca is $15,833. Transitioning these 4 students will result in a savings of $84,167 per student, per year. ($84,167 * 4 = $336,668 for the year) We have transferred 7 students from Non Public Schools to the Seneca Center Collaborative Classrooms. The average cost for a student at a Non Public School is $60,000. (including education/related services/transportation). The annual cost for a student at Seneca is $15,833. Moving these 7 students will result in a $44,167 per year, per student cost savings. ($44,167 * 7 = $309,169 for the year)
(Above amounts have been corrected to reflect the actual average cost per student at Seneca Center).
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Funding:
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General Fund - Special Education Program Code 1660 (Non-Public Schools)
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Fiscal Impact
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$570,000.00 to Program Code 1660 (Non-Public Schools)
The funds have already been earmarked and approved through the budget development process.
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Recommendation:
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Approve budget allocation as presented
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Bryan Cassin - Special Education Administrator
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Signed By:
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Mildred Browne - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Steven Lawrence - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Linda Mayo Moved, Member Lynne Dennler seconded to approve the Original motion 'Approve increase as presented.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Gary Eberhart | Yes | | Linda Mayo | Yes | | Sherry Whitmarsh | Yes | | Lynne Dennler | Yes | | Cheryl Hansen | Yes | |
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