Week Three Assignment Part 1 – Texas School Finance: Developing a Position Paper after Comparing and Analyzing District Data
Component | District 1 | District 2 |
Economically Disadvantaged | 93.3 % | 20.7% |
LEP | 48% | 2% |
Special Education | 9% | 7% |
Bilingual/ESL | 41% | 2% |
Voc. Ed | 24% | 14% |
Career and Technology | 24% | 14% |
Gifted and Talented | 5% | 4% |
Total Refined ADA Adjusted for Decline | 3,893.75 | 4,032.98 |
WADA | 5,555.81 | 4,794.07 |
Position Statement:
As defined by TEA, economically disadvantaged students are those who are reported as eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Program, or other public assistance. Students reported with any one of these status codes may or may not be enrolled in a special program such as compensatory or special education. (Source: PEIMS, 110) Comparing the two districts, District 1 has 93.3% of Economically Disadvantaged students and District Two has 20.7% of Economically Disadvantaged students. Reviewing the data for both districts one can conclude that District One has a higher number of students that are economically struggling and it will have a bigger impact on the money received by the district.
There are students with additional needs across our continent; however in Texas, students with additional education needs are weighted for funding purposes to help recognize the additional costs of educating those students known as WADA (Weighted Average Daily Attendance.) Weighted programs include special education, vocational, bilingual, gifted and talented, and compensatory education. A weighted student count is used to distribute guaranteed yield funding. (School Funding 101) These weightings determine the relative importance of each quantity on the average. An example of that is when special education students are serviced for a certain amount of time, the district will receive money based on the instructional setting.
The chart below shows the weights for various special programs.
As defined by TEA, economically disadvantaged students are those who are reported as eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Program, or other public assistance. Students reported with any one of these status codes may or may not be enrolled in a special program such as compensatory or special education. (Source: PEIMS, 110) Comparing the two districts, District 1 has 93.3% of Economically Disadvantaged students and District Two has 20.7% of Economically Disadvantaged students. Reviewing the data for both districts one can conclude that District One has a higher number of students that are economically struggling and it will have a bigger impact on the money received by the district.
There are students with additional needs across our continent; however in Texas, students with additional education needs are weighted for funding purposes to help recognize the additional costs of educating those students known as WADA (Weighted Average Daily Attendance.) Weighted programs include special education, vocational, bilingual, gifted and talented, and compensatory education. A weighted student count is used to distribute guaranteed yield funding. (School Funding 101) These weightings determine the relative importance of each quantity on the average. An example of that is when special education students are serviced for a certain amount of time, the district will receive money based on the instructional setting.
The chart below shows the weights for various special programs.
Program | Weight |
CTE | 1.35 |
Bilingual/ESL | 0.1 |
SCE | 0.2 |
GT | 0.12 |
The Total Refined ADA Adjusted for Decline is 3,893.5 for District 1 and 4,032.98 in District 2. Therefore when WADA is calculated District 1 has a WADA of 5,555.81 and District 2 has a WADA of 4,794.07. Clearly the number of students in special programs in District one has had an impact on WADA. Our government has had to provide more funds to District 1 to enable them to meet the special needs of their students; so their WADA is larger than District 2. (This is exactly what WADA was meant to do.
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