Ottawa Area Intermediate School District Special Education Millage

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Ottawa Area Intermediate School DistrictSpecial
Education Millage
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Special Education Millage Proposal The Need

• Increase in number of students eligible for
  special education
• 9 since 1999 (613 students to 668 students since
  1999)
• 11 of our students receive special education
  services
• Increase in disabilities that require more
  intensive instruction / services
• Early Childhood Special Education
• (9 students to 48 students since 1999)
• Autistic Impaired (10 students to 42 students
  since 1999)
• OAISD special education costs have risen an
  average of 7.5 annually since 1999

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Special Education Eligibility in OAISD
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GHAPS Special Education Services
Ancillary Services Speech Students receive
speech out of classroom Occupational
Students receive OT out of classroom Therapy
(OT) Physical Students receive PT out of
classroom Therapy (PT)
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GHAPS Special Education Services

• Transition Rooms
• Young Fives Kindergarten First Grade
• ½ of their day in general education classes /
  ½ of their day in self-contained classes
• High School
• Community Based Instruction Program in the
  morning / Resource Room Program in the afternoon
  

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GHAPS Special Education Services

• Resource Rooms
• Elementary / Middle School / High School
• Students are pulled out for 15 minutes per day
  or up to 3 hours per day for resource room
  help.
• Middle School / High School
• Students spend their day in the general
  education classroom being team taught or having
  assistants who accommodate work
• Students have a directed study one hour per day
  or pull-out for reading, math or language
  training

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GHAPS Special Education Services
Self-Contained Rooms Preschool ½ day program in
a small classroom environment with Speech, OT and
PT services Elementary / Middle School / High
School Students spend the majority of their day
in a smaller classroom environment with 6 to 15
other students with disabilities similar to
theirs (cognitive impairment, emotional
impairment)
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GHAPS Special Education Services
Center-Based Programs Elementary (Autism) /
Middle School (SXI) Students with severe needs
spend the majority of their day in a small
self-contained room that addresses their specific
disability. These programs are Center Programs
and are offered to students who live within our
ISD. Out of District Programs Students with
disabilities too severe for our district programs
attend Center Programs located throughout the
OAISD.
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Special Education Millage Proposal

• Special education services are mandated by law
  and cannot be reduced
• Districts must use general education funds to
  make up the difference between special education
  revenue and expenses
• Per pupil foundation grant does not cover special
  education costs
• Proposal A limits the ability to raise additional
  operating funds

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GHAPS Special Education Costs
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GHAPS Special Education Funding Sources
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OAISD Millage Impact on GHAPS
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Special Education Millage Proposal The Solution

• OAISD-Wide Election
• 1.3 Mill Increase for Special Education Programs
• Will Cost Homeowner 66 Annually / 5.50 Per
  MonthHome Valued at 100,000
• Election Day Tuesday, May 8

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