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District 1 vs. District 2 $3,835,006/ $633,369

The regular program allotment in both District 1 and District 2 are very similar. This is due their enrollments being very similar. Their allotments for special education are also very similar. District 2 has 7% of its students served by special education while District 1 has 9%. There is a significant difference in their allotments for Career and Technology, and the number of students taking part in that program is very different as well. It is also noted that both Gifted and Talented and Transportation funds are very similar in both districts. Bilingual Education funds are very different, though. District 2 percentage of students with limited English proficiency is 2%, while almost half of the students in District 1 are identified as LEP. Compensatory education funds are vastly different as well, but this is due to having a large majority of the students identified as economically disadvantaged in the District 1.

From Rob:


 * District 1** Compensatory Education Funds: $3,835,006


 * District 2** Compensatory Education Funds: $633,369

Compensatory funding is money dedicated to servicing students with special needs. It is that additional funding intended to close the gap between at-risk and/or disadvantaged students and their regular ed counterparts. The amount of compensatory ed money is determined by the number of at-risk students and their needs within a district. We can see from the above comparison that the funding for District 1 is substantially higher than that of District 2. This is a direct result of the number of LEP,SPED, and Bilingual students who attend District 1. The funding discrepancy between districts is basically proportionate to that of the discrepancy between levels of at-risk students in each district. For many districts, just as the one mentioned above, compensatory education funds are a vital part of budgeting.