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Weighted Student Formula/School Financial Plan Implementation Manual
H. CONCERNS REGARDING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
1. E-rate
Eligibility for E-rate, and E-rate procedures, did not change due to WSF.
2. English for Second-Language Learners (ESLL)
The principal has discretion over the way services will be provided to ESLL
students, and the total amount of the WSF budget that will be used for these
services. The WSF budget for ESLL should generally be equal to or greater
than the FY 2005-06 allocation for ESLL Program ID 16887, English for
Second-Language Learners. Please note that Program ID 34660, District
Resource Services-ESLL, is NOT in the WSF. The districts will continue to
have Bilingual/Bicultural School-Home Assistant positions and District Office
Teacher positions to support the ESLL program.
3. Custodial staffing
The staffing formulas for custodial positions are guidelines, not rigid, and they
are department guidelines, not bargaining unit requirements. Custodial
staffing (and classroom cleaning) will be determined through the AFP and
may differ from current practice. Schools that want to change their custodial
staffing will need to provide a rationale in their AFPs, which require School
Community Council review and CAS approval. Health and safety standards
must be met.
4. School custodian working as a classroom cleaner
The school’s WSF allocation will NOT be increased if a half-time school
custodian or cafeteria helper also works as classroom cleaner and is paid the
custodian or cafeteria helper hourly rate. The increased hourly cost will be
covered centrally via a monthly automated JV which reduces the school’s
expenditures by the increased hourly cost (i.e., posts a credit to
expenditures). The JV can be seen on the FMS DAFMZ011 report in the
Expenditures section.
5. Salary of Head Custodian
The average salary chart used to prepare the Financial Plan does not
distinguish between the cost of a head custodian or other custodians.
6. Volunteers working as classroom cleaners
Schools may provide for classroom cleaning by using volunteers. If a school
determines that fewer school custodial positions are required due to the use
of volunteers, please discuss the plan with the PRO to ensure that the proper
parameters are followed to be in compliance with HRS §302A-1507,
regarding Classroom cleaning project.
7. Contracting classroom cleaner services
Hawaii Revised Statutes allows “mechanisms” for cleaning classrooms, in
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