Special Education Plan 2012-2013 - Algoma District School Board

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Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)The Algoma District School Board has had an active and well-functioning S.E.A.C. for manyyears. The S.E.A.C. meets on the third Monday of every month in the D.T.Walkom Room of theEducation Centre at noon. Meetings of the Special Education Advisory Committee are very wellattended by the members and members are well-informed. Each member of S.E.A.C. has abinder containing the relevant special education legislation, S.E.A.C. minutes and reports ofinterest to the members, relevant correspondence, agenda information, Special EducationDepartment information, etc. Regular updates are provided. S.E.A.C. has also visited the sitesof special education classes and talked to the personnel at these schools.The meeting dates are publicized in the Board minutes which also contain the minutes of eachS.E.A.C. meeting and which subsequently appear on the Board’s website. This Special EducationPlan will appear as part of the minutes of the Board meeting on the Algoma District School Boardwebsite.The public is always invited to attend S.E.A.C. meetings and to ask questions of members. Thecontact numbers for S.E.A.C. member organizations are noted on the Board’s website. The chairof the S.E.A.C. reports all correspondence to the membership. Often letters of concern arereceived from other school boards requesting the support of the Algoma S.E.A.C. The AlgomaS.E.A.C. will also write letters promoting special education to the Ministry of Education.The Special Education Coordinators, the Superintendent of Education and two trustees attend allmeetings and thus are able to respond directly to concerns from the members about pendinglegislation, new programs, budget questions, etc. S.E.A.C. makes recommendations to the Boardon a variety of Special Education topics and participates both in the annual review of the specialeducation plan and in the review of the annual budget and finances for special education.Members of S.E.A.C. are members of provincial associations representing students with specialneeds and are nominated for this position by their associations. At the beginning of each schoolboard election year, nominations are solicited by the school board and applications sent out to alllocal provincial associations.Appendix 15June 2012 32 of 68
FundingBudget Consultation ProcessEach year, the Algoma District School Board consults with S.E.A.C. on the special educationbudget. In addition, S.E.A.C. is kept regularly informed about special education through itsmonthly regular meetings, which are well-attended. The S.E.A.C. reviews this plan although thereis little time between the release of funding figures from the Ministry of Education to schoolboards, deadlines for establishment of a Board budget and review by the S.E.A.C. Thesetimelines continue to be problematic.Funding issues continue to be a topic of conversation at many S.E.A.C. meetings and ourmembers are very well-informed about the process. The Algoma District School Board is stillbolstering our special education programs through use of Board reserves to maintain our presentlevel of service. We are spending well-beyond funding provided in the Special Educationenvelope by using reserve funds in order to support the fifteen hundred students identified withspecial education needsDespite the special education funding shortfalls, the Algoma District School Board has, however,supported the core needs through the funding process.This year the Ministry of Education has refined the budgeting process for special education.During budget discussion the process will be explained. Funding for Specialized EquipmentAmount (SEA) now has two components – a SEA per pupil amount and SEA claims-basedamount. Special Incident Portion (SIP) guidelines will be sent to Board. High Needs Amount(HNA) reflects the declining enrollment in school boards. Behaviour Expertise Amount (BEA) hasbeen introduced as part of the Special Education grant. This grant supports the work with ABA .The community continues to express its concern about the delay in receiving grant informationand about the high cost of special education programming and the need for provincial assistancein this area.Appendix 1June 2012 33 of 68
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