Portage County Board of Mental Retardation

BOARD MINUTES April 20, 2011 Page 7 of 19interaction among typically developing children and those with handicaps; andWHEREAS, since 1993 the Department of Children’s Services has operated the Kids andCommunity Program which is structured to include participation of typicallydeveloping children in toddler and preschool classrooms at Happy Day School;andWHEREAS, to encourage enrollment of typically developing children in these classrooms, theBoard has established a sliding tuition rate scale based upon adjusted familyincome and a rate for transportation services for those typically developingchildren who are transported on Board vehicles ; andWHEREAS, the Board approves a fifteen percent (15%) discount on tuition for families withmore than one child enrolled in the Kids and Community Program at the sametime; andWHEREAS, the Board approves the exclusion of military families’ housing allowance fromincome determination per the guidelines of the National School Lunch Programfor military families for the establishment of family tuition contribution to theKids and Community Program; therefore be itRESOLVED, that the Board hereby establishes effective with the 2011-2012 Program Year, thefull day and half day tuition rates for typically developing children who attendtoddler or preschool classes at Happy Day School as part of the Kids andCommunity Program as indicated in the Table below with no increase in tuitionrates from the 2010-2011 Program Year; and be it further*Family IncomeRanges2011-2012Full Day Tuition Rates2011-2012Half Day Tuition Rates$25,000 or less 6.00 2.50$25,001 - $40,000 12.00 5.00Above $40,000 18.00 7.50*Family Income is determined by taking gross income minus a $750 deduction foreach Federal tax deductible dependent (e.g. annual gross income of $50,000 withfour (4) dependents [4 x $750] equals family income of $47,000)RESOLVED, that typically developing children will be charged the applicable full or half daytuition rates on all days on which they are scheduled to attend excluding any daysof scheduled attendance which are declared as a “calamity” day by theSuperintendent; and be it further