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Supplemental Educational Services - District Information
FY10 SES Per-Pupil Expenditure Report (Updated 10/09).
This table lists the Title I allocation for each district, the most recent poverty-plus-foster children count, and the per-pupil expenditure rate based on those two numbers.
The cap amount is known colloquially as either the PPE (from the name of this report) or as the PPA (for Per Pupil Allocation). The terms are used interchangeably in Illinois. Please note that the PPA here is not necessarily the same amount as the PPA associated with a district’s Title I allocation.
The funds expended for SES for each child must be the lesser of either this per pupil expenditure rate or the actual cost of SES received by each child (see No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title I Part A, Section 1116(e)(6) for the federal statute language on this subject).
Thus this table effectively lists the maximum a district may pay per child for SES in the given fiscal year. Questions about the computation of this rate should be directed to the Funding and Disbursements Division (217-782-5256) while questions about the programmatic use of the rate should be directed to ISBE SES staff.
USDE SES Policy Regarding Districts Placing Conditions on Providers
Giving Parents Options - Strategies for Informing Parents and Implementing Public School Choice and SES under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Criminal Background Checks
Districts are reminded that they must have in hand criminal background checks for all SES provider employees who have significant contact with children in the district. This requirement is in 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9(f) of the Illinois School Code.
The ISBE Legal staff has prepared a guidance document for districts regarding this requirement. This requirement is also discussed in Part 150(f) of the administrative rules for SES.
STARS/PARS
STARS is the web-based program through which providers record student enrollment and attendance information. STARS also calculates the legal billing amount that providers may charge districts and that districts may pay to providers. Districts may have read-only access to STARS by contacting ISBE SES staff.
PARS is the web-based program through which providers make application for approval and record their cost and other information. There is public read-only access to PARS by logging into PARS using “guest” as both the username and the password. Note that “guest” is all lower case letters.
