1. The student is required to identify which students are eligible for funding in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP).The student MUST provide a statement identifying why the student meets or does not meet the eligibility criteria. Failure to provide a narrative statement for each item will result in a 50% reduction of the items points
A full-time equivalent (FTE) for grades 4-12 students equals to 900 hours of instruction or one regular school year’s instruction. (For K to 3 students, one FTE equals to 720 hours of instruction. For most students, one FTE equals one student.
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2. The District Cost Differential (DCD) is an index which adjusts base findings to compensate districts for the differing costs of hiring equally qualified personnel. The DCD is a spatial index which considers differences in labor market conditions and the cost of goods and services.
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3. Once school begins, FTE are revised by a survey process in which FTE students are counted for the regular school year in October (1st semester) and February (2nd semester). No student may earn more than one FTE during the regular school year. Two surveys, one in June and one in July, are conducted for summer FTE. Summer FTE may only be counted for students in Juvenile Justice Education programs and the Florida Virtual School. The Department of Education establishes a survey week for each of the four FTE surveys to which all districts must adhere. For a student to be counted for FTE reporting, the student must be enrolled in the school during survey week and must be in attendance for one of 11 days which include the survey week and the six school days preceding the survey week. If the student satisfies these criteria, then his schedule for the Friday of survey week is used to determine the FTE generated in the appropriate FEFP program.
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4. The following is a description of the base funding allocation and how FTE are used to allocate the funds to the 67 school districts:
Unweighted Students X Program Costs (Weights) = Weighted FTE Students
Unweighted FTE students are reported for funding by the school districts during 4 FTE survey periods (membership surveys) for 7 educational programs in which students are served. The 7 programs are: Basic Education Grades K to 3, Basic Education Grades 4 to 8, Basic Education Grades 9-12, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Exceptional Student Education Level 4 Services and Level 5 Services, and Vocational Education Grades 9 to 12.
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