Colorado Preschool Program (CPP)

CPP Online Handbook: Funding and the October Count

Important Dates to Remember: Monday, October 1, 2012:  Official Count Date Thursday, November 1, 2012: Alternate Early Childhood Count Date for 2012 Friday, November 9, 2012: Final date for all school districts to submit and approve their PK-12 student files

CPP Funding and the October Count: Guidelines

• The state legislature authorizes the Colorado Preschool Program as part of the School Finance Act.
  • CPP funds are calculated and distributed according to the School Finance Formula.
  • Funding is provided at 0.5 FTE for each child.

  • Projected PPR is located here: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdefinance/SchoolFinanceFundingFY2012-13.htm
     

• School districts report children funded through CPP on the October 1 count date.
• Children not eligible to be counted during the count period are not funded.

Total funding to a district is calculated by multiplying the total CPP FTE included in the count by the school district’s per pupil revenue (PPR).

• Per pupil funding to school districts varies across the state. The variances in funding are based on the school finance formula which recognizes
  • costs of living
  • personnel costs
  • size factors
• CPP funding is provided to school districts as part of the K-12 funding. The FTE for CPP students is calculated into the total FTE and funding for the district.
• Law prohibits children receiving state per pupil revenue through both the Colorado Preschool Program and early childhood special education.
  •  CPP children and early childhood special education children are coded with a different funding code in the October count data collection.

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