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State Mandates <br />• Legislature wage increase - $1,210,000 <br />• Health insurance incr. (35 %) 297,000 <br />• Substitute pay increase <br />44,000 <br />• Special Education needs: <br />- Preschool Autistic Teacher <br />49,868 <br />- .5 School Psychologist <br />24,934 <br />- 2 HS Resource Teachers <br />99,736 <br />- .5 Inclusion Assistant <br />11.286 <br />$1,736,824 <br />Exceptional Education Needs <br />• .5 Inclusion Assistant - Glenwood resource <br />students have increased from 17 in 997 to 38 in <br />199. Glenwood currently has .5 inclusion asst. <br />• 2 High School Resource Teachers - The <br />exceptional education high school resource <br />population has grown from 175 students in e97 <br />to over 300 students in `99 <br />Proportion of Proficiency <br />5th and 8th Graders in 1999 <br />7 <br />Exceptional Education Needs <br />• 1 Preschool autistic teacher - the number of <br />available slots in community preschools for <br />moderate to severe autistic students is not <br />sufficient to meet the needs of our population. <br />• .5 Psychologist - EESS population has grown <br />by 277 students since additional psychologist <br />hours were added with the opening of the <br />McDougles <br />Proficiency Standards <br />• PREP Academies $ 540,000 <br />• Summer school •105,540 <br />• LEP recommendations 148,236 <br />• Third grade class size reduction 217,320 <br />$1,011,096 <br />ip <br />Summer School Enrollment <br />Elementary na <br />•1998 a1999(p Jected) <br />