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services as a handicapped child should be entitled to <br />services and to state funding for these services. While we <br />agree With this principle, there is still substantial <br />variation in interpretation of the definitions as they are <br />applied at the local level. This variation means that it is <br />advisable to maintain the concept of the funding cap as a <br />control on state expenditures. <br />3.C. XOVE THE HEADCOUNT DATE FOR DETERMINATION OF <br />ALLOCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FONDS TO APRIL I. <br />The current headcount date of June 1 delays <br />notification of local school districts regarding state <br />allocations unnecessarily. A change of the date to April 1 <br />would give local district personnel adequate notice to <br />facilitate planning for the following school year. It would <br />also give legislators more up to date information on which <br />to base appropriativrls. <br />4. DMLOP ANA IMPLEMENT A WEIGHTED PUPA, ALLOCATION <br />SYSTEM FOR THW 1993 --95 BIENNIUM. <br />We recortnend that a system of allocating funds based on <br />a weighted pupil formula that approximates the actual costs <br />of providing services be developed over the next two years. <br />Such a system must be developed and simulations conducted <br />under varying conditions to test for errors and bias. A <br />minimum of one year would be needed. to accurately devise and <br />West the System. <br />