The Minnesota Funding Reports (MFRs) are provided by the MN Department of Education each year. They are used to calculate used to calculate the revenue for the next school year. They also identify each site designated by MDE. Our district combines some sites together for the purposes of submitting site goals to MDE. For example, ECFC is connected to Primary, regardless of which building provides the services.
MDE website - Data Center - Data Reports and Analytics - scroll down to School Finance Reports - MFR - Select CHISAGO LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT (2144-01), what year, and the Q Comp Enrollment Calculator in the reports section.
MDE provides $169 per student and a local levy (added 2012-13) provides an additional $91 per student for a total of $260 per student. That $260 per student is multiplied by the number of students enrolled (found on the MFR) to get the total amount of revenue.
Q Comp funding statewide exceeded the cap so a proration has been in place since 2018-19. The proration percent is applied to the MDE basic aid portion, not the local levy. In 2018-19, proration was 98.8%. In 2019-20, proration was 98.2%. In 2020-21, proration was 97.5%. It is unclear what the proration will be for 2021-2022 yet.
The Q Comp budget is comprised of the following categories: 6.1 Career Ladder Expenditures, 6.2 Other Career Ladder Expenditures, 6.3 Job-Embedded Professional Development Expenditures, 6.4 Teacher Evaluation/Observation Expenditures, 6.5 Performance Pay Expenditures, 6.6 Other Program Expenditures, 6.7 Total of 6.1-6.6, 6.8 Revenue.
Percentages listed below indicate the average % (from records back to 2008-09 to present) allocated for that category, in order of priority for budgeting. Category 6.5 is calculated first, with 70% as the minimum base. Category 6.1 is second. The remaining balance is divided among categories 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 as needed. Funds remaining at the end of each fiscal year are carried over into the next year.
6.5 Performance Pay Expenditures -stipend allocations for all Q Comp participants
78.7% (90.4% with TRA/FICA/WC, etc) of total revenue
10% to School-Wide Student Achievement Goals (site goals)
20% to Measures of Student Achievement (PLC/TDEP goals)
70% to Teacher Evaluation/Observation (Peer Coaching)
6.1 Career Ladder Positions - Oversight, Peer Coaching Facilitators, PLC Facilitators, PLC Leaders, Q Comp Director
6.5% (7.4% with TRA/FICA/WC, etc) of total revenue
6.2 Other Career Ladder Expenditures - release time, substitutes, training, and other expenses needed to support 6.1
2% of total revenue
6.3 Job-Embedded Professional Development Expenditures - release time, substitutes, training, and other expenses needed to support PLC
6% of total revenue
6.4 Teacher Evaluation/Observation Expenditures - release time, substitutes, training, and other expenses needed to support Peer Coaching
6% of total revenue