Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) The following
definitions will be used in this section:
(a)
"Cost per Instructor" is the maximum amount of grant funds, as determined by
the Department, provided to reasonably cover the costs of each instructor
certification course reimbursed by the Department.
(b) "Initial Instructors" is the number of
individuals training to become instructors that will be reimbursed by the
Department regardless of any matching funds from the individual school district
or ESD.
(c) "Small District Floor"
is the minimum grant amount, as determined by the Department, that shall be
provided to school districts and charter schools from Remaining Grant
Funds.
(d) "State Match
Instructors" is the maximum number of additional individuals training to become
instructors that will be reimbursed by the Department assuming school district
and ESD maximum matching amounts.
(e) "Stipend" is a set amount of funds, as
determined by the Department, which will reasonably cover the costs of wages,
stipends, travel, and other costs related to an individual attending an
instructor training course.
(f)
"Student" shall be calculated by the latest annual Average Daily Membership
available to the Department.
(g)
"Charter School" is a public charter school as provided in ORS
338.005
(2) The Department shall first allocate the
Safe School Culture Grant funds to cover the Cost per Instructor training as
follows:
(a) The Department shall subtract
three percent of the Safe School Culture Grant funds for Department
administrative costs.
(b) The
number of Students shall be determined for each school district and public
Charter School.
(c) The number of
Initial Instructors for each school district, Charter School, and ESD shall be
calculated pursuant to SB 283 (Oregon Laws
Chapter_____Sections_____to_____2023).
(d) The number of State Match Instructors
shall be calculated for each school district, Charter School and ESD, pursuant
to SB 283 (Oregon Laws Chapter_____Sections_____to_____2023).
(e) The Cost Per Instructor shall be
determined for each type of Instructor.
(f) The Department shall calculate the Total
Course Costs by adding the Initial Instructors to the State Match Instructors
and multiplying the total by the Cost Per Instructor.
(g) The Department shall calculate the Total
Related Costs by multiplying the total of the Stipend amount plus any other
related costs as determined by the Department to the total of Initial
Instructors plus State Match Instructors.
(h) The Department shall calculate a Total
State Grant Cost per school district, Charter School, and ESD by adding the
Total Course Costs to the Total Related Costs.
(i) The Department shall sum all Total State
Grant Costs for each school district, Charter School, and ESD to get the
Statewide Training Costs.
(j) The
Department shall calculate Remaining Grant Funds by subtracting Statewide
Training Costs from the Safe School Culture Grant funds. The Department shall
add to that amount any funds not expended by the school districts, ESDs, and
Charter Schools in training staff to be certified instructors.
(3) The Department shall
distribute Remaining Grant Funds to be used for training of staff by school
districts, Charter Schools and ESDs, as calculated in (2)(i) above as follows:
(a) Determining an amount to be distributed
to each ESD in the state.
(b)
Dividing the Remaining Grant Funds by total number of Students in the state to
get a Funds per Student amount.
(c)
Multiplying the number of Students in each school district, and Charter School
by the Funds per Student to get a District Grant.
(d) If a District Grant is less than the
Small School Floor, then the District Grant will be increased to the Small
School Floor.
(e) Calculate the
Adjusted Remaining Funds by subtracting from the Remaining Grant Funds the
total amount provided to ESDs and the statewide total of the difference after
subtracting District Grants from the Small School Floor for those District
Grants less than the Small School Floor.
(f) The Adjusted Remaining Funds will be
divided by the total number of Students in the state to get the Adjusted Funds
per Student amount.
(g) The
Adjusted Funds per Student shall be multiplied by the number of Students in a
school district, and Charter School to provide an Adjusted Allocation for each
school district and Charter School.
(h) Those school districts and Charter
Schools that still receive less than the Small School Floor, will have their
allocations increased to the Small School Floor.
(4) All calculations by the Department shall
be final. The Department may republish allocations to correct errors or
omissions as the Department determines in its sole discretion.
(5) To qualify for reimbursement, the
instructor certification courses must be administered by programs that are:
(a) Nationally recognized organizations that
provides training to certify individuals in nonviolent crisis intervention
method; and
(b) Approved training
programs pursuant to OAR
581-021-0563.
Statutory/Other Authority: SB 283
(2023)