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Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program End of School Year Report 2012 – 2013 School Year For the Georgia General Assembly per O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2118 Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………1 2012 - 2013 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (GSNS) Program Overview………… 3 GSNS Students Assessment Results- Reading…..……………..………………………… 4 GSNS Students Assessment Results- Math…..…………………….……………………... 5 Students by Race and Ethnicity GSNS and Total Enrollment Georgia Public Schools K - 12 ………………………………………………………………………………………..….. 6 Students by Gender GSNS and Total Enrollment Georgia Public Schools K - 12 ……………………………………………………………………….…………….…….. 7 Students Eligibility for Free and Reduced Lunch Program GSNS and Total Enrollment Georgia Public Schools K - 12 ………………………………………………….….,….......…8 GSNS Students by Disability Type………………………………………………………........9 GSNS Students by Grade Levels ..…………………………………………...…………….10 GSNS Students: Original School District………………………………………………..…. 11 GSNS Private Schools Map…………………………………………………………………. 14 GSNS Private Schools Student Enrollment Numbers: ……….……………..…………… 15 Average Tuition at GSNS Private Schools……………………………………………….…20 Executive Summary Senate Bill 10 as signed into law on May 18, 2007, created the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (GSNS) Program which allows parents of eligible special needs students to transfer their children to another public school, public school system, state school, or approved participating private school. This report represents the results for the 2012 - 2013 school year as required by O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2118, which stipulates that the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) shall provide the General Assembly not later than December 1 of each year with a report regarding the scholarship program for the previous fiscal year. This was the sixth school year the GSNS Program was administered. 2012 - 2013 Program Highlights • Number of participating private schools increased from 202 to 234 private schools. 15 was the average number of students enrolled in each private school. 0 - 145 was the range of students enrolled in each private school. 25 participating private schools did not enroll any students under the GSNS Program. • Total student participation in the program increased from the previous school year by 296 with 3,229 students enrolled in private schools. • 2,265 students continued their participation in the program from the previous school year. • Of the 3,229 students enrolled: 31% Female, 69% Male. 36% Black, 56% White, and 8% Asian/Hispanic/Native American/Multi-Racial. 8% Eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch, 89% Not Eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch. 29% had a disability type of Other Health Impairment. 29.7% had a disability type of Specific Learning Disability. • $18,606,403 was paid in fiscal year 2013 for scholarships to students. • $5,747 was the average annual scholarship amount for students. • $2,196 - $12,803 was the range for individual scholarship amounts. • $3,525 - $33,118 was the range of tuition of private amounts participating in the GSNS Program. • At the end of the 2012 - 2013 school year 3,008 students were enrolled in private schools; a decrease of 221 students or 7%. Georgia Department of Education Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent December 1, 2013, Page 1 of 25 2012 - 2013 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program Students’ Pre/Post Assessment and Information: Private schools are required to provide pre- and post-assessment information on GSNS students enrolled at their schools for the subjects of reading and math. Progress information is not reported on all students due to students leaving the GSNS Program before a private school is able to administer pre-and post-assessments to a GSNS student. The legislation governing the GSNS Program does not give the GaDOE the authority to mandate specific assessments to be used by private schools. Private schools select their own assessments and do not use state- mandated standardized assessments to measure student progress. Progress information is self-reported by private schools to the GaDOE. At the end of the 2012 – 2013 school year, private schools with scholarship students, submitted assessment information for 2,868 students in the subject of math and 2,880 students in the subject of reading. Private schools self-reported the following: Math 25% of their students showed progress of less than one year. 13% of their students showed no progress. 38% of their students showed progress of one school year. 24% of their students showed progress of more than one school year. Reading 25% of their students showed progress of less than one year. 12% of their students showed no progress. 37% of their students showed progress of one school year. 26% of their students showed progress of more than one school year. Georgia Department of Education Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent December 1, 2013, Page 2 of 25 2012 - 2013 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program Overview Overview Count Total Number of Students Receiving Scholarships at Start of 2012-2013 School Year. 3,229 Total Number of Students Receiving Scholarships at Completion of 2012- 2013 School Year. 3,008 Total Number of New Private Schools Submitting an Application for Participation in the 2012-2013 School Year. 40 Number of New Private Schools Participating in the GSNS Program for the 2012-2013 School Year. 32 Number of Private Schools Returning from 2011-2012. 202 Number of Private Schools Not Returning from 2011- 2012. 8 Total Number of Private Schools Participating in GSNS for 2012-2013. 234 Total Number of Private Schools with Enrolled GSNS Students. 209 Highest Enrollment in a Single School. 145 Range of Student Enrollment in Participating Private Schools. 1 - 145 Average Number of Scholarship Students per School. 15 Georgia Public School Systems Impacted by Scholarship Student Withdrawals. 108 Range for number of students withdrawing from a Georgia Public School System to use the scholarship at an authorized private school. 1 - 449 Financial Information Amounts Total Scholarship Payments Statewide for FY13. Includes austerity reductions at 15.41%. $18,606,403 Range of Annual Scholarship Amounts for GSNS Students. $2,196 - $12,803 Average Annual Scholarship Amount of the 3,229 Students. $5,747 Average Tuition Amount of Participating Private Schools. $13,152 Range of Tuition Amounts of Participating Private Schools. $3,525 - $33,118 Georgia Department of Education Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent December 1, 2013, Page 3 of 25 GSNS Students Reading Assessment Results* Assessment: Reading Number of Students Reported Percentage No progress 346 12% Progress of less than one school year 708 25% Progress of one school year 1078 37% Progress of more than one school year 748 26% The number of students with reported pre- and post- assessment scores 2,880 100% *The legislation governing the GSNS Program does not give the GaDOE the authority to mandate specific assessments to be used by private schools. Private schools select their own assessments and do not use state- mandated standardized assessments to measure student progress. Progress information is self-reported by private schools to the GaDOE. No progress 12% Progress of more than one school year 26% Progress of less than one school year 25% Progress of one school year 37% Georgia Department of Education Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent December 1, 2013, Page 4 of 25 GSNS Students Math Assessment Results* Assessment: Math Number of Students Reported Percentage No progress 365 13% Progress of less than one school year 720 25% Progress of one school year 1,089 38% Progress of more than one school year 694 24% The number of students with reported pre- and post- assessment scores 2,868 100% *The legislation governing the GSNS Program does not give the GaDOE the authority to mandate specific assessments to be used by private schools. Private schools select their own assessments and do not use state-mandated standardized assessments to measure student progress. Progress information is self- reported by private schools to the GaDOE. No progress 13% Progress of more than one school year 24% Progress of less than one school year 25% Progress of one school year 38% Georgia Department of Education Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent December 1, 2013, Page 5 of 25 Students by Race and Ethnicity- GSNS Students and Total Enrollment Georgia Public Schools K - 12 Race/Ethnicity Asian Black Hispanic Native-American Multi-racial White Other Total GSNS Students 10 1,165 105 0 92 1,804 53 3,229 GA Students* 58,435 606,975 210,670 3,395 50,012 713,374 1,798 1,644,659 GSNS Students Percentage 0.31% 36.08% 3.25% 0.00% 2.85% 55.87% 1.64% 100% GA Students Percentage 3.55% 36.91% 12.81% 0.21% 3.04% 43.38% 0.11% 100% * March 1, 2013. FY 2013 FTE-3. 55.87% GSNS Students Percentage GA Students Percentage 43.38% 36.08%36.91% 12.81% 3.55% 3.25% 2.85% 3.04% 1.64% 0.31% 0.00% 0.21% 0.11% Asian Black Hispanic Native-American Multi-racial White Other Georgia Department of Education Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent December 1, 2013, Page 6 of 25 GSNS Students by Gender and Total Enrollment Georgia Public Schools K - 12 Gender Female Male Total GSNS Students 1,005 2,224 3,229 GA Students* 805,490 839,169 1,644,659 GSNS Students Percentage 31% 69% 100% GA Students Percentage 49% 51% 100% * March 1, 2013. FY 2013 FTE-3. 69% 49% 51% 31% Female Female Male Male