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Average costs for mandated special education services
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Council Member Rita Joseph requests information on the average costs for various mandated special education services. Liz Vladek from the DOE provides a detailed breakdown of costs for different service providers.
- Costs range from $2,039 for physical therapy providers to $30,676 for registered nurse providers
- The DOE increased the voucher rate for special education teacher support services (SETS) providers
- The increased voucher rate has led to higher usage and fewer enhanced rates cases
Rita Joseph
4:29:55
So what is the average cost for each voucher by mandated services in the categories that you listed?
4:30:01
For example, assessment provider, counselor provider, health aid, paraprofessional, hearing educator provider, all of the What are the costs of each of those mandated services?
Liz Vladek
4:30:16
So here are the costs for fiscal year twenty four.
4:30:20
An assessment provider, the average cost is $3,294 A counseling provider, dollars $10.44.
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A health aid and or a paraprofessional provider, dollars seven thousand five hundred and ninety one.
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Hearing education providers, $14.87.
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Occupational therapy providers, dollars $11.86.
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Physical therapy providers, dollars 2,039.
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Registered nurse providers, 30,676.
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Special education teacher support services, or SETS provider, dollars 2,648.
4:31:04
And I just want to tag that one because we did increase the voucher rate this year, and we think that anecdotally our evidence is that voucher rate usage is significantly up, which is good news because it means that the number of enhanced rates cases that we have to pay is down relatedly.
4:31:25
Speech providers, two thousand six hundred and forty eight, and vision education providers, twelve forty four.