Special Education ADM Data Now on Preliminary Summary of Child Accounting

Special Education ADM Data Now on Preliminary Summary of Child Accounting

September 30, 2024

PDE is in the process of collecting 2023-24 child accounting membership. The due date was August 1st, however, the submission will remain open for several months. PDE will continue to review the data and on September 13, 2024, published in CAD the first of several “Preliminary Summary of Child Accounting Membership” reports. 

This report shows the resident school district’s membership and PDE-calculated ADM, in the various categories, reported by both the district and those that educated its resident students and reported membership to PDE.

One of the new additions PDE made to the “total ADM” page of the Summary is “District Total Special Education ADM.” This is a good figure that school districts can use as a basis for estimating the PDE-363 for 2024-25 charter tuition. Suppose school districts want to check 2023-24 special education ADM for the PDE-363s which are being completed/revised now. In that case, this revised preliminary CAD report will be helpful with the added special education columns. The new special education numbers are aggregated, and will not be displayed by Elementary or Secondary.  The PDE 363 is typically completed by your Business Department and is due November 1, 2024.

Source: Edited from PASBO post