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FULL BUYING POWER
First, getting SEEK back on
track means bringing the
SEEK guarantee per pupil
back to the full buying power
it had in the 2008 school year.
Year after year, inflation has
been shrinking the value of
basic school dollars. To match
the 2008 SEEK guarantee of
$3,822 per student, it will take
$5,400 in today’s dollars. The
SEEK guarantee amount is
also used to calculate add-ons
for student needs and district
eligibility for Tier 1 additional
funding.
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ADDRESSING COST OF
Second, getting SEEK back on
track means addressing the full
cost of school transportation.
Transportation has always been
part of the SEEK formula, using
the state’s own calculation of
what transportation should cost.
But for years and years now, state
funding has provided only a
fraction of that amount. In the
2022-23 school year, state funding
addressed only 69% of the cost.
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TRANSPORTATION
2022-2023
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Getting SEEK Back on Track report generated by The Kentucky Council for Better Education.
MORE BASE FUNDING PER STUDENT
MORE FUNDING TO MEET ADDED STUDENT NEEDS
MORE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
INCREASE IN STATE TIER 1 FUNDING
TOTAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIRED
TOTAL ADDED FUNDING PER STUDENT
GETTING SEEK FUNDING BACK ON TRACK
It’s
time to restore the SEEK guarantee
to
it’s 2008 buying power.
$1,300
$381
$225
$122
$2,028
$1,350,019
Carlisle County Schools
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THE CALCULATIONS
SEEK BASE
BASE GUARANTEE TOTAL
CURRENT BACK ON TRACK
$5,400 BASE
STUDENTS
BASE GUARANTEE PER STUDENT
SEEK ADD-ONS FOR STUDENT NEEDS
ADD-ON FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS (15% OF BASE)
ADD-ON FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS (235%, 117% OR 24% OF BASE)
ADD-ON FOR HOME AND HOSPITAL STUDENTS (BASE MINUS $100)
ADD-ON FOR STUDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (9.6% OF BASE)
ADD-ON TOTAL
STUDENTS
ADD-ONS PER STUDENT
SEEK TRANSPORTATION
SEEK TRANSPORTATION
STUDENTS
SEEK TRANSPORTATION PER STUDENT
Districts qualify for SEEK Base, Add-ons, and Transportation by gathering local tax revenue equal to
30¢ for every $100 in assessed property value. Residents in this school district are already contributing
that local share. It's time to get the state share back on track.
TIER 1 ADDED EQUALIZATION
TIER 1 MAXIMUM
LOCAL SHARE OF MAXIMUM
STATE SHARE OF MAXIMUM
STUDENTS
STATE SHARE OF MAXIMUM PER STUDENT
GETTING SEEK FUNDING BACK ON TRACK
ADDITIONAL
FUNDING REQUIRED
CURRENT BACK ON TRACK
$5,400 BASE
ADDITIONAL
FUNDING REQUIRED
CURRENT BACK ON TRACK
$5,400 BASE
ADDITIONAL
FUNDING REQUIRED
CURRENT BACK ON TRACK
$5,400 BASE
ADDITIONAL
FUNDING REQUIRED
$2,727,910 $3,592,857 864,947
665 665 N/A
$4,100 $5,400 $1,300
$232,294 $305,948 $73,654
$555,222 $731,268 $176,046
$10,620 $14,072 $3,452
$1,574 $2,073 $499
$799,710 $1,053,361 253,651
665 665 N/A
$1,202 $1,583 $381
$331,356 $481,282 149,926.00
665.34 665 N/A
$498 $723 $225
$601,335 $769,125 N/A
$309,266 $395,561 N/A
$292,069 $373,564 81,495
665 665 N/A
$439 $561 $122
Carlisle County
Schools