Apportionment Badge #1: Basic Introduction and Follow the Data-Apportionment Badge #1

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Video Summary

This first badge introduces Washington OSPI’s apportionment report and how enrollment data drives state funding. The apportionment report is a monthly revenue statement showing funds distributed by OSPI to districts, supported by supplementary reports (e.g., 1197, 1191 series, 1251-FTE, 1251-H headcount, 1735-T special education, F780 levy authority). Users are shown how to locate reports on OSPI’s site and advised to save PDFs and use search because the report is large.<br /><br />A major focus is enrollment reporting: districts submit monthly counts based on specific count days (4th school day in September; 1st school day October–June). Payments September–December use budgeted enrollment (F-203); starting January they use year-to-date average actual enrollment.<br /><br />The badge explains headcount vs. FTE. Headcount is used for Special Education and Transitional Bilingual (TBIP). Most other programs use FTE (Basic Ed, ALE, CTE, Running Start, Open Doors, Skill Center, LAP, HiCap, etc.). FTE basics are covered, including weekly minutes divided by 1,665 and examples showing how bell schedules affect maximum claimable FTE.<br /><br />Finally, it demonstrates how enrollment reports (P-223, P-223H) flow into apportionment tables and how different programs use 9- or 10-month averages, linking specific 1251/1251H figures to 1191 report sections.

Keywords

Washington OSPI apportionment report

school district state funding enrollment

monthly enrollment count days (P-223/P-223H)

FTE calculation (weekly minutes ÷ 1665)

headcount vs FTE (Special Education, TBIP)

OSPI supplementary reports 1191/1197/1251/1735/F780

budgeted vs actual enrollment (F-203, YTD average)