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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE-2017 ATM budget each year in order to accommodate these new students and maintain the level of programming offered by Lexington Public Schools. The projected enrollment increase is based on an updated version of the Lexington Public School Enrollment Projections made using the Enrollment Advisory Group's methodology. The updated projections are generally higher than the last year's projections generally have narrower confidence intervals. Over the full five-year period the projection shows a total increase of 802 students (for a total of 7,796 students; or 11.5%higher than current levels) from FY2017 levels (about 2.3%per year). The distribution of K-12 students is listed below based on actual enrollment as of October 2016. Note that the total in-district enrollments are inclusive of the numbers of in-district Special Education students, and that METCO students who receive Special Education services are included in both categories. Total In-district Enrollment METCO Special Education -In-district (Average number per grade) (Avg.per grade) (Average no.per grade) K-5 3,066 (511) 124 (21) 373 (62) 6-8 1,743 (581) 51 (17) 232 (77) 9-12 2,185 (546) 68 (17) 217 (53) Subtotal 6,994 243 822 Lexington is projected to receive State aid in the amount of$1,557,604 for FY2018 for the METCO program; this is an average of$6,410 per METCO student. Expenses Expenses make up 14.45% of the FY2018 request, in the amount of$15,706,513, an increase of$1,487,560, or 10.46%. This increase is largely driven by three main factors. These include the increases in the Regular Ed Transportation (an increase of $346,080), Special Ed Transportation (an increase of$116,896), and Out-of- District Tuition budget lines (an increase of$762,240). These three budget lines are recommended to increase by $1,225,216. This is approximately 82.4% of the recommended expense budget increase. The remaining 17.6% of the increase ($262,344) is a function of per-pupil adjustments, cost of living adjust- ments, and other minor expense requests. For comparison, the FY2017 budget recommended an increase of $2,074,909 (or 15.45%). Special Education Costs PreK-12 Special Education takes 29.34% of the overall budget in the amount of$29,826,962, for a total num- ber of 958 students,the distribution of which are listed below. In-district Out of district Number of Students Number of Students Subtotal PreK(LCP) 37 2 39 K-12 822 97 919 Subtotal 859 99 958 The FY2018 budget includes an increase of$762,240 to fund the cost of out-of-district tuitions. While the overall average cost for an out-of-district tuition placement is projected to remain more or less constant, there is an overall increase in the projection of the total number of students to be placed out of district(133 students rising to 138 students). The Tuition expense budget in the FY2018 request doesn't include the "Circuit Breaker" reimbursement the District receives for students with disabilities who require Individual Education Program (IEP) services (both in-district and out-of-district) that cost greater than four times the statewide foundation budget ($43,094 for costs incurred in FY2017 for reimbursement in FY2018). 9