Fast Facts

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IU13 Facilities, Staff, and Funding

Facilities: 149

Buildings owned: 3 • Sites leased/used: 67 • District classrooms: 79

Staff: 1,693 including:

Teachers: 422 • Classroom Support: 460 • Community Education: 46 • Non-Instructional: 269 • PaTTAN: 64

Total Budget: $164,847,793 (Projected as of 8/2018)

Budget Breakdown by Strategic Business Unit (SBU)/Service Support Unit (SSU):

Funding Sources:

Federal: 29.0% • Statewide Initiatives: 27.0% • School-Age Special Education: 23.0% • Marketplace Services: 19.0% • Other Consortia: 2.0%

Preschool Early Intervention: 3,000+ students
Head Start/PA Pre-K Counts: 457 (ages 3-5) students
Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Program: 211 (birth to 3) children and families served

Pregnant/Parenting Student Program (ELECT): 58 students
Nonpublic School Services: 42 different schools served
- 597* students served in Reading • 480* in Math
- 5,598 students have access to School Counseling & Psychological Services
Special Education Classrooms: 92
- Including Autistic Support, Diagnostic Kindergarten, Emotional Support, Hearing Impaired Support, Life Skills Support, Multiple Disabilities Support, and School-to-Work/Basic Occupational Skills
Itinerant Services: 6,000+ students*
- Services including Autistic Support, Blind/Vision Impaired Support, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Support, Learning Facilitator Services, Learning Support, Orientation & Mobility Support, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech/Language Support
Job Training Services: 1,992 students*
- 225+ students received competitive employment
- Developed new Materials Handling and Logistics program to prepare students with disabilities for competitive employment in this vocational career field
- Partnered with 1000+ businesses to support students and provide real work experiences
Gifted Education Student Enrichment Experience (SEE) Seminars: 1,349 students
Online and Blended Learning Courses/Services: 1,668 full- and part-time students, from 15 districts

Students Served: 1,783
- Employment, Job Retention, High School Equivalency (HSE) Attainment, and transition to post-secondary education
Family Literacy: 80 families supported
Supports for Adults Who Have Been Incarcerated: Served 81 adults in Lancaster/Lebanon counties

Events: 2,697 events; 63,422 attendees
Special Education Professional Development: 9,000+ participants
Instructional Media Workshops: 1,110 educators
Job-Alike Groups and Professional Learning Communities: 20
Literacy Design Collaborative Professional Development: 375 educators
Crisis Prevention Training: 359 participants
Personalized Learning Academy: Launched new academy to support districts in their customizable, ongoing journey toward personalized learning

Electronic Act 168 Database System: Supported 24 districts to process 3,500 applicants
Energy Program: Saved districts $2.1 million
Medical Reimbursement Claims: Processed over 149,500 for Early Intervention and school districts
Short-term Loan Kits: Supplied 1,489 kits to schools in temporary need of special education materials for students
Wide Area Network: Enhanced program to provide districts with scalable and sustainable internet bandwidth options, projected to support districts for 20 years
Lancaster and Lebanon Counties Education Job Fair: 24 schools participated
E-Rate: Submitted applications for $644,672 in discounts for districts and IU13 on telecommunications, network, and Internet services
Insurance Pool for Workers’ Compensation Program: Distributed $1,126,015 to districts
Hybrid Learning Support: 15 districts
Reinventing Learning Showcase: Featuring innovative educational practices - all Lancaster and Lebanon county school districts participated
Transportation: 5,206 miles every day (157 students)

Healthcare Careers Partnership: Program with PA College of Health Sciences to introduce health careers
STEM Partnerships: STEM Alliance, STEM Bowl, STEMathon, STEM Consortium, STEM Camps, and Carnegie STEM Pathways
Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness: 500+ participants
Community School Program at Reynolds: Supplied Cultural Navigation Kits for 362 refugees
Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS): Provided trainings to 3,000+ schools and education leaders
Tech Talk Live: 300+ IT Professionals
Cafeteria & Food Co-Op (CAFCO): 37 districts participated; $9.7 million bid value
Statewide Software Sales: $9 million in sales
Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN): 16,000+ hours of assistance to schools and educators
Annual National Autism Conference: 1,450 participants
“An Evening with Thomas Friedman” Event: Partnered with the Hourglass Foundation to generate conversation around reimagining education, jobs, and community
“Keeping Kids Safe” Event: Partnered with Department of Homeland Security to host event on cyber safety

Facts and figures compiled from 2017-18 school year. For details contact communications@iu13.org.

*This is a duplicate count. Some students receive multiple services.

Published: September 2018