Identify Activity That Will Require
Augmentation in FY 2001-02
DISABLED STUDENT
SERVICES-AUGMENTATION FOR MANDATED SERVICES
Disabled Student Services
is requesting funding for mandated pay increases for interpreters
and additional costs for students with disabilities utilizing
real-time captioning. In late August, the Chancellor’s
Office imposed a mandated 15% salary rate increase for all
interpreters effective fiscal year 2000-01. As interpreters
are paid on an hourly intermittent basis, there were no
additional funds provided to cover this mandated rate increase.
This increase, combined with an increase in the number of
deaf students, is estimated to cost Disabled Student Services
approximately $30,000 of unanticipated expenditures for
fiscal year 2001-02.
In addition, Disabled
Student Services has realized a significant increase in
real-time captioning requests. This influx of requests has
added an additional $15,000 in costs to our direct support
services. The availability of real-time captioning is required
by state law and is primarily utilized by our hearing impaired
students.
Because of the mandated
nature of these costs, Student Services has directed a significant
portion of its workload funds and salary savings to pay
these expenses. We are requesting that a portion of these
costs be supported by RPP.
| Projected 2001-02 Need |
$50,000 |
| Less: Division workload allocation
|
(20,000) |
| |
| RPP Request |
$30,000 |
