Developing Classroom Skills:  Driver Education

Classroom Experiences and Program Administration

HED 443s

Driver Education Reimbursement Assignment

Problem No. 3

The following represents an exercise in the completion of a typical claim for reimbursement for driver education students in the State of Illinois.  The form ISBE 54-30 is to be used as the basis for completion of the assignment.  Send answers via email to safety@siu.edu

As a basis for completing the claim, utilize the following information:

1.                 400 students have enrolled in your high school driver education program.  360 of them have completed the laboratory phase while all 384 have completed the classroom phase.

2.                 Three teachers have been engaged in the instructional phases of this program.  Their basic salaries are $39,000 per year each.  67% of each salary should be given over to practice driving cost with 33% being given over to classroom cost.

3.                 Rental of projector for laboratory - $123.

4.                 The salary of the supervisor of driver and safety education is $42,000 a year.  Figure 50% for classroom and 50% for laboratory.

5.                 10 cars have been utilized in the instructional program and maintenance costs were $135 for each vehicle.

6.                 The operational costs for each of the above vehicles is calculated to be $347.50 per year each.

7.                 Insurance costs for the driver education vehicles was a total of $1500.00.

8.                 There were $1400 in supplies purchased for classroom use and $340 spent on the practice driving supplies.

9.                 The school spent $143 on each of three teachers for in-service training.  (Place total amount for in-service training under classroom column).

Using the above data (1) determine the total amount of money spent on the driver education program.  (2) the amount of money that might be claimed for reimbursement purposes and (3) then determine the per capita cost of your driver education program.

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