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What is incomplete independent-study documentation costing your district?

Short-term independent study lets you keep ADA for students on temporary leave — but only the placements that end fully documented and audit-defensible actually count at apportionment. Estimate what you protect at your real completion rate. Every field is editable.

Your district

Short-term IS is capped at 15 school days per placement (EC §46300.7).
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LCFF base (~$11–12k) is the floor. Add your supplemental & concentration funding for unduplicated pupils — low-income, English learners, foster, homeless — and enter your actual all-in per-ADA. Divided by instructional days for a daily value.
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Auto-calculated as per-ADA ÷ days ≈ $74.00/day. Know your exact daily rate? Enter it to override.
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Share of placements that end fully documented & audit-defensible. Paper & email typically land 60–80%. Asperix's structured submissions + automated reminders push toward 95%+ — and every point is recovered ADA.
ADA revenue you protect / year
$79,920
At 90% documentation completion · full potential $88,800.
Documented days recovered
1,080
Per school site
$26,640
Over a 3-yr audit cycle
$239,760
The completion-rate lever. A typical ~70% paper process protects only $62,160. At 90%, you protect $79,920 — $17,760/yr that paper would lose. That gap is what Asperix is for.

How the number builds

150 placements × 8 days × $74/day × 90% = $79,920/yr
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Recover the ADA. Protect revenue that incomplete paperwork forfeits at apportionment — the figure above.
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Pass the audit. Every placement's 6-section packet stays complete and reconstructable, so recovered ADA survives a §51747 / §51747.5 review.

Planning estimates you control — actual recovery depends on your LCFF rate, unduplicated funding, placement volume, completion rate, and documentation quality. The ~70% paper baseline is a typical illustration, not a promise. Not financial or legal advice.

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We'll build a tailored calculator on your actual placement volume, funding, and completion history — and show you ISST in the same call.

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