School Based Health Services Frequently Asked Questions

My LEA has a regular work week of 37.5 hours. I have a headcount of five clinicians providing speech/language therapy. There are two full-time speech/language pathologists who each work 37.5 hours per week and three part-time speech/language pathologists who each work 15 hours per week.

A. Full-time equivalency is defined as the equivalent number of full-time employees on payroll. It is computed by dividing the total number of hours worked (or used in benefit time) per week divided by the number of hours in a regular work week.聽Your LEA has a headcount of five (two full-time employees and three part-time employees). The full-time equivalency for this group of speech/language pathologists is determined by adding the total number of hours worked per week by the speech/language pathologists (37.5 + 37.5 + 15 + 15 + 15 = 120) and then dividing that number by the standard number of work hours per week (37.5).聽120 hours/37.5 hours = 3.20 Your LEA has a speech or language pathologist full-time equivalency of 3.20.