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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2009 Jun;79(6):277–285. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00410.x

Table 1. Stage 1 Costs of Screening.

Task Cost per student receiving service % of enrolled receiving service Cost per Enrolled student
Labor Preparing/analyzing data
1 staff $20/hr 10 hr/100 students
$2.00 100% $2.00
Preparing materials
1 staff $13/hr 5 hr/100 students
$0.65 100% $0.65
Recruiting students
2 staff 13/hr 1 hr 100% of school 25 students/class
$1.04 100% $1.04
Administering screen for regular classes
2 staff $13/hr 1.5 hr 85% of school students/class
$1.56 85% $1.32
Administering screen for ELL, SPED classes
3 staff $13/hr 1.5 hr 14% of school 25 students/class
$2.34 14% $0.33
Questionnaire admin for students needing 1:1
1 staff $13/hr 1.5 hr/class 1% of school 1 student/class
$19.5 1% $0.20
Overhead Information packet for parents
with 20% duplicates for students who lost forms
$0.50 120% $0.60
Incentives to participate in screening $0.50 80% $0.40
Forms for nonparticipating students $0.10 20% $0.02
Forms for participating students $0.50 80% $0.40
Total $6.96