Briefing Kit · Florida ToolMatrix Scorer · Oct. 9, 2026
Score a Matrix of Services the way the form does, and see what the number carries.
Five domains, rated 1 to 5 on FLDOE’s ESE 9291 (2021 version); the special-considerations lines; a total that lands in one of five support levels, each an FEFP program number. Pick the ratings and the sheet totals them, names the level, shows the two arithmetic points auditors find left off, what the level carries for the district, and the published FES-UA award it carries in a county. Nothing is stored and no student is named. A worksheet, not a rating.
Five domains · 5 to 25 points
Rated on the form’s own lines
A level is what is checked under it, not an impression
Level 4 begins at 18
The cliff in the bands
17 points is 253; 18 is 254, the first level with a per-student cost factor (3.515)
Special considerations
Up to 13 more, and two of exactly 1
The 17/three-Level-5 and 21/four-Level-5 points are the ones left off
What the level carries
A cost factor, and a FES-UA award
254 carries FEFP cost factor 3.515 and 255 carries 5.906; the family’s award is published by county
The five domains
Special considerations (check any that apply)The total
17points · Support Level 3
- Domain ratings
- 17
- Special considerations
- 0
- FEFP program number
- 253
1 more point is Support Level 4 (254), the first level funded through a per-student cost factor rather than the ESE Guaranteed Allocation.
What the level carries
Programs 251, 252 and 253 fund the district through the ESE Guaranteed Allocation, a district-wide sum, not a per-student weight (F.S. §1011.62(1)(e)).
St. Johns County, program 253, ages 3–4 and K–3, · FES-UA Scholarship Award Amounts, Florida Department of Education and Step Up For Students, published .
The Matrix checked against the IEP, with the funding behind it.
In IEPeasyhub every level is backed by the form’s checked lines, with their provenance; a Matrix with a level and nothing checked cannot be finalized.
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