005.28.19 Ark. Code R. § 017 Dese Rules Governing Special Education and Related Services, Sec. 24.00 High-Cost Occurences
| Library | Arkansas Administrative Code |
| Edition | 2023 |
| Currency | Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, December, 2023 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Citation | 005.28.19 Ark. Code R. § 017 |
24.01 REGULATORY AUTHORITY
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24.01.1 These rules shall be known as the
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Rules Governing Special
Education High-Cost Occurrences.
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24.01.2 These rules are enacted pursuant to
the State Board of Education's authority under Ark. Code Ann. §§
6-20-2303
6-20-2304
6-41-207
and
6-11-105, and
Act 757 of 2019.
24.02 PURPOSE
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24.02.1 It is the purpose of these
rules to set forth the criteria for determining local school district
eligibility for seeking reimbursement for Special Education High-Cost
Occurrences as defined under Ark. Code Ann. §
6-20-2303(21).
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24.02.2 These rules define the process for
local school district access to funds for Special Education High-Cost
Occurrences.
24.03 DEFINITIONS
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24.03.1 For the purpose of these
rules, Special Education High-Cost Occurrences means those individual cases
where special education and related services required by the individualized
education program (IEP) of a particular child with disabilities are unduly
expensive, extraordinary and/or beyond the routine and normal costs associated
with special education and related services provided by the local education
agency.
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24.03.2 IDEA refers to the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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24.03.3 IEP means the individualized
education program for a student with disabilities under the IDEA.
24.04 ADMINISTRATION
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24.04.1 The Special Education High-Cost
Occurrences fund will be administered by the Arkansas Department of
Education.
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24.04.2 In the event
that requests for reimbursement exceed the amount of funds available in the
High-Cost Occurrences fund, reimbursements will be pro-rated.
24.05 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR HIGH-COST OCCURRENCE
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24.05.1 A district is
deemed eligible to apply for reimbursement under these rules for a high-cost
occurrence when the costs associated with an individual student, after offsets
from other available revenue sources, equal or exceed $15,000.
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24.05.2 In calculating costs associated with
an individual student, the costs must be incurred solely as a result of the
provision of special...
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