High Cost Special Education Categorical Aid Program

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High Cost Special Education Categorical Aid
Program

• Lori Ames, Consultant, DPI School Financial
  Services
• July 13, 2006

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Agenda

• Intro Media Site Technical Issues
• High Cost Categorical Aid Program
• Questions Answer

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High Cost Special Education Categorical Aid
Program

• Intended to assist eligible applicants with
  meeting the needs of high cost special education
  students
• New with the 2006-07 school year
• 3,500,000 appropriation
• Stemmed from the data produced from the DPI
  funded Keeping the Promise initiative

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Eligible Applicants

• School Districts
• Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs)
• County Children with Disabilities Education
  Boards (CCDEBs)
• Charter Schools authorized under ss. 118.40(2r)
  Wis. Stats.

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Categorical Aid Calculation

• Aid based on prior year expenses (2005-06 data
  for aid paid in 2006-07)
• Expenses calculated on a per student basis and
  include costs, except indirect, administration,
  or leadership costs, directly related to
  educating a student with high cost special
  education needs

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Categorical Aid Calculation

• District of Attendance should complete the claim
  form
• District of Residence (if different) should
  certify any direct paid expenses to the district
  of attendance to be included on the claim form
  (ex transportation expense)
• District of Attendance should transit the
  appropriate aid to the District of Residence upon
  receipt.

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Categorical Aid Calculation

• For salary/benefits claimed provide
• Staff Name
• Social Security Number
• FTE associated with the student (not to exceed
  1.0 regardless of the number of students served)
• Special education position

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Categorical Aid Calculation

• Directly Incurred Educational Costs
• - Special Education Categorical Aid
• - Average IDEA Grant Deduct (from DPI)
• - Average Medicaid Deduct (from DPI)
• - 30,000 (3 x threshold cost per student)
• Net High Cost for Student
• x 90
• Net High Cost Eligible for Aid

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Categorical Aid Calculation

• Aid eligibility may be prorated if claims exceed
  the appropriation amount.
• Students may not be claimed for both state
  tuition (PI1524) and high cost aid. (double
  claiming)

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Timeline

• Claim form is currently available
• http//www.dpi.wi.gov/forms/xls/f1570.xls
• Claim form due December 1, 2006
• Email claim form to DPIsfsreports_at_dpi.state.wi.u
  s
• Mail or fax [phone]) the signed signature
  page to Beverly Kraus
• Aid payment On or before the 3rd Monday in June

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Additional Resources

• June 30, 2006 Letter to District Administrators
  from David Carlson and Stephanie Petska
• Question Answer Document
• Prior Year Keeping the Promise Initiative
  payments
• http//www.dpi.wi.gov/sfs/highcost.html

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Contacts

• Program Contact
• Sandra Berndt 608-266-1785
• sandra.berndt_at_dpi.state.wi.us
• Grant Claim Form
• Beverly Kraus 608-266-1089
• beverly.kraus_at_dpi.state.wi.us

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