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vocational education teachers, as documented in the department's
database.

 
30. Secondary grades. "Secondary grades" means grade 9 to
grade 12.

 
30-A.__Special education costs.__"Special education costs" for
subsidy purposes includes:

 
A.__The salary and benefit costs of certified professionals,
assistants and aides or persons contracted to perform a
special education service;

 
B. The costs of tuition and board to other schools for
programs that have been approved by the commissioner and not
paid directly by the State.__Medical costs are not allowable
as part of a tuition charge;

 
C.__The following preschool handicapped services:

 
(1)__The salary and benefit costs of certified
professionals, assistants and aides or persons
contracted to perform preschool handicapped services
that have been approved by the commissioner; and

 
(2)__The cost of tuition to other schools for programs
that have been approved by the commissioner; and

 
D.__Special education costs that are the costs of
educational services provided to students who are
temporarily unable to participate in regular school
programs.__Students who may be included are pregnant
students, hospitalized students or those confined to their
homes for illness or injury, students involved in substance
abuse programs within hospital settings or in residential
rehabilitation facilities licensed by the Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse Prevention for less than 6 weeks duration or students
suffering from other temporary conditions that prohibit
their attendance at school.__Students served under this
paragraph may not be counted as exceptional students for
federal reporting purposes.

 
30-B.__State-operated institution.__"State-operated
institution" means any residential facility or institution that
is operated by the Department of Health and Human Services or a
school operated by the Department of Education.

 
31. State share percentage. "State share percentage" means
the percentage of the sum of the following amounts that is


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