| | | pupils as determined under section 15674, subsection 1, paragraph | | C, subparagraph (1).__For those school administrative units in | | which the annual December 1st child count for the most recent | | year is less than 15% of the school administrative unit's | | resident pupils as determined under section 15674, subsection 1, | | paragraph C, subparagraph (1), the special education child count | | percentage may not increase more than 0.5% in any given year, up | | to a maximum of 1.0% in any given 3-year period.__For each | | special education student above the 15% maximum, the unit | | receives an additional weight of .38. In addition, each school | | administrative unit must receive additional funds: |
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| | | A.__For lower staff-student ratios and expenditures for | | related services for school administrative units with fewer | | than 20 special education students identified on the annual | | December 1st child count as required by the federal | | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for the most | | recent year; |
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| | | B.__For high-cost in-district special education placements.__ | | Additional funds must be allocated for each student | | estimated to cost 3 times the statewide special education | | EPS per-pupil rate; |
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| | | C.__For high-cost out-of-district special education | | placements.__Additional funds must be allocated for each | | student estimated to cost 4 times the statewide special | | education EPS per-pupil rate; and |
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| | | D.__To ensure the school administrative unit meets the | | federal maintenance of effort requirement for receiving | | federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funds. |
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| | | The commissioner shall develop an appeals procedure for | | calculated special education costs for school administrative | | units. |
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| | | 3.__Transportation costs.__For fiscal year 2005-06, the | | commissioner, using information provided by a statewide education | | policy research institute, shall establish a per-pupil | | transportation cost for each school administrative unit based on | | an analysis of the most recent year's reported transportation | | expenditures and a predicted per-pupil transportation cost based | | on the number of resident pupils, the number of miles of Class 1 | | to Class 5 roads in the school administrative unit and any | | approved adjustments. In fiscal year 2005-06 the established per- | | pupil transportation cost for each school administrative unit is | | the most recent year's reported transportation expenditures or | | predicted per-pupil transportation cost, plus 10%, whichever is | | lower. Beginning in fiscal year 2006-07, and for each subsequent |
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