Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
Each school district shall certify to the State Superintendent
of Education, using a format specified by the State Superintendent, its report
of claims for tuition payments no later than July 15. (Section 18-3 of the
School Code) Claims shall reflect the costs incurred by the school district for
the regular school term.
a) When a
district files a claim for excess costs relative to individual students who are
served in an off-site program, the claim must include:
1) a description of the regular program for
which the district also claims reimbursement under Section 18-3 of the School
Code that includes:
A) The name and address
of the off-site program;
B) The
total number of students who received any services in the regular
program;
C) The total days of
attendance of all the students claimed;
D) The total number of days for which the
program was in session;
E) The
amount of instruction time offered daily;
F) The name, educator license number, and
assignment of each professional staff member who served the students being
claimed; and
G) A brief description
of the curriculum and support services that are offered in the regular
program;
2) a report of
the expenditures incurred by the district for the regular off-site program
described pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this Section, on forms supplied by
the State Superintendent of Education;
3) the number of students in average daily
attendance in the regular off-site program described in subsection (a)(1) of
this Section during the term to which the claim applies;
4) a record for each student with respect to
whom excess cost is being claimed, indicating:
A) the student's name and date of
birth;
B) the services provided to
the student that are not included in or that exceed the level provided in the
regular off-site program;
C) the
amount, intensity, and/or frequency of the services;
D) the total hours of service provision;
and
E) the total cost of the
services.
b)
When a district files a claim for excess costs relative to students who are
served in the district's on-site programs, the claim must include:
1) a description of the services provided
that exceed those otherwise provided to students served in the regular program
within the attendance center in question, e.g., services not provided to the
other students in that attendance center or services provided for more time
than to other students within that attendance center; and
2) a record for each student containing the
information specified in subsection (a)(4) of this Section.
c) Each district shall submit any
additional information the State Superintendent of Education may require for
the purposes of clarifying the basis for its claim.