Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 10 - EDUCATION
Chapter 10.16 - SPECIAL EDUCATION
Subchapter 10.16.38 - Special Education Funding
Rule 10.16.3807 - SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWABLE COSTS-RELATED SERVICES

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 10.16.3807

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) Allowable costs associated with the provision of related services to students with disabilities include:

(a) salaries and benefits, not excluded in ARM 10.16.3805, for licensed or certified professional support personnel who meet the qualifications in ARM 10.16.3136, for supervisors of special education, speech language pathologists, audiologists, counselors, social workers, school psychologists, physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists and other professional persons meeting the requirements for the profession or discipline responsible for delivery of a special education related service for the proportion of time spent:
(i) providing services for students with disabilities;

(ii) providing supervision of special education programs;

(iii) in activities associated with structured support and assistance to regular education teachers in identifying and meeting diverse student needs; and

(iv) providing or receiving inservice training on the provision of special education services;

(b) salaries and benefits, not excluded in ARM 10.16.3805, for support personnel aides for the proportion of time spent:
(i) providing services for students with disabilities;

(ii) in activities associated with structured support and assistance to regular education teachers in identifying and meeting diverse student needs; and

(iii) providing or receiving inservice training on the provision of special education services;

(c) salaries and benefits, not excluded in ARM 10.16.3805, for clerical personnel who assist professional support personnel, corresponding to the proportion of time spent providing assistance to professional support personnel;

(d) the cost of supplies for professional support personnel;

(e) contracted services of public or private agencies, including fees paid for professional advice, training and consultation regarding students with disabilities or their program, and the delivery of special education services;

(f) payments made to a cooperative for the provision of related services;

(g) transportation costs for professional support personnel who:
(i) travel on an itinerant basis from school to school or district to district for the provision of related services;

(ii) travel to in-state child study team meetings or in-state individualized education program meetings;

(iii) in-state travel related to activities associated with structured support and assistance to regular education teachers in identifying and meeting diverse student needs; and

(iv) travel for providing or receiving inservice training on the provision of special education services;

(h) equipment purchase, rental, repair, and maintenance required to:
(i) implement the related service portion of a student's individualized education program; and

(ii) fulfill reporting and record keeping requirements of evaluation and the provision of related services.

20-7-431, MCA; IMP, 20-7-431, MCA;

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