Nebraska Statutes 79-1133. Special education programs; student less than five years of age; school district; amount paid to service agency; determination
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Each school district shall pay an amount equal to the average per pupil cost of the service agency of the preceding year or the cost as agreed upon pursuant to the contract to the agency providing the educational program for every child with a disability who is less than five years of age, who is a resident of the district, and who is attending an educational program not operated by the school district, including programs operated by the State Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and any other service agency whose programs are approved by the State Department of Education.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-1133
- Average per pupil cost of the service agency: means the amount computed by dividing the total operating expenditure of the preceding year, excluding the cost of sectarian instruction, of the service agency by its preceding year's average daily membership. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1116
- Child with a disability: means any person having a disability listed in section Nebraska Statutes 79-1117
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the State Department of Education. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1118
- School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Nebraska Statutes 79-101
- Service agency: means the school district, educational service unit, local or regional office of intellectual disability, interim-program school, or some combination thereof or such other agency as may provide a special education program approved by the State Department of Education, including an institution not wholly owned or controlled by the state or any political subdivision to the extent that it provides educational or other services for the benefit of a child with a disability if such services are nonsectarian in nature. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1124
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801