Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 2963
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 2963
- extraordinary special education expenditures: means a school district's or supervisory union's allowable expenditures that for any one child exceed $60,000. See
- Federal law: means the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- School district: means town school districts, union school districts, interstate school districts, city school districts, unified union districts, and incorporated school districts, each of which is governed by a publicly elected board. See
- School year: means the year beginning July 1 and ending the next June 30. See
- Special education: means , to the extent required by federal law, specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents or guardian, to meet the unique educational needs of a child with a disability, including classroom instruction, instruction in physical education, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals and institutions. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- State Board: means the State Board of Education established by chapter 3 of this title. See
- Supervisory union: means an administrative, planning, and educational service unit created by the State Board under section 261 of this title, that consists of two or more school districts; if the context clearly allows, the term also means a supervisory district. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
[Section 2963 repealed effective July 1, 2022.]
§ 2963. Special education expenditures reimbursement
(a) Based on where the related cost is incurred, each town school district, city school district, union school district, unified union school district, incorporated school district, the member school districts of an interstate school district, and unorganized town or gore or supervisory union shall receive a special education expenditures reimbursement grant each school year.
(b) The amount of a school district’s or supervisory union’s special education expenditures reimbursement shall be equal to the total of its special education expenditures multiplied by the reimbursement rate for that year.
(c) As used in this subchapter:
(1) Special education expenditures are allowable expenditures for special education, as defined by rule of the State Board, less the following:
(A) revenue from federal aid for special education;
(B) mainstream service costs, as defined in subdivision 2961(c)(1) of this title;
(C) extraordinary special education expenditures, as defined in section 2962 of this title;
(D) any transportation expenses already reimbursed;
(E) special education costs for a student eligible for aid under section 2963a of this title; and
(F) other State funds used for special education costs as defined by the State Board by rule.
(2) The State Board shall define allowable expenditures under this subsection. Allowable expenditures shall include any expenditures required under federal law.
(3) “Special education expenditures reimbursement rate” means a percentage of special education expenditures that is calculated to achieve the 60 percent share required by subsection 2967(b) of this title.
(d) [Repealed.] (Added 1987, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; amended 1989, No. 107, § 7; 1989, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. July 1, 1991; 1991, No. 104, § 1, eff. June 27, 1991; 1991, No. 104, § 3; 1995, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. July 1, 1997; 1997, No. 60, § 30c, eff. July 1, 1998; 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 114, eff. March 11, 1998; 2001, No. 8, § 13; 2003, No. 36, § 14; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2015, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; repealed on July 1, 2022 by 2017, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, as amended by 2019, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(b).)