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To: District
Superintendents, Superintendents and Executive Directors
of Approved Programs Serving Students with Disabilities,
County Officials, VESID Special Education Policy and Quality
Assurance Offices
From: Thomas
Hamel
Rate
Setting Unit
Subject: Tuition
Rate Setting Methodology Addendum for 2007-08 Tuition Rates
for Students with Disabilities – Regional Weighted
Average Per Diem Rates, Regional SEIT Rates and Regional
1:1 Aide Rates
Date: October
25, 2007 | 1:1 Aide revised 6/2/08
This memorandum communicates the 2007-08 tuition rate setting
methodology to service providers operating programs under
Articles 81 and 89 of the Education Law and other interested
parties. This Addendum reprints sections of the September
12, 2007 Memorandum that are being amended.
Section II. Specific
Provisions to the Rate Setting Methodology
A. Special
Class Programs
The general rate setting methodology detailed in Section
I applies to special class programs with the following additional
provisions:
1. Special
class programs that operated initially in 2005-06 will
be subject to the provisions of Section 200.9 (f)(2)(viii). This
section of the Regulations states that if a new program’s
student enrollment is not equal to or greater than the
minimum number required in Section 200.7 (c)(3), then that
program shall continue to receive a rate based on the regional
weighted average per diem tuition rate previously approved
for that program. Upon reconciliation, for programs failing
to meet the minimum number of students, the program’s
per diem rate will be limited to the lower of the per diem
based on the school’s actual costs or the regional
weighted average per diem rate initially established.
2. Special
class programs that are seeking initial approval in 2007-08 will
receive tuition rates based on the 2007-08 regional weighted
average per diem tuition rate. Such new programs
must have received a waiver from the Department regarding
the statutory moratorium on new or expanded programs. Separate
regional weighted average per diem tuition rates shall
be used for school age and preschool programs. A
list of the 2007-08 regional weighted average per diem
tuition rates can be found on Addendum Attachment I.
3. Special
class programs that operated initially in 2006-07 will
have the tuition rate for 2007-08 established at the 2006-07
level with no inflation or growth applied.
C. Special
Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) Service Programs
For programs providing SEIT services to preschool students
with disabilities as defined in Section 200.16 (h)(3)(ii)
of the Regulations, the 2007-08 tuition rates are established
using the general rate setting methodology detailed in Section
I, with the following additional provisions:
1. Rates
for SEIT programs are established as half-hour rates and
billing by providers to municipalities must be done in half-hour
units of time.
2. SEIT
programs that operated in 2005-06, the 2007-08 half-hour
rates are calculated by dividing the 2005-06 reimbursable
expenditures by the greater of the actual billable units
in 2005-06 as reported to RSU or 66 percent of the SEIT
teacher’s total employment hours multiplied by two.
These 2007-08 SEIT rates will be subject to reconciliation.
3. SEIT
programs that operated initially in 2006-07 will have
the tuition rate for 2007-08 established at the 2007-08
rates listed on Addendum Attachment
II . These
2007-08 SEIT rates will be subject to reconciliation.
4. SEIT
programs seeking initial approval in 2007-08 will have
their 2007-08 rate established at the SEIT rates listed
on Addendum Attachment II .. These 2007-08
SEIT rates will be subject to reconciliation.
D. 1:1
Aide Add-On Rates
The 2007-08 regional weighted average 1:1 aide add-on rates are
listed on Addendum Attachment III. These
rates will be added to the approved tuition rate(s) of
the program in which the student is enrolled. The
2007-08 1:1 aide add-on rates are not subject to reconciliation.
Inquiries regarding 2007-08 tuition rates should be directed
to the RSU staff accountant who processed the school’s
2005-06 financial reports. RSU staff telephone numbers
and e-mail addresses are listed on Attachment III. The
general office information is listed below:
New York State Education Department
Rate Setting Unit
Albany, New York 12234
Phone: (518) 474-3227
Fax: (518) 486-3606
Website: http://www.oms.nysed.gov/rsu/home.html
TH:jm
Enclosures:
cc: Rebecca Cort
James DeLorenzo
Harold Matott
Theresa
E. Savo
Lenton Simms
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