Separation of Summer Transportation Cost Reporting for Students with Disabilities on the 2008-09 ST-3
Starting with the 2008-09 State fiscal year, districts will have to report
their July and August transportation expenditures for students
with disabilities (SWDs) enrolled in summer Section 4408, summer Section
4201, and summer OMRDD Chapter 47, 66, or 721 programs in a new section
of the Special Aid Fund within the ST-3. They will be reported under the
following new Special Aid Fund, Schedule B3 Expenditures -- Account Codes
F5511.16 through F5598.0
(Lines 220 – 229).
Reasons for separating Summer Transportation Cost Reporting for Students with Disabilities
- To allow the STAC, Special Aids, and Medicaid Unit to reconcile summer transportation costs claimed through STAC for individual students with disabilities against the district total level transportation costs reported on the new ST-3 account F5598.0 “Pupil Transportation – Summer TRANS for Students with Disabilities” (Line 229). If the total verified summer transportation cost claimed on STAC exceeds the amount calculated on Line 229, the STAC, Special Aids, and Medicaid Unit will recoup any excess aid paid using the 80% aid ratio that pertains to summer Section 4408 and summer Section 4201 transportation claims.
Example:
| Summer Verified Transportation Costs for all SWDs claimed via STAC | $ 25,000 |
| Less Special Aid Fund, Entry #229, Account Code F5598.0 | 18,000 |
| Equals Excess Summer STAC Transportation Costs Claimed | 7,000 |
| Times 80% aid ratio | .80 |
| Equals Excess Summer STAC Transportation Aid to be Recouped | $ 5,600 |
- To ensure that the 10-month transportation costs aided by State Aid do not include expenditures for SWDs enrolled in summer Section 4408, summer Section 4201, and/or summer OMRDD Chapter 47, 66, or 721 programs.
Questions
For ST-3 Account Code questions,
contact James Hayden in State Aid at 518-474-2977. For summer STAC transportation
cost reporting questions for SWDs, contact Edwin Truax in the STAC,
Special Aids and Medicaid Unit at 518-474-7116.