Separation of Summer Transportation Cost Reporting for Students with Disabilities on the ST-3

Separation of Summer Transportation Cost Reporting for Students with Disabilities on the ST-3

Districts must report their July and August transportation expenditures for students with disabilities (SWDs) enrolled in summer Section 4408, summer Section 4201, and summer OPWDD Chapter 47, 66, or 721 programs, in the 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

1. To allow the State Aid 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).

Example:

 
Before
Change in STAC or ST-3
After
Summer Verified Transportation Costs for all SWDs claimed via STAC
$ 25,000

-$2,500

$22,500
Less Special Aid Fund, Entry #229, Account Code F5598.0
18,000

$4,500

$22,500
Equals Difference between Summer STAC Transportation Cost and ST-3 Reported Special Ed Transportation Expense
7,000

-$7,000

$0

2. 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 OPWDD Chapter 47, 66, or 721 programs.

In the example above, the district reduced STAC verified cost by $2,500 and increased ST-3 reported cost by $4,500 to reconcile the $7,000 difference.

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 and Medicaid Unit at 518-474-7116.

 
Last Updated: May 18, 2015