Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part XII - Basic Education › Chapter 171 - STANDARDS FOR APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOLS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 171.19 - Funding

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Charges.
Persons who are approved reimbursable residents of
				  this Commonwealth and who are enrolled in an approved private school shall
				  receive a program of instruction and maintenance appropriate to the needs of
				  the person without charge, except that charges for optional services may be
				  made should the parents desire the optional services. There may be no charge
				  made to parents for applications or evaluations of children recommended for
				  assignment in accordance with §
										171.16 (relating to assignment)
				  except as provided in §
										171.15(c)
				  (relating to evaluation).
(b)
Tuition or tuition and maintenance payment.
The Department
				  will approve tuition or tuition and maintenance payment for handicapped persons
				  assigned to approved private school programs and services in accordance with §
										171.16.
(c)
Determination of amount.
The tuition or tuition and maintenance payment will be the approved daily rate
				  for the program of instruction and maintenance to which the person is assigned,
				  multiplied by the number of days the person is assigned to the program,
				  provided that no days will be counted prior to an assignment of the person in
				  accordance with §
										171.16. The daily rate for
				  theprogram will be the quotient of the approved budget of the approved private
				  school for the program divided by the aggregate days of student enrollment in
				  the program. In addition, the tuition payment will include the approved cost of
				  special services provided to the person as a necessary part of the program of
				  instruction and maintenance appropriate to the needs of the person.
(d)
Budget submission.
No
				  tuition or tuition and maintenance payment will be made until the school has
				  submitted its budget in a form prescribed by the Secretary.
(e)
Audit.
The Department
				  may audit the budgets and expenditures of the approved private school for the
				  school year 1975-76 to determine what increases over the 1974-75 tuition rate
				  should be approved. For the school year 1976-77 and each year thereafter, the
				  Department will preaudit the budgets of the approved private schools in order
				  to establish tuition rates.
(1)
General.
The Department will complete the preaudit within 45
				  days of receipt of the budget submission. If the Department has not completed
				  the preaudit of a school within the allotted time, it will make payments to
				  that school based on the budget submission until such time as an audit as
				  otherwise prescribed in this chapter is completed. Adjustments in payment
				  required as a result of the audit will be made in the final payment to that
				  school in that fiscal year.
(2)
Criteria.
The Department will review the budget submission and
				  may disallow any charges or portion of a charge to the extent that it is
				  excessive or inappropriate. To determine whether an item is excessive, the
				  Department will review the financial records of the school and may compare the
				  item with the cost of a similar item in similar approved private and public
				  school programs.
(3)
Access.
In order to perform the audit, the Secretary or his
				  designee will have access to financial data relative to the school, including
				  access to the Federal income tax forms of the school.