Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Public Instruction › Chapter PI 30 - Special Education Aid › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section PI 30.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Aid eligible" means either a cost that
				is eligible for reimbursement directly to the applicant under s.
				115.88,
				115.93, or
				118.255,
				Stats., or a cost that is contracted from another agency, eligible for
				reimbursement to that agency under s.
				115.88,
				115.93, or
				118.255,
				Stats., and for which a rebate under s.
				121.76(2)
				(c), Stats. is due to the
				applicant.
(2) "Applicant" means a
				school district, cooperative educational service agency, county children with
				disabilities education board, or operator of a charter school established under
				s.
				118.40(2r)
				or (2x), Stats.
(3) " Child" means one specific child with
				disabilities served by the applicant, having an individualized education
				program and receiving special education and related services.
(4) "Department" means the department of
				public instruction.
(5)
				"Depreciation" means 20 percent of the original acquisition and setup cost of
				an item of equipment used by a child or program during the school year in which
				it was purchased or in any of the four subsequent school years, whether the
				item was purchased with cash or the proceeds of a capital lease, and provided
				that the item has been used exclusively for the provision of special education
				and related services since its acquisition.
(6) "Equipment" means vehicles or other items
				of movable property with a unit cost of $5,000 or more and an expected service
				life of more than one year.
(7)
				"Extended school year" means required special education and related services
				provided at no cost beyond the limits of the school term in accordance with the
				child's individualized education program.
(8) "Federal medicaid" means the total amount
				of claims for services provided to the child during the school year under
				subch. IV of ch. 49, Stats., and s.
				DHS 107.36
				that have been or will be submitted by the applicant to the department of
				health services.
(9) "FTE" means
				the average fraction of a school day during which a child is enrolled in a
				placement or served by a program, such that 1.0 is a full school day.
(10) "Grant funded" means an expenditure that
				is reimbursed under
				20 USC
				1400 et seq. or by a private gift or grant
				specified for that expenditure.
(11) "Nonadministrative costs" means the
				costs of providing special education and related services to an individual
				child with disabilities, excluding clerical or administrative costs. Excluded
				clerical or administrative costs include salaries and fringe benefits of
				principals, special education directors or pupil services directors, and costs
				related to the documentation and management of individualized education
				programs or caseloads.
(12)
				"Placement" means the enrollment of a child by an entity other than the
				applicant, to whom the applicant pays tuition and other costs of special
				education and related services.
(13) "Program" means one of the following:
(a) A program of special education and
				related services for the child and other children identified with the same
				disability-related needs.
(b) A
				cross categorical program that includes instruction by an educator licensed
				under s.
				PI
				34.049.
(c) A program for transition services as
				defined by s.
				115.76(17),
				Stats.
(d) An early childhood
				program for the child and other children with disabilities 3 years of age or
				older who, if enrolled by a school district, would be eligible to be counted
				under s.
				121.004(7)
				(d), Stats.