PI 30.02(16)
(16) “
Special education fund” means a fund or cost center used to account for the applicant's excess costs of providing special education and related services.
PI 30.02(17)
(17) “
Specified services” means nursing, social work, psychology, guidance counseling, speech-language pathology, and audiology.
PI 30.02(18)
(18) “
State superintendent” means the superintendent of public instruction.
PI 30.02(19)
(19) “
Student information system” means the system established by the department under s.
115.383 (1), Stats.
PI 30.02(20)
(20) “
Supplies” means consumable items and other movable property not defined as equipment under sub.
(6).
PI 30.02(21)
(21) “
Threshold” means the dollar amount in excess of which an applicant is paid under s.
115.881 (2), Stats., for the costs of providing special education and related services to a child.
PI 30.02 History
History: CR 06-098: cr.
Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07;
EmR0816: emerg. cr. (7), eff. 5-30-08;
CR 08-052: cr. (7)
Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09;
CR 16-056: r. (1), (2)
Register April 2017 No. 736, eff. 5-1-17;
CR 19-147: r. and recr. Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (8), (13) (b), (20) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773. PI 30.03
PI 30.03
Purpose and construction. PI 30.03(1)
(1)
This subchapter specifies the method to determine the nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child under s.
115.881 (2), Stats.
PI 30.03(2)
(2) To the extent feasible, this subchapter shall be construed such that the nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child are determined in a manner consistent with subch.
V of ch. 121, Stats.
PI 30.03 History
History: CR 19-147: cr. Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20. PI 30.04
PI 30.04 Application for reimbursement. PI 30.04(1)(1)
An applicant shall apply for reimbursement under s.
115.881, Stats. on a form specified by the department, which shall include each child for whom the applicant believes it has incurred nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services that are eligible for reimbursement.
PI 30.04(2)
(2)
The applicant shall identify the following nonadministrative costs incurred by the applicant in its special education fund during the school year:
PI 30.04(2)(a)
(a) The costs of salary and fringe benefits, purchased services, placement, transportation, supplies, depreciation, and extended school year that are particular to each child, specifying the portions of those costs that are aid eligible and grant funded.
PI 30.04(2)(b)
(b) The costs of salary and fringe benefits, purchased services, transportation, supplies, and depreciation that are particular to each program, specifying the portions of those costs that are aid eligible and grant funded.
PI 30.04(2)(c)
(c) The costs of salary and fringe benefits, purchased services, and supplies for the provision of specified services, specifying the portions of those costs that are aid eligible and grant funded.
PI 30.04(4)
(4)
If a cost includes both nonadministrative and clerical or administrative components which cannot be separated, then the nonadministrative component to be identified under sub.
(2) is 90 percent of that cost.
PI 30.04(5)
(5)
The applicant shall identify for each child:
PI 30.04(5)(a)
(a) The identifying number for the child in the student information system.
PI 30.04(5)(b)
(b) The program or programs that served the child and the number of days and the FTE the child was served by each.
PI 30.04(5)(c)
(c) The amounts of federal medicaid and open enrollment revenue for the child, if any.
PI 30.04(6)
(6)
The applicant shall identify for each program the total number of days and the FTE for all the children with disabilities served by that program.
PI 30.04 History
History: CR 19-147: cr. Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (3) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773. PI 30.05
PI 30.05 Determination of costs. PI 30.05(1)(1)
The department shall determine the following:
PI 30.05(1)(a)
(a) The total number of days of enrollment for each child identified by the applicant, using data reported and certified in the student information system.
PI 30.05(1)(b)
(b) The total number of days of enrollment for all children with disabilities enrolled by the applicant, using data reported and certified in the student information system.
PI 30.05(1)(c)
(c) A rate for each program, calculated by dividing its costs by the product of the total number of days and the FTE of all the children with disabilities that it served, specifying the portions of the rate that are aid eligible and grant funded.
PI 30.05(1)(d)
(d) A rate for specified services, calculated by dividing their costs by the number of days of enrollment for all children with disabilities, specifying the portions of the rate that are aid eligible and grant funded.
PI 30.05(2)
(2)
The total nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child are the sum of:
PI 30.05(2)(a)
(a) The amount identified for costs particular to the child;
PI 30.05(2)(b)
(b) For each program that served the child, the rate under s.
PI 30.05 (1) (c) multiplied by the product of the number of days and the FTE that the child was served; and
PI 30.05(3)
(3)
The nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child that are eligible for reimbursement under s.
115.88,
115.93, or
118.255, Stats.,
20 USC 1400 et seq., or federal medicaid are the sum of:
PI 30.05(3)(a)1.b.
b. For each program that served the child, the aid eligible portion of the rate under s.
PI 30.05 (1) (c) multiplied by the product of the number of days and the FTE that the child was served; and
PI 30.05(3)(a)1.c.
c. For specified services, the aid eligible portion of the rate under s.
PI 30.05 (1) (d) multiplied by the total number of days of enrollment for the child.
PI 30.05(3)(b)2.
2. For each program that served the child, the grant funded portion of the rate under s.
PI 30.05 (1) (c) multiplied by the product of the number of days and the FTE that the child was served; and
PI 30.05(3)(b)3.
3. For specified services, the grant funded portion of the rate under s.
PI 30.05 (1) (d) multiplied by the total number of days of enrollment for the child.
PI 30.05(3)(d)
(d) The amount of open enrollment revenue for the child.
PI 30.05(4)
(4)
The nonadministrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child under s.
115.881 (1), Stats., that are not eligible for reimbursement under s.
115.88,
115.93, or
118.255, Stats.,
20 USC 1400 et seq., or federal medicaid are:
PI 30.05(4)(a)
(a) The difference between the total calculated under sub.
(2) and the threshold, if positive;
PI 30.05(4)(b)
(b) Minus the difference between the amount eligible for reimbursement calculated under sub.
(3) and the threshold, if positive.
PI 30.05 History
History: CR 19-147: cr. Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (2) (b), (c), (3) (a) 1. b., c., 2., (b) 2., 3., made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773. subch. III of ch. PI 30
Subchapter III — Special Education Aid for the Salaries of Certain Pupil Services Personnel
PI 30.06
PI 30.06
Purpose. This subchapter establishes the percentage of the salaries of certain pupil services personnel that may be certified under s.
115.88 (1m) (a), Stats., as costs eligible for reimbursement pursuant to s.
115.88 (1m) (b), Stats.
PI 30.06 History
History: EmR0816: emerg. cr. eff. 5-30-08;
CR 08-052: cr.
Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09; correction made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., register December 2018 No. 756.
PI 30.07
PI 30.07
Percentage of salaries for reimbursement. PI 30.07(1)(1)
Under s.
115.88 (1m) (a) and
(b), Stats., the state superintendent shall certify to the department of administration in favor of each county, cooperative educational service agency, school district, and operator of a charter school established under s.
118.40 (2r) or
(2x), Stats., maintaining a special education program, if he or she is satisfied that the special education program has been maintained during the preceding school year in accordance with applicable state and federal law, for costs eligible for reimbursement from the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (b), Stats. These costs include the percentage of the salaries of personnel established under sub.
(2).
PI 30.07(2)
(2) The percentage of the salaries that may be certified as costs eligible for reimbursement for pupil services personnel under s.
115.88 (1m) (b), Stats., are as follows:
PI 30.07(3)
(3) If the funds appropriated under s.
20.255 (2), Stats., are insufficient to fully reimburse eligible costs under sub.
(2), the reimbursement of those costs shall be prorated.
PI 30.07 History
History: EmR0816: emerg. cr. eff. 5-30-08;
CR 08-052: cr.
Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09; correction in (1) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register December 2018 No. 756;
CR 19-147: am. (1) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20.
