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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 5. EDUCATION
 SubTilte 5-A. OFFICE OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
 Chapter 5-A28. NONPUBLIC SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS SERVING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION RATES

  Section 5-A2848. MAXIMUM ANNUAL AND PER DIEM PER STUDENT TUITION RATES  

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    2848.1       The Maximum Annual Per Student Tuition Rate to be paid by the District of Columbia for a school year of one hundred eighty (180) regular instructional days shall be calculated according to the following formula: 

     

    UPSFF Special Education Schools per Pupil Allocation

    +UPSFF Level 4: Special Education per Pupil Supplemental

    Maximum Annual Per Student Tuition Rate

     

    2848.2The Maximum Per Diem Tuition Rate to be paid by the District of Columbia for regular instructional days shall be calculated according to the following formula: Maximum Annual Per-Student Tuition Rate divided by one hundred eighty (180) days.
     

    2848.3 Unless the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection are met, a school day,

    including Extended School Year (ESY) programming that does not meet the six (6) hour minimum instructional school day requirement shall be billed on a pro rata hourly basis based on each school or program’s per diem tuition rate as established in this chapter. OSSE shall apply a debit to the account of or seek a refund from any nonpublic special education school or program found to have overcharged OSSE in violation of this section.

     

    (a)  A nonpublic special education school or program that seeks to incorporate a school day that does not meet the six (6) hour minimum into the academic calendar shall submit a verification that other instructional days have been lengthened in order to ensure that the average number of instructional hours over the course of the school calendar meets or exceeds six (6) hours per day.  This includes, but is not limited to, a routine early release day held in order to provide documented professional development or other mandatory faculty co-planning.

     

    2848.4 The Maximum Per Diem Tuition Rate does not apply to homebound instruction as described in this chapter.   

     

    2848.5The maximum annual and maximum per diem tuition rates shall be published on the OSSE website at www.osse.dc.gov at least annually. 

     

authority

The State Superintendent of Education, pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 3(b)(8) and (11) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code § 38-2602(b)(8) and (11)) (Supp. 2010.); sections 101 et seq. of the Placement of Students with Disabilities in Nonpublic Schools Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-269; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-2561.01, et seq.) (Supp. 2010); Mayor’s Order 2007-149 (June 28, 2007); and Article II of An Act to provide for compulsory school attendance, and for other purposes, approved February 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 805; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-202 et seq.) (2001 & Supp. 2010).

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 5442, 5453 (July 1, 2011).