§ 282.33 — Funding for children residing in state mental health institutes or institutions

Iowa § 282.33

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 282: SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION

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1. A child who resides in an institution for children under the jurisdiction of the director
of health and human services referred to in section 218.1, subsection 3, 4, or 5, and who is
not enrolled in the educational program of the district of residence of the child, shall receive
appropriate educational services. The institution in which the child resides shall submit
a proposed program and budget based on the average daily attendance of the children
residing in the institution to the department of education and the department of health
and human services by January 1 for the next succeeding school year. The department of
education shall review and approve or modify the proposed program and budget and shall
notify the department of administrative services of its action by February 1. The department
of administrative services shall pay the approved budget amount to the department of health
and human services in monthly installments beginning September 15 and ending June 15
of the next succeeding school year. The installments shall be as nearly equal as possible
as determined by the department of administrative services, taking into consideration the
relative budget and cash position of the state’s resources. The department of administrative
services shall pay the approved budget amount for the department of health and human
services from the moneys appropriated under section 257.16 and the department of health
and human services shall distribute the payment to the institution. The institution shall
submit an accounting for the actual cost of the program to the department of education
by August 1 of the following school year. The department shall review and approve or
modify all expenditures incurred in compliance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 10, and shall notify the department of administrative services of
the approved accounting amount. The approved accounting amount shall be compared with
any amounts paid by the department of administrative services to the department of health
and human services and any differences added to or subtracted from the October payment
made under this subsection for the next school year. Any amount paid by the department
of administrative services shall be deducted monthly from the state foundation aid paid
under section 257.16 to all school districts in the state during the subsequent fiscal year. The
portion of the total amount of the approved budget that shall be deducted from the state aid
of a school district shall be the same as the ratio that the budget enrollment for the budget
year of the school district bears to the total budget enrollment in the state for that budget
year in which the deduction is made.
2. Programs may be provided during the summer and funded under this section if the
institution determines a valid educational reason to do so and the department of education
approves the program in the manner provided in subsection 1.