Section 405.10  Purpose and Applicability

This Part applies to the obligation of school districts to pay the cost of educating students who are served, pursuant to Section 14-7.05 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/14-7.05], in residential facilities providing educational programs that are not approved by the State Board of Education.  This Part shall not apply to districts' payment for educational services in programs approved under the rules of the State Board of Education for Special Education Facilities Under Section 14-7.02 of the School Code (23 Ill. Adm. Code 401), to districts' payment for educational services provided by other school districts (see 23 Ill. Adm. Code 130, Determining Special Education Per Capita Tuition Charge), or to districts' payment for educational services provided on their behalf by contractual agents.  The purposes of this Part are:

a)         to establish procedures and timelines for providers' presentation of the required proof as a prerequisite to districts' payment of the cost of educating affected students;

b)         to identify the proof that will be considered as adequate evidence of programs' conformance with the requirements identified in Section 14-7.05 of the School Code; and

c)         to establish a uniform basis for the calculation of the costs for which districts will be responsible under Section 14-7.05 of the School Code.