Section 900.331  Reimbursement for Allowable Costs

a)         ISBE will reimburse districts for allowable costs based on the days of enrollment in a program at a nonpublic school approved by ISBE or approved for emergency and student-specific placement pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226.330(g) or (i).

b)         ISBE will reimburse school districts based on allowable costs approved by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board, subject to appropriation.

c)         Terms of enrollment shall be as contracted for by the school district.

d)         ISBE will reimburse school districts for room and board payments only when no other State agency is involved in the placement of the child.  (See Sections 14-7.02 and 14-8.01 of the School Code.)

e)         A school district shall receive no reimbursement for any portion of an established rate that a third-party payor has covered.

f)         Other State agencies may reimburse for costs that are otherwise nonreimbursable, but their responsibility for so doing shall be limited by their own rules and procedures regarding such payments.  To the extent that no other State agency has responsibility for these costs, parents or other responsible parties will be assumed to have accepted responsibility for these costs.  In no event shall State agencies, parents or other parties be allowed to pay for special education, related services and room and board fees in excess of the costs determined allowable by the Board for a child placed only by a local school district.  Any such payments made by entities other than ISBE for a child placed only by the local school district shall only be used to offset the allowable costs for special education, related services and/or room and board approved by the Board for that particular student.

g)         Nothing in this Part will preclude a public school district from placing a student in a program pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226.330(g) or (i) while allowable costs are being established by the Board.

(Source:  Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 13299, effective July 13, 2022)