282.27 - CHILDREN LIVING IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS OR INSTITUTIONS -- PAYMENT.
282.27 CHILDREN LIVING IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS OR
INSTITUTIONS -- PAYMENT.
The public school district in which is located a psychiatric unit
of a hospital licensed under chapter 135B or a psychiatric medical
institution for children licensed under chapter 135H, which is not
operated by the state, shall be responsible for the provision of
educational services to children residing in the unit or institution.
Children residing in the unit or institution shall be included in the
basic enrollment of their districts of residence, as defined in
section 282.31, subsection 4.
The board of directors of each district of residence shall pay to
the school district in which is located such psychiatric unit or
institution, for the provision of educational services to the child,
a portion of the district of residence's district cost per pupil for
each of such children based upon the proportion that the time each
child is provided educational services while in such unit or
institution is to the total time for which the child is provided
educational services during a normal school year. Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1230, § 10