Section 13-37-48.1 - Additional extraordinary special education costs.
13-37-48.1. Additional extraordinary special education costs. In addition to the purposes specified in § 13-37-40, money set aside pursuant to § 13-37-40 may be used by the Department of Education to establish and maintain a program to assist school districts with legal matters relating to special education, to employ personnel to audit school districts for compliance with the provisions of §§ 13-37-36.1 to 13-37-52, to establish and maintain state protocols to assist school districts in developing individualized education plans, to support activities under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities, or to purchase assistive technology for students with a level two, three, four, or five disability.
Any approved K-12 application under the extraordinary cost fund must be funded prior to funding the Part C requests.
Source: SL 1999, ch 90, § 9; SL 2001, ch 85, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63.