HF 4569 Summary

• Modifies special education aid calculation to include on-site education program adjustment aid as a new component beginning in fiscal year 2020.

• Authorizes school districts to receive 20 percent of unreimbursed costs for nonresident students placed in on-site education programs at residential care and treatment facilities.

• Adjusts aid reduction percentages for resident districts when students attend other districts: 85 percent for fiscal year 2020 and 80 percent for fiscal year 2021 and later, with full reimbursement (100 percent) for high-intensity special education charter schools serving at least 70 percent special education students.

• Requires the department to establish procedures to track third-party billing revenues as special education revenue and exclude such revenues from excess cost aid calculations.

• Applies phased percentage decreases (90 percent to 75 percent) for minimum aid to school districts between fiscal years 2020 and 2023 to account for increased state funding.