Bill > A5220

Introduced Session

This bill would permit an approved private school for students with disabilities (APSSD) to include in the calculation of the certified actual cost per student a total maximum hourly rate for a licensed healthcare provider it hires as a consultant that does not exceed the Statewide average hourly rate paid to these individuals by county special services school districts and educational services commissions. Currently, under State law the APSSD may not charge a tuition rate to sending school districts which exceeds the actual cost per student, and State Board of Education regulations determine which costs are permitted to be included in the calculation of the actual cost per student. Currently, the hourly rate paid by an APSSD to psychiatrists and physicians with proper medical credentials is limited to the maximum allowable salary which may be paid by the APSSD to its chief school administrators, executive directors, or directors, or the hourly breakdown of this amount. If a psychiatrist or physician charges the APSSD a higher rate, the APSSD may not include the excess amount in the tuition rate charged to school districts.

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Mila Jasey (D)*,  Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee (on 06/10/2019)