Funding for Special Education. The District intends that DSST be credited for a proportionate share of funding provided under the Exceptional Children’s Educational Act, C.R.S. §§ 00-00-000 et seq. (excluding funding, if any, the District obtains through the “high cost pool”), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401 et seq. (IDEA) for special education including its proportionate share of excess costs, if any, collected to support special education of students enrolled at the School and under the English Language Proficiency Act, C.R.S. §§ 00-00-000 et seq., for students who are second language learners, and other federal and state grant sources, to the extent that DSST complies with the conditions and requirements, including reporting requirements of such grants and applicable law. In consideration of any contracted services provided by the District relating to students with disabilities, the District shall be reimbursed through a deduction from the per pupil funding provided DSST in the amount of the District’s total net special education costs (not including transportation costs but including credit for state and federal funding for students with disabilities), divided by the total District funded FTE pupil count (including DSST) and then multiplied by the School’s total funded FTE pupils, and less the credit, if any, for authorized DSST special education teachers hired as provided in Sections 5.6.5 and 7.1.6.1 herein. (See the formula set forth in Section 7.1.6.3 herein.) In exchange for said reimbursement, the District and DSST will provide special education services described in this agreement to eligible students with disabilities under the IDEA. DSST may apply for state and federal funding, if any, that is provided for gifted and talented students and for other state and federal categorical programs on the same basis as other District schools, to the extent that DSST is serving students who are eligible for such aid, complies with the conditions and requirements of such programs and applicable law, fulfills the reporting requirements under such programs, and is not purchasing services under such programs from the District.
