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125A.65 Attendance at academies for the deaf and blind.

Subdivision 1. Responsibility allocated. Responsibility for special instruction and services for a visually disabled or hearing impaired child attending the Minnesota state academy for the deaf or the Minnesota state academy for the blind must be determined in subdivisions 2 to 10.

Subd. 2. Child's legal residence. The legal residence of the child is the district in which the child's parent or guardian resides.

Subd. 3. Educational program; tuition. When it is determined pursuant to section 125A.69, subdivision 1 or 2, that the child is entitled to attend either school, the board of the Minnesota state academies must provide the appropriate educational program for the child. The board of the Minnesota state academies must make a tuition charge to the child's district of residence for the cost of providing the program. The amount of tuition charged must not exceed the basic revenue of the district for that child, for the amount of time the child is in the program. For purposes of this subdivision, "basic revenue" has the meaning given it in section 126C.10, subdivision 2. The district of the child's residence must pay the tuition and may claim general education aid for the child. Tuition received by the board of the Minnesota state academies, except for tuition received under subdivision 4, must be deposited in the state treasury as provided in subdivision 8.

Subd. 4. Unreimbursed costs. In addition to the tuition charge allowed in subdivision 3, the academies may charge the child's district of residence for the academy's unreimbursed cost of providing an instructional aide assigned to that child, if that aide is required by the child's individual education plan. Tuition received under this paragraph must be used by the academies to provide the required service.

Subd. 5. Providing appropriate educational programs. When it is determined that the child can benefit from public school enrollment but that the child should also remain in attendance at the applicable school, the district where the institution is located must provide an appropriate educational program for the child and must make a tuition charge to the board of the Minnesota state academies for the actual cost of providing the program, less any amount of aid received pursuant to section 125A.75. The board of the Minnesota state academies must pay the tuition and other program costs including the unreimbursed transportation costs. Aids for children with a disability must be paid to the district providing the special instruction and services. Special transportation must be provided by the district providing the educational program and the state must reimburse that district within the limits provided by law.

Subd. 6. Tuition reduction. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 3 and 5, the board of the Minnesota state academies may agree to make a tuition charge for less than the amount specified in subdivision 3 for pupils attending the applicable school who are residents of the district where the institution is located and who do not board at the institution, if that district agrees to make a tuition charge to the board of the Minnesota state academies for less than the amount specified in subdivision 5 for providing appropriate educational programs to pupils attending the applicable school.

Subd. 7. Staff allocation. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 3 and 5, the board of the Minnesota state academies may agree to supply staff from the Minnesota state academy for the deaf and the Minnesota state academy for the blind to participate in the programs provided by the district where the institutions are located when the programs are provided to students in attendance at the state schools.

Subd. 8. Student count; tuition. On May 1 of each year, the board of the Minnesota state academies shall count the actual number of Minnesota resident kindergarten and elementary students and the actual number of Minnesota resident secondary students enrolled and receiving education services at the Minnesota state academy for the deaf and the Minnesota state academy for the blind. The board of the Minnesota state academies shall deposit in the state treasury an amount equal to all tuition received less:

(1) the total number of students on May 1 less 175, times the ratio of the number of kindergarten and elementary students to the total number of students on May 1, times the general education formula allowance; plus

(2) the total number of students on May 1 less 175, times the ratio of the number of secondary students on May 1 to the total number of students on May 1, times 1.3, times the general education formula allowance.

Subd. 9. Calculation. The sum provided by the calculation in subdivision 8, clauses (1) and (2), must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general operation account of the academy for the deaf and the academy for the blind.

Subd. 10. Annual appropriation. There is annually appropriated to the department for the Minnesota state academies the tuition amounts received and credited to the general operation account of the academies under this section. A balance in an appropriation under this paragraph does not cancel but is available in successive fiscal years.

HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 1 s 17; 1961 c 559 s 2; 1961 c 690 s 1; 1965 c 241 s 1-3; 1967 c 872 s 1; 1969 c 981 s 2-5; 1971 c 689 s 1-3; 1973 c 683 s 1,2; 1975 c 162 s 41; 1975 c 321 s 2; 1975 c 432 s 8-10; 1976 c 211 s 1-6; 1976 c 271 s 13-18; 1977 c 447 art 3 s 1-4; 1977 c 449 s 12; 1978 c 733 s 1; 1978 c 764 s 3-5; 1978 c 793 s 61; 1979 c 334 art 2 s 1,2; art 3 s 2,3; 1980 c 509 s 30; 1981 c 358 art 1 s 1; art 3 s 2-7; 1982 c 424 s 28,29,130; 1982 c 548 art 3 s 1-3; 1983 c 247 s 55; 1983 c 258 s 13; 1983 c 314 art 1 s 22; art 3 s 1; 1984 c 463 art 3 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 3 s 2-8; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 24; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 2-14; 1988 c 486 s 2-5; 1988 c 629 s 24; 1988 c 718 art 3 s 1; art 6 s 2; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 329 art 3 s 1-3; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 1,2,38; art 11 s 1; 1991 c 292 art 6 s 58 subd 2; 1992 c 499 art 3 s 1-7; art 11 s 1; 1993 c 224 art 3 s 1-9; art 14 s 3; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 647 art 3 s 2-8,34; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 3 s 1-3; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 2 s 1,2; art 3 s 1-3; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 35,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 6 s 1; 1999 c 241 art 2 s 22-27

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