High Cost Special Education Categorical Aid Program/Keeping the Promise

Wisconsin Act 2005 created a new state categorical aid program beginning in 2006-07 for eligible costs incurred during the 2005-06 school year. This aid program is intended to assist school boards, CESA boards of control, county children with disabilities education boards, and charter schools authorized under 118.40(2r) with meeting the needs of high cost special education students. These entities are eligible for high cost special education categorical aid if they incurred, in the previous school year, more than $30,000 of non-administrative costs for providing special education and related services to a child, and those costs are not eligible for reimbursement under the state special education and school age parents categorical aid, the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act, or the federal Medicaid program. The state categorical aid appropriation for aid paid in the 2007-08 school year was $3,500,000.

In addition to the $3.5 million of state categorical aid, State Superintendent Burmaster allocated $1.9 million from the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) appropriation. This additional funding is a continuation of the state superintendent's commitment to support students with severe or multiple disabilities.

• News release on High-Cost Special Education Aid

• Wisconsin State Statute 115.881. Scroll down to Public Instruction, Chapter 115.

• Administrative Rule - PI 30

• Eligible Applicants
  School Districts
  Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs)
  County Children with Disabilities Education Boards (CCDEBs)
  Charter Schools – Authorized under ss. 118.40(2r) Wis. Stats.
  

• Timeline
  December 1, 2008 - Claim Form Due Date
  June 2009 - Aid Payment: On or before the third Monday in June

• Resources
  Questions and Answers (Updated 06/13)
  PowerPoint
  Webcast: High Cost Categorical Aid Program (Added 6/30/08)
  

• Claim Form
  PI-1570 Grant Aid Claim Form and Signature Page (Revised for 2007-2008 data for aid paid in 2008-2009)

• Aid Payment Information
  Aids Paid 2003-2004 - 2007-2008

• Contact Information:
  Program Contact: Barbara Ebben (608) 266-5583 barbara.ebben@dpi.wi.gov
  Grant Claim Form: Janette Gosdeck (608) 267-9218 janette.gosdeck@dpi.wi.gov
  

For questions about this information, contact dpifin@dpi.wi.gov (608) 267-9114

Last updated on 7/7/2008 9:24:56 AM