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Subject: High Need Fund Pro Rata Application due March 1, 2006
Source: Shelley Witherbee, Supervisor, Funds Management

Intended Audience: Special Education Directors, District Administrators

Date: February 1, 2006

Districts must complete and submit the High Need Fund Pro Rata Application for any student with a disability, regardless of placement or category of disability, whose educational costs are expected to exceed three times the Current Expenditure per Average Daily Attendance
(ADA) amount. The due date for the application is March 1, 2006. The High Need Fund Pro Rata Application and the Current Expenditure per ADA amount may be found at http://www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Finance/HighNeedIndex.html.  Additional information for targeted students and instructions for submission are located on the application form.

The purpose of this application is to ascertain the projected costs for the 2005-06 school year. Districts submitting projected costs via this application will receive a prorated reimbursement prior to July 1, 2006.
The projected costs should cover the entire 12 month period from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, and may include: Instruction, Paraprofessionals, Related Services, Transportation, Tuition, Assistive Technology, and any other related costs associated with educating the student.

Actual costs by student will be collected after July 1, 2006, and reconciled with this application for a final payment.

For questions, please contact Shelley Witherbee at (573) 522-2523.

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Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Division of Special Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Email:  webreplyspe@dese.mo.gov
Phone: 573-751-5739   Fax:  573-526-4404

Revised: February 01, 2006

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