PREFACE

This manual was written to provide assistance to school districts seeking reimbursement from the Readers for the Blind Program (RBP), as authorized in Sections 178.160-178.180 RSMo.

STUDENT ELIGIBILITY

HELPFUL HANDOUTS:

Here are a few other helpful handouts that will get you through your first year:

Expenditure Coding

• Accounting Manual
• Special Education Expenditure Coding Structure

Guidance

• Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
• Excess Costs

High Need Fund (HNF)

The High Need Fund was established pursuant to Section 162.974, RSMo, to provide funding support for a Local Education Agency (LEA) with “High Need Students.” These students are special education students whose educational costs exceed three times the LEA’s current expenditure per Average Daily Attendance (ADA). Reimbursement to LEAs under the High Need Fund for qualifying students is made without regard to disability or placement. Students should NOT be claimed on the both the High Need Fund and Public Placement Fund applications.

Allocations

2026-27

• Data for FY27 Part B IDEA Allocations

2025-26

• 2025-2026 Part B 611 and ECSE 611 Allocations

General Information

• General Federal Guidance
• Cash Management and Improvement Act (CMIA) Information
  • Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA)

• Special Education Finance Calendar
• IDEA Part B 611 and 619 Payment Request Deadlines

Consideration When Forming a COOP

• Exhibit 10:  MOSIS Residency Status Information

Fiscal Guidance Information

• Coding Cooperative Expenditures

Charter schools are autonomous public schools, which receive the same funding from the same sources as other public schools.