2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 162 School Districts
Section 162.975 (Repealed L. 2005 S.B. 287 § A)

162.975. 1. Each school district or special school district which provides approved special education services for handicapped or severely handicapped children under sections 162.670 to 162.995 or approved extended school year services for such children, shall be entitled under section 163.031, RSMo, to receive state aid. Additional state aid for such programs shall be allocated as follows in the following order of priority:

(1) A school district or special school district shall receive state aid for each child receiving services on homebound status or served by contractual arrangement with a private or public agency approved by the department of elementary and secondary education. The amount paid from state aid for such services shall be adjusted annually by the percent change in the appropriation of state funds to this section for the current fiscal year compared with that for the first preceding fiscal year.

(2) A school district or special school district shall receive state aid for approved extended school year services for handicapped or severely handicapped children. Prior to full implementation of subdivisions (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection, state aid paid for each approved staff member shall bear the same ratio to the amount payable for such staff during the immediate preceding school year as the ratio of the number of hours in the approved extended school year program bears to the number of hours in regular term programs for each respective school district or special school district approved under this section; provided that this amount shall be adjusted annually by the percentage change in the appropriation of state funds to this section for the current fiscal year compared with the appropriation level for the first preceding fiscal year. After full implementation of subdivisions (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection, state aid shall be paid for each approved staff in an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount payable for such staff during the immediate preceding school year as the ratio of the number of hours in the approved extended school year program bears to the number of hours in regular term programs for each respective school district or special school district approved pursuant to this section; provided that the amount payable per approved staff member pursuant to this subdivision for the year of full implementation of subdivisions (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection and thereafter shall be, on a prorated basis, two times the amount payable per approved staff member pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection for the current school year.

(3) The division of youth services within the Missouri department of social services shall receive state aid for approved special education services. State aid shall be paid for each full-time equivalent professional and paraprofessional staff member approved by the department of elementary and secondary education at the rate paid during the first full fiscal year preceding the year in which this section becomes effective plus an annual adjustment equal to the percent change in the appropriation of state funds to this section for the current fiscal year compared with the appropriation level for the first preceding year.

(4) A school district or special school district shall receive state aid for approved professional and paraprofessional staff who are employed or contracted to provide special education services for handicapped and severely handicapped children, including staff used by a school district or special school district to provide services before and after the normal school day for students attending nonpublic schools, who are in compliance with section 167.031, RSMo. Each school district or special school district employing or contracting for professional services or paraprofessional staff in the provision of special education services, as defined and approved by the department of elementary and secondary education, shall receive state aid at a full-time equivalent rate based upon the total allocation of funds pursuant to this subdivision, after sufficient funds are allocated for subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection. Paraprofessional staff shall be paid at one-half the rate paid full-time equivalents of professional staff and contractors.

(5) Each school district or special school district providing special education services for handicapped or severely handicapped children shall receive state aid pursuant to section 163.031, RSMo, for each such eligible pupil, and such school district shall receive state aid for each child domiciled in the district and enrolled in a nonpublic school, who are in compliance with section 167.031, RSMo. The per resident student rate paid for students enrolled in nonpublic schools shall be one-half that paid per eligible pupil for students enrolled in a school district or special school district.

(6) No more than fifty percent of the total state aid appropriated pursuant to subdivisions (4) and (5) of this subsection shall be distributed pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection. No less than fifty percent of the state aid appropriated pursuant to subdivisions (4) and (5) of this subsection shall be distributed pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection. A sufficient share of the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be appropriated pursuant to subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection to meet the requirements of those subdivisions. To the extent allowed by appropriations, the share of funds appropriated pursuant to subdivisions (4) and (5) of this subsection under subdivision (5) shall be increased until that share is equal to fifty percent, at which time subdivisions (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection shall be considered fully implemented, and such share shall remain equal to fifty percent for all years thereafter. No district shall receive less state aid under this section than received during the year preceding that when the phased implementation was begun.

(7) Contractors providing professional services funded under this section shall meet the state licensing and certification requirements appropriate to their contracted duties, as determined by the department of elementary and secondary education.

2. For approved special education and related services provided for handicapped and severely handicapped children under five years of age, but not under the age of three, entitlements for state aid established pursuant to this section and distributed pursuant to section 163.031, RSMo, shall not exceed ninety percent of the cost of the programs as specified in project applications and approved by the department of elementary and secondary education. Such programs shall not be eligible to receive funds allocated pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.

3. Each school district or special school district which provides an approved remedial reading program under provisions of sections 162.670 to 162.995 shall receive state aid established pursuant to this subsection and distributed pursuant to section 163.031, RSMo. The amount paid from state aid for such services per full-time equivalent remedial reading teacher shall be adjusted annually by the percentage change in the appropriation of state funds for the state school aid district entitlements as established pursuant to section 163.031, RSMo, for the current fiscal year compared with that for the first preceding fiscal year. Such programs shall not be eligible to receive funds allocated pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.

4. For approved programs for gifted children, districts shall receive state aid under section 163.031, RSMo, not to exceed seventy-five percent of the cost of instructional personnel and special materials listed in project applications and approved by the department of elementary and secondary education. Such programs shall not be eligible to receive funds allocated pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.