Section 125A.16 Placement in State Institution; Responsibility - Minnesota Statutes

125A.16 PLACEMENT IN STATE INSTITUTION; RESPONSIBILITY.

(a) Responsibility for special instruction and services for a child with a disability placed in a state institution on a temporary basis must be determined in the following manner:

(1) the legal residence of the child is the district in which the child's parent resides, if living, or the child's guardian; and

(2) when the educational needs of the child can be met through the institutional program, the costs for the instruction must be paid by the department to which the institution is assigned with exception of children placed in fee-for-service facilities operated by the commissioner of corrections whose cost for such instruction shall be paid as outlined in section 125A.15.

(b) When it is determined that the child can benefit from public school enrollment, provision for the instruction shall be made in the following manner:

(1) determination of eligibility for special instruction and services must be made by the commissioner and the commissioner of the department responsible for the institution;

(2) the district where the institution is located is responsible for providing transportation and an appropriate educational program for the child and must make a tuition charge to the child's district of residence for the actual cost of providing the program; and

(3) the district of the child's residence shall pay the tuition and other program costs excluding transportation costs and may claim general education aid for the child. Transportation costs must be paid by the district where the institution is located and the state must pay transportation aid to that district.

History:

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 34,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 2 s 12