Sec.17a-17-3. Per diem payment for educational services

(a) Per diem payments will be made to a treatment center based on the total number of educational days provided to an individual child or minor in an APSEP.

(b) Per diem payments for APSEP will correspond to the total number of educational days provided. In no event shall an LEA be required to pay or reimburse an APSEP pursuant to this regulation for cost of education provided for a child or minor for more than 30 days after the initial placement under the following circumstances:

(1) If the LEA has determined that appropriate educational services cannot be provided to the child or minor at the APSEP; or

(2) If the LEA has determined that the child can be educated in the local public school and the department agrees that provision of education in the local public school will not significantly impair the department's ability to address the noneducational reasons upon which the placement was made.

(c) The standard school year for the purposes of computing the per diem payment rate for educational services shall be no less than 180 days in accordance with Connecticut General Statute 10-16. Any variation from the standard school year may be prescribed in the IEP for a specific child or other minor served by the APSEP.

(d) Per diem payment rates for educational services shall be computed in accordance with Section 17a-17-12 and other applicable sections of these regulations.

(Effective February 1, 1994)