Under existing law, certain hospitals and other facilities that are licensed in this State to provide residential treatment to children and also operate a licensed private school are authorized to request reimbursement from the school district or charter school in which a child is enrolled for the cost of providing educational services to a child who is verified to be a patient or resident of the hospital or facility and who attends the private school for more than 7 school days. (NRS 387.1225) Upon receiving such a request for reimbursement, a school district or charter school is required to determine the amount of the reimbursement owed to the hospital or other facility by converting the adjusted base per pupil funding or the statewide base per pupil funding amount, as applicable, for the school district or charter school that the child would otherwise attend into a daily rate. If the child is a pupil with a disability and the hospital or facility meets certain requirements, the daily rate of reimbursement to which the hospital or facility is entitled is increased by the statewide multiplier for the pupil. (NRS 387.1225) The statewide base per pupil funding amount, adjusted base per pupil funding and statewide multiplier are established pursuant to the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan, which is the formula for the distribution of state financial aid to public schools in this State. (NRS 387.121, 387.1214, 387.122) Section 1 of this bill likewise authorizes a hospital or other facility that is licensed in this State, operates a licensed private school and provides outpatient, rather than residential, treatment to a child to request such reimbursement from the school district or charter school in which the child is enrolled if: (1) the school district or charter school verifies that the child is a patient of the hospital or facility; (2) the child attends the private school for more than 7 school days; and (3) the child is a pupil with a disability who previously received special education and related services under the authority of the school district or charter school in which the child is enrolled.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 387.1225
BDR: 387.1225