Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-40-48

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 91-40-48 - Use of funds and equipment

(a) Subject to subsection (d), an agency may use state and federal funds to make personnel available at locations other than at its facilities to the extent necessary to provide special education and related services to exceptional children enrolled in private schools, if those services are not normally provided by the private schools.

(b) Subject to subsection (d), an agency may use state and federal funds to pay for the services of an employee of a private school to provide special education and related services if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The employee performs the services outside of the employee's regular hours of duty.

(2) The employee performs the services under public supervision and control.

(c)

(1) Subject to subsection (d), an agency may use state and federal funds to provide for the special education and related services needs of exceptional children enrolled in private schools, but shall not use those funds for either of the following purposes:

(A) To enhance the existing level of instruction in the private school or to otherwise generally benefit the private school; or

(B) to generally benefit the needs of all students enrolled in the private school.

(2) Each agency shall ensure that special education and related services provided to exceptional children enrolled in private schools are provided in a secular and nonideological manner.

(d) An agency's authority to use federal funds under this regulation shall be limited to providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.

(e) An agency shall not offer or maintain classes that are organized separately on the basis of public or private school enrollment or the religion of the students, if the classes offered to students are provided at the same site and the classes include students enrolled in a public school and students enrolled in a private school.

(f)

(1) An agency shall keep title to, and exercise continuing administrative control over, all property, equipment, and supplies that are acquired by the agency to be used for the benefit of exceptional children enrolled in private schools.

(2) An agency may place equipment and supplies in a private school, to the extent allowed by law, for the period of time needed to provide special education and related services to exceptional children enrolled in the school.

(g)

(1) An agency shall ensure that any equipment or supplies placed in a private school are used to provide special education and related services and can be removed from the private school without the necessity of remodeling the private school.

(2) An agency shall remove its equipment or supplies from a private school if either of the following conditions exists:

(A) The equipment or supplies are no longer needed to provide special education or related services to students enrolled in the private school.

(B) Removal is necessary to avoid unauthorized use of the equipment or supplies.

(h) An agency shall not use public funds to construct, remodel, or repair any private school facility.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-40-48

Authorized by K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-963; implementing K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-966; effective May 19, 2000; amended March 21, 2008.