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Code · Missouri · Chapter 178

178.297.

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178.297. Cost of programs, how paid — school district may contract with other district to provide services, when — failure of contracting district to pay, procedure. — 1. Each school district, except school districts which are a part of a special school district, and special school districts constituting the domicile of any handicapped or severely handicapped child for whom special educational services are provided pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 178.296 , shall pay toward the cost for the educational services the amounts provided in section 162.970 .
Each school district, other than special school districts, constituting the domicile of any nonhandicapped child for whom an educational program is provided pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 178.296 shall pay toward the cost of such educational program the per-pupil cost of the district providing the educational program which exceeds the state aid per pupil of such district; however, the district providing the educational program shall not exceed maximum allowable costs as determined by the state board of education.
A school district providing an educational program pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 178.296 shall authenticate costs in a manner acceptable to the state board of education. A school district in which county- or court-operated facilities for the care and protection of juveniles are located may contract with another school district, government agency or private agency to provide the education program required by subsection 1 of section 178.296 . Each receiving district shall annually submit a plan of expenditures for such students to the state department of elementary and secondary education for its approval of charges for students which are received by the district.
2. The amounts, as provided in subsection 1 of this section, for which the domiciliary school district or special school district is responsible, shall be paid by such district directly to the serving district. The serving district may send written vouchers for payment as provided in section 162.970 and in event the responsible district fails to pay the appropriate amount within the time allowed in such section, the department of elementary and secondary education shall proceed in the manner provided therein to enforce payment.
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(L. 1982 S.B. 466 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4, A.L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. merged with S.B. 163)
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