Special Education Separate Sites and Programs Aid

Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "special education separate site and program" means a public separate day school facility attended by students with disabilities for 50 percent or more of their school day. Subd. 2. Eligibility for special education separate sites and programs aid. An education cooperative under section 471.59, education district under section 123A.15, service cooperative under section 123A.21, or intermediate school district under section 136D.01 qualifies for additional state funding to special education separate sites and programs for every kindergarten through grade 12 child with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, served in a special education separate site or program as defined in subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Uses of special education separate sites and programs aid. Additional state funding to special education separate sites and programs under this section may be used for the same purposes as are permitted for state special education aid under section 125A.76. Subd. 4. Special education separate sites and programs aid. For fiscal year 2024 and later, additional state funding to special education separate sites and programs equals $1,689 times the adjusted kindergarten through grade 12 pupil units served in special education separate sites and programs under subdivision 1.