Funds are awarded to the OSDE by the United States Department of Education (USDE), Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), to "flow-through" to the LEA contingent upon an LEA's application for Part B funds.
IDEA Part B funds are awarded on the basis of noncompetitive application.
Section 611 - Flow-through funds are for children with disabilities aged three through twenty-one, and are awarded on a formula based on:
Section 619 - Preschool funds are earmarked for children with disabilities aged three through five, and are awarded on a formula based on:
Agreement, Assurances & Applications | Opening Date | Closing Date |
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Assurances | May 1, 2020 | July 1, 2020 |
LEA Agreement | May 20, 2020 | July 1, 2020 |
High Need Application | May 1, 2020 | July 24, 2020 |
Final Fiscal Year Submission | August 1, 2020 | |
FY2019 Closeout | September 2, 2020 | |
Part II Budget Application | July 1, 2020 | October 31, 2020 |
Project 615 Professional Development Application | December 1, 2020 |
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 granted states the flexibility to set aside a percent of the funds reserved for state-level activities to establish a funding mechanism that would reimburse local educational agencies (LEAs) for costs of high needs students with disabilities (34 § 300.704(c)). The out-of-state residential placement is Tier I of Oklahoma’s high needs fund. Tier 2 includes funding for all other high needs students with excessive costs to the LEA.
Per pupil expenditure for FY 2020 for the Tier II High Need Student Application is $9,213.95. The amount needed for a student to qualify is 3 X the average per pupil expenditure which totals $27,641.85 and the total cost of all high need students in the LEA must be at least ten percent (10%) of the LEA’s 2018-2019 IDEA Flow-Through allocation.
The Oklahoma State Department of Education pursuant to the OSDE’s memorandum of understanding with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority has entered into an agreement with Oklahoma public schools to file claims on their behalf through our contracted vendor, Public Consulting Group. This will provide public schools with an Oklahoma Health Care Authority SoonerCare referral number, collect and monitor public schools special education records for all children receiving health services and assist OHCA in verifying that there is no private insurance for each SoonerCare-eligible child who is receiving services under the memorandum of understanding.