The following costs are allowable for nursing assistant training:

1. (1) Nursing assistant transportation expenses. The dollar amount of transportation expenses paid directly to or reimbursed for the nursing assistant to attend training or to travel to a nursing assistant competency evaluation site;
2. (2) Books. The dollar amount spent for books purchased specifically for use in the nursing assistant training program;

3. (3)

   1. (A) Instructional equipment.
   2. (B) The dollar amount spent for equipment.
   3. (C) Examples include, but are not limited to, SMARTBoards, iPads, Apple TV, Chromebooks, multi-media projectors, and DVDs purchased specifically for use in the nursing assistant training program;
4. (4) Instructional videos. The dollar amount spent for things such as instructional videos purchased specifically for use in the nursing assistant training program;
5. (5) Other training materials. The dollar amount spent for other approved training materials purchased specifically for use in the nursing assistant training program;

6. (6)

   1. (A) Training space.
   2. (B) The dollar amount spent for the rent of classroom space (outside the facility) and things such as lab equipment specifically for the nursing assistant training program.
   3. (C) Construction costs for training facilities will not be authorized;

7. (7)

   1. (A) Instructor wages.
   2. (B) The dollar amount of wages paid to the nursing assistant instructor for training time, only while the nursing assistant instructor is not included in the nursing facility’s staffing pattern providing nursing services.
   3. (C) Facilities should not include the time spent proctoring the skills test as a training activity for reimbursement.
   4. (D) Information reported to the Department of Human Services on Form DMS-755 is strictly for training, not testing activity;

8. (8)

   1. (A) Instructor fringe benefits.
   2. (B) The dollar amount paid for fringe benefits to the nursing assistant instructor is for their training services only.
   3. (C) The nursing assistant instructor is not to be included in the nursing facility's staffing pattern for providing nursing services;
9. (9) Nursing assistant consultant training fees. The dollar amount paid to a consultant trainer for nursing assistant training;
10. (10) Consultant reimbursable expenses. The dollar amount paid to a consultant trainer for reimbursable expenses such as travel and lodging;

11. (11)

    1. (A) Instructor workshop fees.
    2. (B) The amount of tuition and registration fees paid for nursing assistant training program instructors to attend instructor workshops.
    3. (C) Instructor workshops must meet requirements established by the Office of Long-Term Care to qualify for reimbursement and participants must be approved for attendance by the office;
12. (12) Instructor workshop travel expenses. Travel expenses and lodging paid directly or reimbursed for nursing assistant training program instructors to attend instructor workshops; and

13. (13)

    1. (A) Nursing assistant training tuition.
    2. (B) The dollar amount spent on tuition for employees, and potential employees given a letter of intent dated within twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of the completion of training, to attend nursing assistant training in an approved nonfacility training program.
    3. (C) The actual amount of tuition paid for a student, up to a maximum of four hundred eighty dollars ($480) per student, will be reimbursed as allowable cost.
    4. (D) This amount is based on the provision of the minimum ninety (90) hours training required by the department.