In addition to the requirements under RSA 194-F:2, I and RSA 194-F:4, VIII, the following shall apply to EFA funds:
- (a) Pursuant to RSA 194-F:2, EFAs shall be equivalent to the per pupil adequate education grant amount under RSA 198:40-a, plus any differentiated aid that would have been provided to a public school for that eligible student;
- (b) Fund transfers shall be made to the scholarship organization in accordance with the distribution of adequate education grants under RSA 198:42 and Ed 804.03; and
- (c) A pupil shall be eligible for the differentiated aid amount set forth in RSA 198:40-a, II(d) for EFAs under RSA 194-F if there has been a determination of eligibility for special education by a qualified examiner for each assessment, as defined and enumerated in ED 1107.04 Table 1100.1, in accordance with 34 CFR 300.300-300.311.:
(d) Such determination of eligibility for special education in (c) above may be completed:
- (1) At the expense of the parent or guardian, and such expense shall be a qualifying EFA expense; or
- (2) At no expense to the parent or guardian by the student’s resident district, pursuant to ED 1105.02.
- (e) The student’s resident distract shall notify the parent or guardian in writing of determinations made under (d)(2) above.
- (f) A pupil with a disabling condition, as determined by a medical professional licensed in any state in the United States in accordance with Ed 804.01(c), shall not be considered a child with a disability, through an appropriate evaluation, in accordance with 34 CFR 300.304-300.311 and as such, does not qualify for the equitable services funds pursuant to 34 CFR 300.138.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Ed 800) #13345, eff 2-22-22