Whenever a child with a disability must temporarily reside in a residential facility, boarding home, or foster home in order to receive an appropriate special education program, the State of Nebraska shall provide for the ordinary and reasonable cost of the residential care during the duration of the special education program. The state shall not be required to pay such cost unless placement of the child in a special education program requiring residential care was made by the school district of residence with the prior approval of the department or was made pursuant to sections 79-1162 to 79-1167.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-1147

  • Child with a disability: means any person having a disability listed in section 79-1118. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1117
  • Department: means the State Department of Education. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1118
  • Residential care: means food and lodging and any other related expenses which are not a part of the education program, but residential care does not include expenditures for medical or dental services. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1122
  • School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Chapter 79. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • Special education: means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents or guardians, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including classroom instruction, instruction in physical education, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals and institutions. See Nebraska Statutes 79-1125
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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