§ 16-24-17. Payment for services.
No school district shall pay to any provider of either health or educational services to children with disabilities under this title any charges in excess of the rate currently being charged by the provider to any other public or private purchaser for the basic services, including any charges for room and board, nor shall the school district pay any charges in excess of the rate currently being charged by the provider to any other public or private purchaser for any other services deemed necessary by the individual education program. The school districts may request from the provider one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the start of their fiscal year a rate for services to be rendered for the ensuing fiscal year and the providers shall not change the rates during the ensuing fiscal year.
History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 26; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 26.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-24-1. - Duty of school committee to provide special education.
Section 16-24-2. - Regulations of state board.
Section 16-24-3. - Annual census of children with disabilities.
Section 16-24-4. - Transportation.
Section 16-24-5. - Joint facilities for special instruction.
Section 16-24-6. - Special education fund — Allocations to communities.
Section 16-24-6.1. - Repealed.
Section 16-24-6.2. - Repealed.
Section 16-24-7. - “Mentally retarded minors” defined.
Section 16-24-8, 16-24-9. - Repealed.
Section 16-24-10. - Arrangements by cities and towns having small numbers of retarded children.
Section 16-24-11. - Transportation for retarded children.
Section 16-24-14, 16-24-15. - Repealed.
Section 16-24-16. - Approved centers.