OAR 581-015-2025: Advanced Payment to School Districts for Special Education Programs

(1) In accordance with ORS 343.670, the Department may make advance payments to a school district or education service district that operates a special education program approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (2) Advance payments paid by the Oregon Department of Education to the school or education service district will be made quarterly. (3) The first three advance payments will be calculated either upon the district's reimbursement for the prior year or the district's estimated costs for special education for the coming school year, at the discretion of the Department. (4) The fourth payment will be based upon the district's approved reimbursement for the current claim less the three advance payments. (5) In no event will the fourth payment be remitted until the Department has completed the final auditing of a district's claim.