Training Materials and Useful Tools

A series of training webinars are offered annually to assist districts in filing both year-end and extraordinary relief claims. Topics typically include: program overview, claiming services at approved private programs, claiming services at pubic programs and collaboratives, claiming in-district services, claiming out-of-district transportation and claiming using collaborative cumulative credit.

Training sessions are recorded. To obtain credentials to access replays of past trainings, please contact your Circuit Breaker liaison.

FY24 Relief Information

• FY24 Extraordinary Relief and Reserve Relief Overview

• Memo regarding Relief reimbursement payments — April 23, 2024

Materials Referenced in Training Webinars

• Circuit Breaker Best Practices Guidelines

• FY2024 Circuit Breaker Private Special Education Program Rates (CB7)

• Sample claim form for in-district services

• Sample claim form for out-of-district services

• Cycle Conversion Chart

• Collaborative Cumulative Credit Worksheet

• Guidelines for Claiming Additional Services

• Guidelines for Claiming Transportation and Transportation-Related Services

• Notification of intent to seek approval for Individual Student Program (ISP) and request for pricing authorization

• Individual Price Authorization (IPA) form for services under $20 per hour

• Individual Price Authorization (IPA) requests for services over $20 per hour

Additional Links

• Special Education Services Calculator

• Mass Finance VendorWeb

• Special Education Pricing at Commonwealth's Operational Services Division (OSD)

• Instructions for access to the Special Education File Exchange dropbox (Security Portal)

• District Resources with Access to DESE Security Portal

Last Updated: April 23, 2024