Special Education: Mental Health Services (State)

Funding Description

Funds are apportioned to special education local plan areas (SELPAs) based on average daily attendance (ADA). They are used to support all mental health-related services to students with or without an individualized education program pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and as described in the California Education Code sections 56363 and 56836.07.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Funds must be used to support all mental health-related services to students with or without an individualized education program.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Local educational agencies must have an approved SELPA Local Plan on file with the California Department of Education.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	California Education Code Section 56836.07; Budget item 6100-161-0001(14)
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2022-23
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6546 / 8590
Total Available	$422,334,000
Recipient Amount	Statewide SELPAs rate: $71.5833553563 per ADA; LA Court School rate: $0.5272775220 per ADA
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Funds for each SELPA are based on ADA reported for the 2019-20 Second Principal Apportionment multiplied by a rate per ADA. An adjustment is made to the rate per ADA, consistent with existing law, for the Los Angeles Juvenile Court and Community School SELPA.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	February 17, 2023

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Mental Health Services [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/se/sep1appnform04.asp]
Other	Principal Apportionment amounts are calculated three times for each fiscal year. The First Principal Apportionment (P-1) is certified by February 20th, the Second Principal Apportionment (P-2) is certified by June 25th and the Annual calculation is certified by February 20th of the following year (with that year's P-1 certification).

Contacts

Program	Monica Pecarovich, 916-327-3535, mpecarovich@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Tami Lam, 916-322-4664, tlam@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division, 916-324-4541