281—98.12 (257,299A) Home school assistance program. The home school assistance program (HSAP) is a program for a specific category of students and is provided outside the basic educational program that is provided to regularly enrolled students by the school district.
	 98.12(1) Appropriate uses of categorical funding. Because the program is specifically instructional, expenditures generally are limited to the functions of instruction, student support services and staff support services. Appropriate uses of HSAP funding include, but are not limited to, the following:
	  a.   	 Salary and benefits for the supervising teacher of HSAP students. If the teacher is a part-time HSAP teacher and a part-time regular classroom teacher, then the portion of time that is related to HSAP may be charged to the program, but the portion of time that is related to the regular classroom shall not.
	  b.   	 Staff development for the HSAP teacher.
	  c.   	 Travel for the HSAP teacher.
	  d.   	 Resources, materials, software, supplies, and purchased services that:
	 (1) 	 Are necessary to provide the services of home school assistance, and
	 (2) 	 Will remain with the school district for its K-12 home school assistance program.
	 98.12(2) Inappropriate uses of categorical funding. Inappropriate uses of the home school assistance program funding include, but are not limited to, indirect costs or use charges; operational or maintenance costs; capital expenditures; student transportation; administrative costs; dual enrollment program costs, including postsecondary enrollment options Act classes, even if for the same student who is in HSAP; or any other expenditures not directly related to HSAP. The HSAP shall not provide moneys or resources paid for with HSAP funding to parents or students utilizing the program.
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