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Per 34 CFR 300 .17(a), FAPE means special education and related services that “are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge.” Similarly, 34 CFR 300 .39(a) provides “special education means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability,” which includes “instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings.”  \n34 CFR 300.39(b)(1) does clarify that “at no cost means that all specially-designed instruction is provided without charge, but does not preclude incidental fees that are normally charged to nondisabled students or their parents as a part of the regular education program.”  \nPer Part 401,“no public school district shall place any student in a special education program that is subject to the requirements of [Part 401]” unless “The Purchased Care Review Board has established the allowable costs for the program pursuant to Section 14-7.02 of the School Code.” 23 Ill. Adm. Code  \n401.110. Further,“Tuition charged to a public school district by a provider...shall not exceed the allowable costs approved pursuant to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 900 (Illinois Purchased Care Review Board) .” 23 Ill. Adm. Code 401 .280(a) .  \nISBE Guidance regarding the use of Assistive Technology – See Section E: Provision of Assistive  \nTechnology ( [https://www.isbe. net/Documents/Assistive-Technology-FAQ.pdf](https://www.isbe. net/Documents/Assistive-Technology-FAQ.pdf) )  \nIllinois Assistive Technology Guidance Manual ( [https://www.isbe. net/Documents/assist-tech-guidance](https://www.isbe. net/Documents/assist-tech-guidance)manual. pdf ) -See Page 35, Question re Repeatedly Damaged AT:  \n“Ultimately, when an IEP team determines that a student needs AT for purposes of achieving FAPE, the school or district is responsible for ensuring that the AT is provided, in working condition, when it is needed. IfAT is damaged at school or in an environment other than school, it is the responsibility of the school or district to make repairs to the AT or provide the same or comparable AT to the student. Repeated damage does not in any way reduce the school’s or district’s burden to provide access to the needed AT. Schools and districts may apply policies and procedures to recover costs related to such repeated damage in much the same way that costs are recovered for other damaged  \nschool-owned materials and equipment. That said, a student’s or a family’s inability to pay for such damages does not remove the school’s or district’s responsibility of providing needed AT to astudent.”  \nNonpublic programs should not be charging district or parents/guardians additional fees above or beyond what is in their established rate. Any extra fees must be optional and not necessary for a student to participate in instruction; otherwise, the program should request a new rate from the IPCRB to include the additional fee(s) .  \nAdditional school fees to families of students placed in nonpublic special education programs are permitted so long as they are optional and indicated as such to families. This document provides information on fees that may be considered allowable and those that may be problematic and not allowable for purposes of guidance to member schools.  \nNon-Public Special Education Allowable Fee Guidance Document • 2  \nNon-Allowable Costs  \nSection 900.321 Non-Allowable Costs and Revenue Offsets  \nA) . Non-allowable costs. The following shall be considered non-allowable or non-reimbursable costs:  \n1) . 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