Ariz. Admin. Code § 7-2-1507

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R7-2-1507 - Use of Funds

A. The Department shall establish and maintain a database of approved expenses and disallowed expenses for the current and upcoming fiscal years pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-2401 et seq, and this Article. The Department shall make the database available to parents online and disaggregate the approved expenses by eligibility category.

B. The Department shall establish a process to review an expense before making an administrative decision to deny the expense. The Department shall provide a copy of the process to the Board and include the process in the handbook adopted pursuant to R7-2-1503.

C. The Department shall not request repayment for an expense it has approved for a specific ESA. The Department shall treat similar expenditures by similarly situated account holders in the same manner. This Section does not create authorization for an account holder to expend funds in a manner not permitted by statute.

D. The Department shall consider all account holder requests for MCC Code expansions. Any MCC code exceptions granted to one parent, shall be extended to all parents within five business days.

E. Pursuant to R7-2-1511, a parent who has had an expense disallowed by the Department may file a written request for a hearing within 30 days after being served the notice of the disallowed expense.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-2-1507

Adopted by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 2881, effective 1/1/2021. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 180, effective 12/13/2021. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 542, effective 1/23/2023.