Wednesday, July 3, 2024
The Gatesville Independent School District will receive a payment of $488,099 for Medicaid reimbursements for students in early 2024, Darrell Frazier, chief financial officer for the district, told the GISD Board of Trustees at an April 17 meeting.
"It takes a while to get reimbursed from the government," Frazier said. This is one payment in a recurring series of payments, he noted. "We budget around $700,000 and will reduce it to the $650,000 range. They have made changes that make it more difficult to qualify for reimbursement."
While the number of students being served in GISD's special education programs is rising, "the Medicaid reimbursement numbers are not going up quite as fast," Frazier said. The Medicaid funds help to offset additional costs the district incurs in working with special education students.
"The special education department works very hard documenting all these services," he said. "It's a big deal, and it takes a lot of work on the part of our staff."
GISD's Medicaid reimbursement has risen steadily over the years.
"When it first started during the 2013-2014 school year, the district received $165,000 (in reimbursements)," Frazier said.
