La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XLIII-204
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XLIII-204 - Maintenance of EffortA. General. Except as provided in §205 and 206, funds provided to an LEA under Part B of the IDEA shall not be used to reduce the level of expenditures for the education of students with disabilities made by the LEA from local funds below the level of those expenditures for the preceding fiscal year.B. Standard 1. Except as provided in Subparagraph B.2 of this Section, the LDE shall determine that an LEA complies with Subsection A of this Section for purposes of establishing the LEA's eligibility for an award for a fiscal year if the LEA budgets, for the education of students with disabilities, at least the same total or per capita amount from either of the following sources as the LEA spent for that purpose from the same source for the most recent prior year for which information is available: b. the combination of state and local funds.2. An LEA that relies on Subparagraph B.1.a of this Section for any fiscal year shall ensure that the amount of local funds it budgets for the education of students with disabilities in that year is at least the same, either in total or per capita, as the amount it spent for that purpose in the most recent fiscal year for which information is available and the standard in Subparagraph B.1.a of this Section was used to establish its compliance with this Section.3. The LDE may not consider any expenditures made from funds provided by the federal government for which the LDE is required to account to the federal government or for which the LEA is required to account to the federal government directly or through the LDE in determining an LEA's compliance with the requirement in Subsection A of this Section.La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XLIII-204
Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 34:2053 (October 2008).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:1941 et seq.