34 C.F.R. § 200.48 Funding for choice-related transportation and supplemental educational services.
Title 34 - Education
(a) Amounts required. (1) To pay for choice-related transportation and supplemental educational services required under section 1116 of the ESEA, an LEA may use— (i) Funds allocated under subpart A of this part; (ii) Funds, where allowable, from other Federal education programs; and (iii) State, local, or private resources. (2) Unless a lesser amount is needed, the LEA must spend an amount equal to 20 percent of its allocation under subpart A of this part to— (i) Provide, or pay for, transportation of students exercising a choice option under §200.44; (ii) Satisfy all requests for supplemental educational services under §200.45; or (iii) Pay for both paragraph (a)(2)(i) and (ii) of this section, except that— (A) The LEA must spend a minimum of an amount equal to 5 percent of its allocation under subpart A of this part on transportation under paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section and an amount equal to 5 percent of its allocation under subpart A of this part for supplemental educational services under paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section, unless lesser amounts are needed to meet the requirements of §§200.44 and 200.45; and (B) The LEA may not include costs for administration or transportation incurred in providing supplemental educational services, or administrative costs associated with the provision of public school choice options under §200.44, in the amounts required under paragraph (a)(2) of this section. (3) If the amount specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section is insufficient to pay all choice-related transportation costs, or to meet the demand for supplemental educational services, the LEA may make available any additional needed funds from Federal, State, or local sources. (4) To assist an LEA that does not have sufficient funds to make available supplemental educational services to all students requesting these services, an SEA may use funds that it reserves under part A of Title I and part A of Title V of the ESEA. (b) Cap on school-level reduction. (1) An LEA may not, in applying paragraph (a) of this section, reduce by more than 15 percent the total amount it makes available under subpart A of this part to a school it has identified for corrective action or restructuring. (2) [Reserved] (c) Per-child funding for supplemental educational services. For each student receiving supplemental educational services under §200.45, the LEA must make available the lesser of— (1) The amount of its allocation under subpart A of this part, divided by the number of students from families below the poverty level, as counted under section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the ESEA; or (2) The actual costs of the supplemental educational services received by the student. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6316) [67 FR 71725, Dec. 2, 2002]
Title 34: Education
PART 200—TITLE I—IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED
Subpart A—Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
LEA and School Improvement
§ 200.48 Funding for choice-related transportation and supplemental educational services.
