34 C.F.R. § 300.370 Use of SEA allocations.
Title 34 - Education
(a) Each State shall use any funds it retains under §300.602 and does not use for administration under §300.620 for any of the following: (1) Support and direct services, including technical assistance and personnel development and training. (2) Administrative costs of monitoring and complaint investigation, but only to the extent that those costs exceed the costs incurred for those activities during fiscal year 1985. (3) To establish and implement the mediation process required by §300.506, including providing for the costs of mediators and support personnel. (4) To assist LEAs in meeting personnel shortages. (5) To develop a State Improvement Plan under subpart 1 of Part D of the Act. (6) Activities at the State and local levels to meet the performance goals established by the State under §300.137 and to support implementation of the State Improvement Plan under subpart 1 of Part D of the Act if the State receives funds under that subpart. (7) To supplement other amounts used to develop and implement a Statewide coordinated services system designed to improve results for children and families, including children with disabilities and their families, but not to exceed one percent of the amount received by the State under section 611 of the Act. This system must be coordinated with and, to the extent appropriate, build on the system of coordinated services developed by the State under Part C of the Act. (8) For subgrants to LEAs for the purposes described in §300.622 (local capacity building). (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of this section— (1) Direct services means services provided to a child with a disability by the State directly, by contract, or through other arrangements; and (2) Support services includes implementing the comprehensive system of personnel development under §§300.380–300.382, recruitment and training of mediators, hearing officers, and surrogate parents, and public information and parent training activities relating to FAPE for children with disabilities. (c) Of the funds an SEA retains under paragraph (a) of this section, the SEA may use the funds directly, or distribute them to LEAs on a competitive, targeted, or formula basis. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1411(f)(3))
Title 34: Education
PART 300—ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Subpart C—Services
Direct Services by the Sea
§ 300.370 Use of SEA allocations.
