Information on ESEA financial information can be found below.  ESEA financial information will include the following: allocations, payments, due dates, coding, funding changes, financial reminders, monitoring requirements and other guidance.  ESEA Finance will also provide technical assistance to LEAs regarding Federal finance regulations and fiscal oversight and monitoring.

LEAs are required to provide parentally placed private school children with disabilities an
opportunity for equitable participation in programs assisted or carried out under Part B IDEA.

Proportionate Share Guide

Proportionate Share Compliance and Data Information

Maintenance of Effort (MOE) is the amount of local, or State and local funds, the district/LEA must spend in support of special education.  There are two requirements for MOE; the eligibility requirement and the compliance requirement.  The eligibility standard indicates that in order to be eligible for an IDEA Part B grant in the upcoming year, the district/LEA must develop a budget that demonstrates it intends to maintain (or increase) the amount of local, or State and local funds, it spends for the education of children with disabilities when compared to the amount it actually

According to 34 CFR §300.202, amounts provided to an LEA under IDEA Part B may be used only to pay the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. Excess costs are those costs for the education of an elementary school or secondary school student with a disability that are in excess of the average annual per student expenditure in an LEA.

CEIS are services provided to students in kindergarten through grade 12 (with a particular emphasis on students in kindergarten through grade three) who are not currently identified as needing special education or related services, but who need additional academic and behavioral supports to succeed in a general education environment.

Guidance

PREFACE

This manual was written to provide assistance to school districts seeking reimbursement from the Readers for the Blind Program (RBP), as authorized in Sections 178.160-178.180 RSMo.

Helpful Handouts:

Here are a few other helpful handouts that will get you through your first year:

Expenditure Coding

• Accounting Manual
• Special Education Expenditure Coding Structure

Guidance

• Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
• Excess Costs

High Need Fund (HNF)

The High Need Fund was established pursuant to Section 162.974, RSMo, to provide funding support for a Local Education Agency (LEA) with “High Need Students.” These students are special education students whose educational costs exceed three times the LEA’s current expenditure per Average Daily Attendance (ADA). Reimbursement to LEAs under the High Need Fund for qualifying students is made without regard to disability or placement. Students should NOT be claimed on the both the High Need Fund and Public Placement Fund applications.