Can IDEA Recovery funds be used for classroom technology like SMART boards?
IDEA Recovery funds must only be used for the excess costs of providing special education. Acquisition of SMART board technology is not an excess cost of providing special education if the LEA has decided to equip classrooms in a school and simply charges the IDEA grant a prorated amount based upon the number of children with disabilities in the school. The equipment is an excess cost of special education when related to the needs of a child with a disability in accordance with the IEP of the child. It may be provided in a regular education class or other education-related setting, even if one or more nondisabled children benefit. When the equipment is no longer needed to meet the IEP needs of a child with a disability, it must be managed or disposed of in accordance with 34 CFR ยง80.32, Education Department General Administrative Regulations, http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2004/julqtr/pdf/34cfr80.32.pdf. For additional information on requesting equipment through IDEA budgets, view h
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