Do nonpublic schools have the ability to access Recovery funds and/or Stabilization funds?
Nonpublic elementary and secondary schools are not local educational agencies and therefore are not eligible to receive direct funding under Title I, Part A, McKinney-Vento or the other ESEA programs for which additional ARRA funds are provided, or under IDEA, Part B. However, all the 2009 funding for Title I Part A and most of the other ESEA programs, including the additional ARRA funds, are subject to equitable participation requirements, and the IDEA has similar requirements for funding equitable services to students with disabilities who are parentally placed in nonpublic schools. The State Fiscal Stabilization Funds are dedicated to restoring State funding for elementary and secondary education and public higher education institutions and providing funding for governmental services, are being used to restore cuts in school aid to school districts, aid to public colleges and universities and certain other programs, and have not been dedicated to nonpublic schools. There is a prohib
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