May freed-up funds be used to support special education costs?
An LEA could use freed-up funds on special education; however, this, in turn, would not reduce an LEA s MOE. The MOE is based on an LEA s aggregated local special education costs budgeted to Fund 27. A district could reduce its MOE by 50% of the increase in flow-through funding for FY 2009-2010, move the local special education costs to the IDEA grant, spend the freed-up funds on Fund 10, and keep the reduced level of MOE for future years. If the LEA spends the freed-up funds on special education, the MOE for FY 2010-2011 will be based on the total local special education expenditures for FY 2009-2010.
Related Questions
- How will indirect costs be handled when these funds are used to support personnel at another academic institution or with a partner in private industry?
- Can IDEA Recovery Act funds be used for purposes other than activities to support special education services to eligible students?
- May freed-up funds be used to support special education costs?
