What is the Relationship between MOE and Coordinated Early Intervening Services?
Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) is a new provision in IDEA 2004 that allows for the use of up to 15% of Part B funds for early intervening services to provide programs and services to non-identified students who are struggling academically and/or behaviorally. CEIS allows IDEA funding to be expended for services to students not yet identified for special education to prevent placement in special education. The allowable 15% for CEIS is calculated from the total current year allocation as opposed to any increase in allocation. Example: FY2008 flow-through IDEA B allocation: $100,000 FY2008 15% CEIS amount: $ 15, 000 If an LEA would like to reserve the 15% allowable for CEIS, and would also like to adjust its MOE, it must consider both of these amounts because they are interconnected. A calculation must be performed wherein the LEA subtracts the bigger of MOE or CEIS from the smaller of the two. Based on this, the LEA will know how much of either MOE or CEIS or both are ava
