Key Differences Between IDEA Local Educational Agency Maintenance of Effort and Excess Cost Requirements

CIFR and NCSI

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Key Differences Between IDEA Local Educational Agency Maintenance of Effort and Excess Cost Requirements

The Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR) and NCSI developed a six-page document to address the two separate requirements under IDEA to ensure local educational agencies are funding special education programs sufficiently: maintenance of effort and excess cost. The resource describes key differences between the requirements and the methods for calculating compliance with each separate requirement. View this resource here.

February 2018

Topics

Fiscal

Policy > IDEA

Part B/C/619

Part B / K-12, Part B 619 / Preschool

Audience

SSIP Phase

Learning Collaborative

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