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34 C.F.R. §§ 300.132–300.139

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§300.132. Provision of services for parentally-placed private school children with disabilities—basic requirement.

34 C.F.R. § 300.132

(a)
General. To the extent consistent with the number and location of children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA, provision is made for the participation of those children in the program assisted or carried out under Part B of the Act by providing them with special education and related services, including direct services determined in accordance with § 300.137, unless the Secretary has arranged for services to those children under the by-pass provisions in §§ 300.190 through 300.198.
(b)
Services plan for parentally-placed private school children with disabilities. In accordance with paragraph (a) of this section and §§ 300.137 through 300.139, a services plan must be developed and implemented for each private school child with a disability who has been designated by the LEA in which the private school is located to receive special education and related services under this part.
(c)
Record keeping. Each LEA must maintain in its records, and provide to the SEA, the following information related to parentally-placed private school children covered under §§ 300.130 through 300.144:
(1)
The number of children evaluated;
(2)
The number of children determined to be children with disabilities; and
(3)
The number of children served.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

§300.133. Expenditures.

34 C.F.R. § 300.133

(a)
Formula. To meet the requirement of § 300.132(a), each LEA must spend the following on providing special education and related services (including direct services) to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities:
(1)
For children aged 3 through 21, an amount that is the same proportion of the LEA's total subgrant under section 611(f) of the Act as the number of private school children with disabilities aged 3 through 21 who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA, is to the total number of children with disabilities in its jurisdiction aged 3 through 21.
(2)
(i)
For children aged three through five, an amount that is the same proportion of the LEA's total subgrant under section 619(g) of the Act as the number of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities aged three through five who are enrolled by their parents in a private, including religious, elementary school located in the school district served by the LEA, is to the total number of children with disabilities in its jurisdiction aged three through five.
(ii)
As described in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section, children aged three through five are considered to be parentally-placed private school children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools, if they are enrolled in a private school that meets the definition of elementary school in § 300.13.
(3)
If an LEA has not expended for equitable services all of the funds described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section by the end of the fiscal year for which Congress appropriated the funds, the LEA must obligate the remaining funds for special education and related services (including direct services) to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities during a carry-over period of one additional year.
(b)
Calculating proportionate amount. In calculating the proportionate amount of Federal funds to be provided for parentally-placed private school children with disabilities, the LEA, after timely and meaningful consultation with representatives of private schools under § 300.134, must conduct a thorough and complete child find process to determine the number of parentally-placed children with disabilities attending private schools located in the LEA. (See appendix B for an example of how proportionate share is calculated).
(c)
Annual count of the number of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities.
(1)
Each LEA must—
(i)
After timely and meaningful consultation with representatives of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities (consistent with § 300.134), determine the number of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities attending private schools located in the LEA; and
(ii)
Ensure that the count is conducted on any date between October 1 and December 1, inclusive, of each year.
(2)
The count must be used to determine the amount that the LEA must spend on providing special education and related services to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities in the next subsequent fiscal year.
(d)
Supplement, not supplant. State and local funds may supplement and in no case supplant the proportionate amount of Federal funds required to be expended for parentally-placed private school children with disabilities under this part.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

§300.134. Consultation.

34 C.F.R. § 300.134

To ensure timely and meaningful consultation, an LEA, or, if appropriate, an SEA, must consult with private school representatives and representatives of parents of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities during the design and development of special education and related services for the children regarding the following:
(a)
Child find. The child find process, including—
(1)
How parentally-placed private school children suspected of having a disability can participate equitably; and
(2)
How parents, teachers, and private school officials will be informed of the process.
(b)
Proportionate share of funds. The determination of the proportionate share of Federal funds available to serve parentally-placed private school children with disabilities under § 300.133(b), including the determination of how the proportionate share of those funds was calculated.
(c)
Consultation process. The consultation process among the LEA, private school officials, and representatives of parents of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities, including how the process will operate throughout the school year to ensure that parentally-placed children with disabilities identified through the child find process can meaningfully participate in special education and related services.
(d)
Provision of special education and related services. How, where, and by whom special education and related services will be provided for parentally-placed private school children with disabilities, including a discussion of—
(1)
The types of services, including direct services and alternate service delivery mechanisms; and
(2)
How special education and related services will be apportioned if funds are insufficient to serve all parentally-placed private school children; and
(3)
How and when those decisions will be made;
(e)
Written explanation by LEA regarding services. How, if the LEA disagrees with the views of the private school officials on the provision of services or the types of services (whether provided directly or through a contract), the LEA will provide to the private school officials a written explanation of the reasons why the LEA chose not to provide services directly or through a contract.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

§300.135. Written affirmation.

34 C.F.R. § 300.135

(a)
When timely and meaningful consultation, as required by § 300.134, has occurred, the LEA must obtain a written affirmation signed by the representatives of participating private schools.
(b)
If the representatives do not provide the affirmation within a reasonable period of time, the LEA must forward the documentation of the consultation process to the SEA.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

§300.136. Compliance.

34 C.F.R. § 300.136

(a)
General. A private school official has the right to submit a complaint to the SEA that the LEA—
(1)
Did not engage in consultation that was meaningful and timely; or
(2)
Did not give due consideration to the views of the private school official.
(b)
Procedure.
(1)
If the private school official wishes to submit a complaint, the official must provide to the SEA the basis of the noncompliance by the LEA with the applicable private school provisions in this part; and
(2)
The LEA must forward the appropriate documentation to the SEA.
(3)
(i)
If the private school official is dissatisfied with the decision of the SEA, the official may submit a complaint to the Secretary by providing the information on noncompliance described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and
(ii)
The SEA must forward the appropriate documentation to the Secretary.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

§300.137. Equitable services determined.

34 C.F.R. § 300.137

(a)
No individual right to special education and related services. No parentally-placed private school child with a disability has an individual right to receive some or all of the special education and related services that the child would receive if enrolled in a public school.
(b)
Decisions.
(1)
Decisions about the services that will be provided to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities under §§ 300.130 through 300.144 must be made in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section and § 300.134(d).
(2)
The LEA must make the final decisions with respect to the services to be provided to eligible parentally-placed private school children with disabilities.
(c)
Services plan for each child served under §§ 300.130 through 300.144. If a child with a disability is enrolled in a religious or other private school by the child's parents and will receive special education or related services from an LEA, the LEA must—
(1)
Initiate and conduct meetings to develop, review, and revise a services plan for the child, in accordance with § 300.138(b); and
(2)
Ensure that a representative of the religious or other private school attends each meeting. If the representative cannot attend, the LEA shall use other methods to ensure participation by the religious or other private school, including individual or conference telephone calls.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Amendments

[71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, as amended at 72 FR 61306, Oct. 30, 2007]

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

Amendments

[71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, as amended at 72 FR 61306, Oct. 30, 2007]

§300.138. Equitable services provided.

34 C.F.R. § 300.138

(a)
General.
(1)
The services provided to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities must be provided by personnel meeting the same standards as personnel providing services in the public schools, except that private elementary school and secondary school teachers who are providing equitable services to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities do not have to meet the special education teacher qualification requirements in § 300.156(c).
(2)
Parentally-placed private school children with disabilities may receive a different amount of services than children with disabilities in public schools.
(b)
Services provided in accordance with a services plan.
(1)
Each parentally-placed private school child with a disability who has been designated to receive services under § 300.132 must have a services plan that describes the specific special education and related services that the LEA will provide to the child in light of the services that the LEA has determined, through the process described in §§ 300.134 and 300.137, it will make available to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities.
(2)
The services plan must, to the extent appropriate—
(i)
Meet the requirements of § 300.320, or for a child ages three through five, meet the requirements of § 300.323(b) with respect to the services provided; and
(ii)
Be developed, reviewed, and revised consistent with §§ 300.321 through 300.324.
(c)
Provision of equitable services.
(1)
The provision of services pursuant to this section and §§ 300.139 through 300.143 must be provided:
(i)
By employees of a public agency; or
(ii)
Through contract by the public agency with an individual, association, agency, organization, or other entity.
(2)
Special education and related services provided to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities, including materials and equipment, must be secular, neutral, and nonideological.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Amendments

[71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, as amended at 82 FR 29759, June 30, 2017]

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

Amendments

[71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, as amended at 82 FR 29759, June 30, 2017]

§300.139. Location of services and transportation.

34 C.F.R. § 300.139

(a)
Services on private school premises. Services to parentally-placed private school children with disabilities may be provided on the premises of private, including religious, schools, to the extent consistent with law.
(b)
Transportation—
(1)
General.
(i)
If necessary for the child to benefit from or participate in the services provided under this part, a parentally-placed private school child with a disability must be provided transportation—
(A)
From the child's school or the child's home to a site other than the private school; and
(B)
From the service site to the private school, or to the child's home, depending on the timing of the services.
(ii)
LEAs are not required to provide transportation from the child's home to the private school.
(2)
Cost of transportation. The cost of the transportation described in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section may be included in calculating whether the LEA has met the requirement of § 300.133.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.