---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 300.700"
title: "34"
number: "300.700"
heading: "Grants to States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/300.700"
---

# §300.700. Grants to States.

- (a) **Purpose of grants.** The Secretary makes grants to States, outlying areas, and freely associated States (as defined in [§ 300.717](/cfr/34/300.717.md)), and provides funds to the Secretary of the Interior, to assist them to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities in accordance with Part B of the Act.
- (b) **Maximum amount.** The maximum amount of the grant a State may receive under section 611 of the Act is—
  - (1) **For fiscal years 2005 and 2006—**
    - (i) The number of children with disabilities in the State who are receiving special education and related services—
      - (A) Aged three through five, if the State is eligible for a grant under section 619 of the Act; and
      - (B) **Aged 6 through 21; multiplied by—**
    - (ii) Forty (40) percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States (as defined in [§ 300.717](/cfr/34/300.717.md)); and
  - (2) **For fiscal year 2007 and subsequent fiscal years—**
    - (i) The number of children with disabilities in the 2004-2005 school year in the State who received special education and related services—
      - (A) Aged three through five if the State is eligible for a grant under section 619 of the Act; and
      - (B) Aged 6 through 21; multiplied by
    - (ii) Forty (40) percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States (as defined in [§ 300.717](/cfr/34/300.717.md));
    - (iii) **Adjusted by the rate of annual change in the sum of—**
      - (A) Eighty-five (85) percent of the State's population of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability of FAPE under Part B of the Act; and
      - (B) Fifteen (15) percent of the State's population of children described in [paragraph (b)(2)(iii)(A)](#b-2-iii-A) of this section who are living in poverty.

## Notes

### 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.