(Doc Name h:\legwork\house\amend\H-WM\007\MOE REQUIREMENTS.DOCX):
EXPLANATION: Provides language to stay in compliance with Federal MOE requirements
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EIA, page 363, after line 8, by adding
an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(SDE:EIA - IDEA Maintenance of Effort) Prior to the
dispersal of funds apprpriated in Section XI.A.1 Aid to
Districts according to proviso 1A.48 for fiscal year 2011-12 the
department shall direct $45,481,854 of the funds appropriated in
Section XI.A.1 Aid To Districts to school districts and special
schools for support of programs and services for students with
disabilities, to meet the estimated maintenance of effort for
IDEA. The Department shall distribute these funds using the
current fiscal year 135-day Average Daily Membership. For
continued compliance with the federal maintenance of efforts
requirements of the IDEA, funding for children with disabilities
must, to the extent practicable, be held harmless to budget cuts
or reductions to the extent those funds are required to meet
federal maintenance of effort requirements under the IDEA. In
the event cuts to funds that are needed to maintain fiscal
effort are necessary, when administering such cuts, the
Department must not reduce funding to support children with
disabilities who qualify for services under the IDEA in a manner
that is disproportionate to the level of overall reduction to
state programs in general. By December 1, 2011 the Department
must submit an estimate of the IDEA MOE requirement to the
General Assembly and the Governor./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.