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Part B - Allocation of IDEA Part B Subgrants to LEAs
Letter to Simonson
This letter reiterates a previous conclusion from OSEP and Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) that for-profit charter schools are not eligible to receive funds under the IDEA or Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Under Arizona state law, both for-profit and nonprofit charter schools function as LEAs in the state; however, based on the definitions of “elementary school” and “secondary school” in both ESEA and IDEA, the letter concludes that for-profit charter schools are not eligible subrecipients as LEAs because they do not have direction or control of a school that meets the federal statutory definition of elementary or secondary school.

Date
Jun 2005
Author
U.S. Department of EducationOffice of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)