Title I Part A - Sec. 1118

Fiscal Requirements

This section deals with Maintenance of Effort, Supplement, not Supplant and Comparability of Services as well as written assurances that all LEAs agree to when taking federal funds. Please note that Comparability of Services generally applies to larger districts with more than one school per grade span and does not apply to all LEAs.

MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT

A local educational agency may receive funds under this part for any fiscal year only if the State educational agency involved finds that the local educational agency has maintained the agency's fiscal effort in accordance with section 8521.

Federal Funds to Supplement, not Supplant Non-Federal Funds

A State educational agency or local educational agency shall use federal funds received under this part only to supplement the funds that would, in the absence of such federal funds, be made available from State and local sources for the education of students participating in programs assisted under this part, and not to supplant such funds.

To demonstrate compliance with paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall demonstrate that the methodology used to allocate State and local funds to each school receiving assistance under this part ensures that such school receives all of the State and local funds it would otherwise receive if it were not receiving assistance under this part.

No local educational agency shall be required to:

• identify that an individual cost or service supported under this part is supplemental
• provide services under this part through a particular instructional method or in a particular instructional setting in order to demonstrate such agency's compliance with paragraph

REVIEW EXPECATIONS

Prior to a review, LEAs will receive more information about what needs to be provided for a fiscal review.