§ 300.645 Annual report of children served—other responsibilities of the SEA.

Plain English summary

This section requires the SEA to establish and oversee procedures for accurately counting children with disabilities receiving special education and related services. The SEA must set reporting deadlines for LEAs and other educational institutions, obtain certification of unduplicated counts, aggregate the data into required reports, and maintain documentation sufficient for auditing. These responsibilities are in addition to those set forth in §§ 300.640 through 300.644.

Key requirements

• Establish procedures to be used by LEAs and other educational institutions in counting the number of children with disabilities receiving special education and related services
• Set dates by which those agencies and institutions must report to the SEA to ensure that the State complies with § 300.640(a)
• Obtain certification from each agency and institution that an unduplicated and accurate count has been made
• Aggregate the data from the count obtained from each agency and institution, and prepare the reports required under §§ 300.640 through 300.644
• Ensure that documentation is maintained that enables the State and the Secretary to audit the accuracy of the count

Affected parties

• State Educational Agencies (SEAs)
• Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)
• Other educational institutions
• The Secretary of Education
• Children with disabilities receiving special education and related services

Official source

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/part-300/section-300.645