NC Education Code · NC Policy Manual
NC 1507-1 Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes that North Carolina provides state grants under IDEA Section 619 to assist Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in delivering special education and related services to children with disabilities aged three and four years old, as well as five-year-olds with disabilities who are not yet eligible for kindergarten. The grants are authorized under federal IDEA Part B provisions as explicitly referenced in the NC text. No specific procedural requirements or application processes are outlined beyond the basic grant purpose.
Key requirements
- The State provides grants under section 619 of the IDEA to assist LEAs to provide special education and related services in accordance with Part B of the IDEA to three and four-year-old children with disabilities and those five-year-old children with disabilities who are not eligible for kindergarten.
Affected parties
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
- preschool-aged children with disabilities (ages 3-4)
- five-year-old children with disabilities not eligible for kindergarten
- special education service providers