NC Education Code · NC Policy Manual
NC 1507-8 Subgrants to LEAs
Plain English summary
States receiving Section 619 grants must distribute all non-reserved funds to eligible LEAs responsible for educating children aged three through five, even if no preschool children with disabilities are currently enrolled. Effective July 1, 2009, this distribution requirement applies broadly to qualifying LEAs. North Carolina public charter schools are explicitly excluded from eligibility because state statute prohibits them from operating preschools.
Key requirements
- Each State that receives a grant under section 619 of the Act for any fiscal year must distribute all of the grant funds the State does not reserve under NC 1507-5 to LEAs in the State that have established their eligibility under section 613 of the Act.
- Effective with funds that become available July 1, 2009, each State must distribute funds to eligible LEAs that are responsible for providing education to children aged three through five years, even if the LEA is not serving any preschool children with disabilities.
- Public charter schools in North Carolina are not eligible for section 619 grant funds because the state statute prohibits charter schools from operating preschools.
Affected parties
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
- State education agency
- Public charter schools
- Children aged three through five with disabilities
- Preschool programs