Section 1411 (e) (3) (C) (ii) (I)
- (I) establish, in coordination with representatives from local educational agencies, a definition of a high need child with a disability that, at a minimum—
- (aa) addresses the financial impact a high need child with a disability has on the budget of the child’s local educational agency; and
- (bb) ensures that the cost of the high need child with a disability is greater than 3 times the average per pupil expenditure (as defined in section 7801 of this title) in that State;
- (II) establish eligibility criteria for the participation of a local educational agency that, at a minimum, takes into account the number and percentage of high need children with disabilities served by a local educational agency;
- (III) develop a funding mechanism that provides distributions each fiscal year to local educational agencies that meet the criteria developed by the State under subclause (II); and
- (IV) establish an annual schedule by which the State educational agency shall make its distributions from the high cost fund each fiscal year.
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