Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.28

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 8, October 30, 2024

Rule 281-41.28 - Local educational agency

(1)General. "Local educational agency" or "LEA" means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a state, or for a combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a state as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.

(2)Educational service agencies and other public institutions or agencies. The term includes an educational service agency, as defined in rule 281-41.12(256B, 34CFR300) and any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary school or secondary school, including a public nonprofit charter school that is established as an LEA under state law.

(3)BIA-funded schools. The term includes an elementary school or secondary school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and not subject to the jurisdiction of any SEA other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but only to the extent that the inclusion makes the school eligible for programs for which specific eligibility is not provided to the school in another provision of law and the school does not have a student population that is smaller than the student population of the LEA receiving assistance under the Act with the smallest student population.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.28

Adopted by IAB April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective 5/22/2024