Section 7-34-C-300.205 - Adjustment to local fiscal efforts in certain fiscal years(a)Amounts in excess. Notwithstanding §300.202(a)(2)(Use of Amounts, General) and(b)(Excess Cost Requirements) and §300.203(a)(Maintenance of Effort, General), and except as provided in paragraph (d) below (Special Rule) and §300.230(e)(2)(MDE Flexibility), for any fiscal year for which the allocation received by an LEA under §300.705(Subgrants to LEAs) exceeds the amount the LEA received for the previous fiscal year, the LEA may reduce the level of expenditures otherwise required by §300.203(a)(Maintenance of Effort) by not more than fifty (50) percent of the amount of that excess.(b)Uses of amounts to carry out activities under ESEA. If an LEA exercises the authority under paragraph (a) above (Amounts in Excess), the LEA must use an amount of local funds equal to the reduction in expenditures under paragraph (a) to carry out activities that could be supported with funds under the ESEA regardless of whether the LEA is using funds under the ESEA for those activities.(c)State prohibition. Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above (Amounts in Excess), if the MDE determines that an LEA is unable to establish and maintain programs of FAPE that meet the requirements of section 613(a) of IDEA (LEA Eligibility) and this part or the MDE has taken action against the LEA under section 616 of IDEA (Monitoring and Enforcement) and subpart F of these regulations, the MDE must prohibit the LEA from reducing the level of expenditures under paragraph (a) above (Amounts in Excess) for that fiscal year.(d)Special rule. The amount of funds expended by an LEA for early intervening services under §300.226 must count toward the maximum amount of expenditures that the LEA may reduce under paragraph (a) above.7 Miss. Code. R. 34-C-300.205