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20 U.S.C. 1431 through 1444, unless otherwise noted.
76 FR 60244, Sept. 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.
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The purpose of this part is to provide financial assistance to States to—
(a) Develop and implement a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system that provides early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;
(b) Facilitate the coordination of payment for early intervention services from Federal, State, local, and private sources (including public and private insurance coverage);
(c) Enhance State capacity to provide quality early intervention services and expand and improve existing early intervention services being provided to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;
(d) Enhance the capacity of State and local agencies and service providers to identify, evaluate, and meet the needs of all children, including historically underrepresented populations, particularly minority, low-income, inner-city, and rural children, and infants and toddlers in foster care; and
(e) Encourage States to expand opportunities for children under three years of age who would be at risk of having substantial developmental delay if they did not receive early intervention services.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1400(d)(2), 1431(a)(5), 1431(b))
(a) Eligible recipients of an award. Eligible recipients include the 50 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Interior, and the following jurisdictions: Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b) Applicability of this part.
(1) The provisions of this part apply to—
(i) The State lead agency and any EIS provider that is part of the statewide system of early intervention, regardless of whether that EIS provider receives funds under part C of the Act; and
(2) The provisions of this part do not apply to any child with a disability receiving a free appropriate public education or FAPE under 34 CFR part 300.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1401(31), 1434, 1435(a)(10)(A))
(a) The following regulations apply to this part:
(1) The regulations in this part 303.
(2) EDGAR, including 34 CFR parts 76 (except for § 76.103), 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, and 86.
(3) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted in part 3474, and the OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted in 2 CFR part 3485.
(b) In applying the regulations cited in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, any reference to—
(1) State educational agency means the lead agency under this part; and
(2) Education records or records means early intervention records.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221(b), 1221e-3, 1431-1444)
[76 FR 60244, Sept. 28, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 76097, Dec. 19, 2014