These rules require state educational agencies (SEA) to report a
list of the local education agencies (LEA), including their NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) identification numbers, that received a SIG award under section 1003 (g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the amount of the grant.
An increasing
number of local education agencies are tying to curtail their availability, even though at least 50,000 children remain on waiting lists to get into a quality charter school.
The webinar shares how the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistant Network (PaTTan) supports the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education and builds the
capacity of local education agencies to serve students who receive special education services.
If charter schools identify a more cost effective means of transportation
outside of the local education agency, the charter school receives funding that would have been spent with the local education agency to put towards that method.