Section I of the Part C Grant Application FFY09

Table of Contents: Section I, Section II, Section III, Section IV

Section I

A. Submission Statements for Part C of IDEA

Select 1 or 2 below. Check 3 if appropriate.

• 1. _____ The State's policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances meet all application requirements of Part C of the Act as found in PL 108-446, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and applicable regulations (IDEA). The State is able to provide and/or meet all policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances, found in Sections II.A and II.B of this Application.¹
• By selecting this submission statement the State has submitted the new and/or revisions to State policies, procedures, methods, and descriptions that meet all requirements found in Section II.A.
• 2. __X__ The State cannot provide policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and/or assurances for all application requirements of Part C of the Act as found in PL 108-446, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. The State has determined that it is unable to provide the policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and/or assurances that are checked 'No' in Sections II.A and II.B. However, the State assures that throughout the period of this grant award the State will operate consistent with all requirements of IDEA in PL 108-446 and applicable regulations. The State will develop and/or make such changes to existing policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances as are necessary to bring the policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances into compliance with the requirements of the IDEA, as amended, as soon as possible, and not later than June 30, 2010. The State has included the date by which it expects to complete necessary changes associated with policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances marked 'No'. The items checked 'Yes' are enclosed with this application¹.

Optional:

• 3. _____ The State is submitting new or modified State policies and procedures previously submitted to the Department and has checked, under Section II.A, the appropriate 'R' cell(s) found in the 'Yes' column. These modifications are: (1) deemed necessary by the State, for example when the State revises applicable State law or regulations; (2) required by the Secretary because there is a new interpretation of the Act or regulations by a Federal court or the State's highest court; and/or (3) because of an official finding of noncompliance with Federal law or regulation.

B. Conditional Approval for Current Grant Year

If the State received conditional approval for the current grant year, check the appropriate statement(s) below:

• 1. Conditional Approval Related to Assurances in Section II.A:
  • _____ a. Sections II.A and II.B provide documentation of completion of all issues identified in the FFY 2008 conditional approval letter.
  • __X__ b. As noted in Sections II.A and II.B, the State has not completed all issues identified in the FFY 2008 conditional approval letter.
• 2. Conditional Approval Related to Other Issues:
  • _____ a. The State previously submitted documentation of completion of all issues identified in the FFY 2008 conditional approval letter.
  • _____ b. The State is attaching documentation of completion of all issues identified in the FFY 2008 conditional approval letter. (Attach documentation showing completion of all issues.)
  • _____ c. The State has not completed all issues identified in the FFY 2008 conditional approval letter. (Attach documentation showing completion of any issues and a list of items not yet completed.)

¹: If Option 2 is checked, the State is to provide dates in Sections II.A and II.B as to when the required policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances will be provided, which date can be no later than June 30, 2010. The State will be granted conditional approval until it can provide all policies, procedures, methods, descriptions, and assurances.