By Tiffany Winters Kesslar, Esq.

Are you spending IDEA funds in accordance with federal grant rules? Make sure with more than 300 Q&As that decipher the complex spending requirements on everything from child find to evaluation, inventory management and residential placements.

Straightforward explanations spell out what you need to know and do to spend funds in an allowable manner and ensure your procedures align with program mandates as well as:

• OSEP guidance on prior approval for participant support costs
• The statute of limitations for maintenance of effort and maintenance of state financial support
• Education Department and OMB guidance regarding how to maintain documentation for compliance
• Uniform Grants Guidance’s procurement requirements for micro-purchases and small-purchase procedures
• When supplement, not supplant applies at the SEA and/or LEA level
• And more!