[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR300.2]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
              CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 300--ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 300.2  Applicability of this part to State, local, and private agencies.

    (a) States. This part applies to each State that receives payments 
under Part B of the Act.
    (b) Public agencies within the State. The provisions of this part--
    (1) Apply to all political subdivisions of the State that are 
involved in the education of children with disabilities, including--
    (i) The State educational agency (SEA);
    (ii) Local educational agencies (LEAs), educational service agencies 
(ESAs), and public charter schools that are not otherwise included as 
LEAs or ESAs and are not a school of an LEA or ESA;
    (iii) Other State agencies and schools (such as Departments of 
Mental Health and Welfare and State schools for children with deafness 
or children with blindness); and
    (iv) State and local juvenile and adult correctional facilities; and
    (2) Are binding on each public agency in the State that provides 
special education and related services to children with disabilities, 
regardless of whether that agency is receiving funds under Part B.
    (c) Private schools and facilities. Each public agency in the State 
is responsible for ensuring that the rights and protections under Part B 
of the Act are given to children with disabilities--
    (1) Referred to or placed in private schools and facilities by that 
public agency; or
    (2) Placed in private schools by their parents under the provisions 
of Sec. 300.403(c).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1412)