[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR303.1]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 303--EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  303.1  Purpose of the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities.

           Purpose, Eligibility, and Other General Provisions


    The purpose of this part is to provide financial assistance to 
States to--
    (a) Maintain and implement a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, 
multidisciplinary, interagency system of 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);

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    (c) Enhance the States' 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; and
    (d) Enhance the capacity of State and local agencies and service 
providers to identify, evaluate, and meet the needs of historically 
underrepresented populations, particularly minority, low-income, inner-
city, and rural populations.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1431)

[58 FR 40959, July 30, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 18293, Apr. 14, 1998; 
64 FR 12535, Mar. 12, 1999]