[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR461.43]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                EDUCATION

 

PART 461_ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT PROGRAM--Table 

of Contents

 

            Subpart E_What Conditions Must be Met by a State?

 

Sec. 461.43  Under what circumstances may the Secretary waive the 

maintenance of effort requirement?



    (a) The Secretary may waive, for one year only, the maintenance of 

effort requirement in Sec. 461.42 if the Secretary determines that a 

waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable 

circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, the 

following:

    (1) A natural disaster.

    (2) An unforeseen and precipitous decline in financial resources.

    (b) The Secretary does not consider a tax initiative or referendum 

to be an exceptional or uncontrollable circumstance.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1209(b)(2))