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§ 144b. Federal education aid funds; administration
(a) The state board of education, as sole state agency, may administer such federal funds as may be made available to the state under Public Law 89-10, known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended, and Public Law 107-110, known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Those funds may be accepted and shall be distributed and accounted for by the state treasurer in accordance with that law and rules and regulations of the United States issued under it if there is conflict between that law or those rules and regulations and the laws of this state.
(b) For purposes of distribution of funds under this section, a supervisory union or supervisory district shall be a local education agency as that term is defined in 20 U.S.C. § 7801(26).
(c) For purposes of determining pupil performance and application of consequences for failure to meet standards and for provision of compensatory and remedial services pursuant to 20 U.S.C. §§ 6311-6318, a school district shall be a local education agency. (1965, No. 190, eff. June 30, 1965; amended 2003, No. 64, § 1; 2003, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
