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State Maintenance of Financial Support (SMFS) Waivers

This Web page represents a compilation of materials pertaining to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requirements regarding state maintenance of financial support for federal fiscal year 2009. IDEA funds are appropriated by Congress and are intended to support early intervention and special education services for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families.

The materials presented here include states' requests for a one-year waiver of the IDEA maintenance of financial support requirement, as well as the department's response to each state request. The attachment below entitled Process and Criteria Used to Evaluate a Request by States to Waive Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Requirements under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) explains the waiver process in more detail.

  • Process and Criteria Used to Evaluate a Request by States to Waive Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Requirements under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
    MS Word (49KB) | PDF (55KB)
     
  • Maintenance of State Financial Support under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    MS Word (72KB) | PDF (81KB)

SMFS Waivers

Alabama | American Samoa | California | Illinois | Iowa | Kansas | New Jersey | New Mexico
Oregon | South Carolina | Texas | West Virginia | Wyoming


Alabama

  • Alabama Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (undated) | PDF (72KB)
  • OSEP Response (04/07/2011) | MS Word (37KB) | PDF (1.1MB)
  • Alabama Amended Waiver Request (08/15/2011) | PDF (1.9MB)
  • OSEP Response to Amended Waiver Request (06/13/2012) | MS Word (39KB) | PDF (72KB)

American Samoa

  • Final Determination Letter (12/07/2016) | PDF (533KB)

California

  • Final Determination Letter (05/10/2017) | PDF (398KB)

Illinois

  • Final Determination Letter (01/10/2017) | PDF (520KB)

Iowa

  • Iowa Waiver Request for 2010–2011 (03/16/2011) | PDF (100KB)
  • OSEP Response (06/21/2011) | MS Word (1.8MB) | PDF (100KB)
  • Iowa Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (01/26/2010) | PDF (3.9MB)
  • OSEP Response (04/29/2010) | MS Word (34KB) | PDF (715KB)
  • OSEP Resolution Response (07/14/2011) | MS Word (340KB) | PDF (163KB)

Kansas

  • Kansas Waiver Request for 2010–2011 (08/17/2011) | PDF (73KB)
  • OSEP Response (07/25/2012) | MS Word (48KB) | PDF (135KB)
  • Kansas Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (05/22/2009) | PDF (446KB)
  • OSEP Response (03/16/2010) | MS Word (33KB) | PDF (72KB)
  • Kansas Amended Waiver Request (06/10/2010) | PDF (1.6MB)
  • OSEP Response (08/25/2010) | MS Word (38KB) | PDF (260KB)
  • OSEP Resolution Response Follow-up (08/08/2011) | MS Word (39KB) | PDF (152KB)

New Jersey

  • New Jersey Waiver Request for 2010–2011 (09/22/2011) | PDF (504KB)
  • New Jersey Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (09/29/2010) | PDF (505KB)
  • OSEP Response (04/07/2011) | MS Word (35KB) | PDF (1.0MB)

New Mexico

  • New Mexico Waiver Request for 2010–2011 (09/24/2012) | PDF (256KB)
  • New Mexico Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (08/10/2012) | PDF (470KB)
  • OSEP Response (06/03/2013) | MS Word (114KB) | PDF (6.1MB) 
     

Oregon

  • Oregon Waiver Request (12/09/2014) | PDF (1.0MB)
  • OSEP Final Determination (10/17/2018) | PDF (238KB)
  • Oregon Waiver Request for 2010–2011 (03/08/2011) | PDF (88KB)
  • State of Oregon 2010-11 Part B Moe Comparison (03/16/2011) | MS Excel (45KB)
  • State of Oregon Appropriations (03/16/2011) | MS Excel (400KB)
  • State of Oregon Revenue Forecasts (03/16/2011) | MS Excel (316KB)  
  • OSEP Response (04/07/2011) | MS Word (36KB) | PDF (1.1MB)
  • OSEP Resolution Response (06/29/2011) | MS Word (30KB) | PDF (100KB)

South Carolina

  • South Carolina Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (02/26/2010) | PDF (275KB)
  • South Carolina Waiver Request for 2008–2009 and 2010–2011 (05/09/2011) | PDF (53KB)
  • OSEP Response to Waiver Request (06/17/2011) | MS Word (59KB) | PDF (3.1MB)
  • South Carolina MOE Data (06/20/2011) | MS Excel (31KB)
  • OSEP Resolution Response (07/05/2011) | MS Word (26KB) | PDF (302KB)
  • OSEP Resolution Response Follow-up (08/09/2011) | MS Word (33KB) | PDF (85KB)

Texas

  • OSEP Texas Final Determination Letter for 2017-18 (04/04/2022) | PDF (243KB)
  • OSEP Texas Final Determination Letter for 2011-12 (10/01/2021) | PDF (262KB)

West Virginia

  • West Virginia Waiver Request (09/03/2015) | PDF (1.6MB)
  • OSEP Final Determination (01/10/2017) | PDF (471KB)
  • West Virginia Waiver Request for 2009–2010 (03/26/2010) | PDF (4.4MB)
  • OSEP Response to Waiver Request (07/06/2010) | MS Word (1.8MB) | PDF (978KB)

Wyoming

  • Wyoming Final Determination Letter (06/01/2022) | PDF (76KB)
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October 21, 2024