CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER III—OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 300 to 397) > PART 300—ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES > SUBPART A—General (§300.1 to §300.45) > 300.12—Educational service agency.

300.12—Educational service agency.

Educational service agency means—
(a) A regional public multiservice agency—
(1) Authorized by State law to develop, manage, and provide services or programs to LEAs;
(2) Recognized as an administrative agency for purposes of the provision of special education and related services provided within public elementary schools and secondary schools of the State;
(b) Includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction over a public elementary school or secondary school; and
(c) Includes entities that meet the definition of intermediate educational unit in section 602(23) of the Act as in effect prior to June 4, 1997.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1401(5) )