CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER IV—OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 400 to 491) > PART 403—STATE VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM > SUBPART G—What Financial Conditions Must Be Met by a State? (§403.180 to §403.188) > 403.183—Under what circumstances may the Secretary waive the maintenance of effort requirement?

403.183—Under what circumstances may the Secretary waive the maintenance of effort requirement?

(a) The Secretary may waive the maintenance of effort requirement in § 403.182 for a State for one year only if—
(1) The Secretary determines that a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances affecting the State's ability to maintain fiscal effort; and
(2) The State has decreased its expenditures for vocational education from non-Federal sources by no more than five percent.
(b) For purposes of this section, “exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances” include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) A natural disaster.
(2) An unforeseen and precipitous decline in financial resources.
(c) The Secretary does not consider tax initiatives or referenda to be exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2463(b) )