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 461—ADULT EDUCATION STATE-ADMINISTERED BASIC GRANT PROGRAM > SUBPART E—What Conditions Must be Met by a State? (§461.40 to §461.46) > 461.43—Under what circumstances may the Secretary waive the maintenance of effort requirement?

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 § 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.

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