Waivers, Flexibility and Rural Education
General
- Draft Guidance: Summary of the Principal Flexibility Provisions in the ESEA, January 2002 (Word) (PDF)
Transferability
- Guidance on Transferability Authority, August 2004 (Word)
- Example of Transferability Authority, August 2004 (Excel)
- Transferability Web page (link to Ed.gov)
Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)
- REAP Guidance, June 2003 (Word)
- Small, Rural School Achievement Program Web page (link to Ed.gov)
- Rural and Low-Income School Program Web page (link to Ed.gov)
State and Local Flexibility Demonstrations
- Local Flexibility Program, Application Packet, March 2004 (Word)
- State Flexibility Program, Application Packet, March 2004 (Word)
- State and Local Flexibility Programs, Invitation for Applications, March 2004 (PDF)
- Local Flexibility Demonstration Program Web page (link to Ed.gov)
- State Flexibility Demonstration Program Web page (link to Ed.gov)
Secretarial Waivers
Note: For further information on applying for a waiver, contact Krista Ritacco, 202-401-1339, krista.ritacco@ed.gov.
- Guidance on Secretarial Waivers, updated 2000, excerpt from Title I Handbook (PDF)
Ed-Flex
Note: At present, only 10 states participate in Ed-Flex: Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont. No other applications are currently being accepted.
- Ed-Flex Guidance, 2000 (PDF)
- ED-Flex Web page (link to Ed.gov)