Sec. 1007. Supplement, not supplant
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Section 1117, as redesignated by section 1004(3), is amended by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: A State educational agency or local educational agency shall use Federal funds received under this part only to supplement the funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal sources for the education of students participating in programs assisted under this part, and not to supplant such funds. To demonstrate compliance with paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall demonstrate that the methodology used to allocate State and local funds to each school receiving assistance under this part ensures that such school receives all of the State and local funds it would otherwise receive if it were not receiving assistance under this part. No local educational agency shall be required to— identify that an individual cost or service supported under this part is supplemental; and provide services under this part through a particular instructional method or in a particular instructional setting in order to demonstrate such agency’s compliance with paragraph (1). Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit the Secretary to establish any criterion that specifies, defines, or prescribes the specific methodology a local educational agency uses to allocate State and local funds to each school receiving assistance under this part. A local educational agency— shall meet the compliance requirement under paragraph
(2)not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 ; and may demonstrate compliance with the requirement under paragraph
(1)before the end of such 2-year period using the method such local educational agency used on the day before the date of enactment of the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 . .