Fiscally Dependent LEA [Education] Law and Legal Definition
According to 34 CFR 222.2 [Title 34 – Education; Subtitle B -- Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education; Chapter II -- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education; Part 222 -- Impact Aid Programs; Subpart A – General], the term fiscally dependent LEA means “an LEA (Local Educational Agency) that does not have the final authority to determine the amount of revenue to be raised from local sources for current expenditure purposes.”
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7702(b)(2) and 7703(f))
