34 CFR § 226.21 - How may charter schools use these funds?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s226.21"
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title: "34 CFR § 226.21 - How may charter schools use these funds?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "226.21"
section_name: "How may charter schools use these funds?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "226"
part_name: "STATE CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES INCENTIVE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1221e-3; 7221d(b), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 75909, Dec. 21, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "226"
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# 226.21 How may charter schools use these funds?

(a) Charter schools that receive grant funds through their State must use the funds for facilities. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, allowable expenditures include:

(1) Rent.

(2) Purchase of building or land.

(3) Construction.

(4) Renovation of an existing school facility.

(5) Leasehold improvements.

(6) Debt service on a school facility.

(b) Charter schools may not use these grant funds for purchasing land when they have no immediate plans to construct a building on that land.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7221d(b))