34 CFR § 300.104 - Residential placement

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s300.104"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 300.104 - Residential placement"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "300.104"
section_name: "Residential placement"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "300"
part_name: "ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 300.104 Residential placement

If placement in a public or private residential program is necessary to provide special education and related services to a child with a disability, the program, including non-medical care and room and board, must be at no cost to the parents of the child.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1820-0030)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(1), 1412(a)(10)(B))