34 CFR § 303.36 - State educational agency.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s303.36"
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title: "34 CFR § 303.36 - State educational agency."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "303.36"
section_name: "State educational agency."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "303"
part_name: "EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1431 through 1444, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 60244, Sept. 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "303"
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# 303.36 State educational agency.

(a) *State educational agency* or *SEA* means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary schools and secondary schools, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the Governor or by State law.

(b) The term includes the agency that receives funds under sections 611 and 619 of the Act to administer the State's responsibilities under part B of the Act.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1401(32))