34 CFR § 397.31 - What are the contracting limitations on educational agencies under this part?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s397.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 397.31 - What are the contracting limitations on educational agencies under this part?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "397.31"
section_name: "What are the contracting limitations on educational agencies under this part?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "397"
part_name: "LIMITATIONS ON USE OF SUBMINIMUM WAGE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 794g, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 55785, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "397"
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# 397.31 What are the contracting limitations on educational agencies under this part?
Neither a local educational agency, as defined in § 397.5(b)(1), nor a State educational agency, as defined in § 397.5(b)(2), may enter into a contract or other arrangement with an entity, as defined in § 397.5(d), for the purpose of operating a program for a youth under which work is compensated at a subminimum wage.
(Authority: Section 511(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 794g(b)(2))