PURPOSE: The Depatint of Elementary and Secondary Education (the department) has the authority to receive and expend federa1 filnds for edhKztioMl progmms and to establish rules for odmirdstmtion of the program in accordance with controlling statutes and re@datiom. Ihis rule sets fonh the genera1 provisions governing programs operated under the Even Start Family Literacy legisladon, Part B, Chapter I of litle I of the Elementary and &con&q E&cation Act of 1965, as amended by P.L. 103-382. This rule inco~orates by reference the state Administrative Manual for the Even Start Family Litenzq Pmgmm.

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incorporated into this rule by reference:

CODE OF STATE REGULATlONS

I) Elementagv and Secondary Education Act 1994, EL. 103-382 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Qfjice, 1994); 2) Even Start Family Literacy Program Admhistradve Manual 1995 (Jefferson City: DePartmpnr of Mucation, Division of Instrucdon, 1995). In accordance with section 536.031(4), RSMo, the full tat qf nmterial incorporated by reference will be made available to any interested person of the Of@ of the Secretary of State and the headquarters of the adopting state a*emy.

1. (1) All state programs and projects implemented with funds under the Even Start Family Literacy Program shall be conducted in conformity with-

   1. (A) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended in 1994 (PL. 103. 382): and
   2. (B) The State Administrative Manual for the Even Start Family Literaq Program which is incorporated by reference and pnvides guidance and interpretation of federal statutory and regulatory requirements for the progratn and also establishes grant application and management procedures consistent with state law and practices.
2. (2) Any rule or interpretation promulgated by the State Board of Education in exercising its responsibility under the Even Start Family Literacy Program may be waived by the assistant commissioner, Division of Instruction, upon the person’s detetmination that a situation exists in which the application of that rule or interpretation would work an extreme hardship upon the affected party, or would work to the detriment of the intended beneficiaries of the program. The waiver authority does not extend to regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Education, which arc adopted by the State Board of Education as a condition of accepting funds under the Even Start Family Literacy Pmgram.

AUTHORITY: section 178.430, RSMo (1994). * Original rule filed July 22, 1992, @a-tive April 8, 1993. Amended: Filed March 2J, 1995, e,$.ective Oct. 30, 1995. (10131197) Rebecca McDowell Cook sewetary 0‘ state