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This letter describes a reporting requirement applicable to all school systems and fiscal agents that received or administered funds awarded through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B (IDEA-B) grant program for the 2024–2025 school year.

To conduct IDEA-B LEA maintenance of effort (MOE) compliance reviews, the 91Èȱ¬ must know how school systems and fiscal agents expended any reimbursements they received under the School Health and Related Services (SHARS) program.

All school systems that received IDEA-B grant funding in the 2024–2025 school year must submit the , regardless of whether they received SHARS reimbursements.

SHARS and IDEA-B LEA MOE

The SHARS program allows Texas school systems to request Medicaid reimbursement for certain health-related services provided to students with disabilities.

In accordance with Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations (34 CFR) §300.154(g)(2), if a school system spends SHARS reimbursements for state and local expenditures for special education services, those subsequent expenditures must be excluded for IDEA-B LEA MOE purposes from the final calculation of state and local expenditures.

Survey Access and Deadline

91Èȱ¬ has developed a to collect this information. The survey is also available on the SHARS and IDEA-B MOE Guidance page of the 91Èȱ¬ website. Refer to these SHARS Survey Instructions for information on how to access and submit the survey by the October 31, 2025, deadline.

For Further Information

The IDEA-B LEA Maintenance of Effort page of the 91Èȱ¬ website provides links to the SHARS and IDEA-B MOE Guidance page, to SHARS guidance, and to the IDEA-B LEA MOE Guidance Handbook.

If you have further questions about the SHARS Reimbursement Survey reporting requirement, please contact the Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting (FFCR) Division at compliance@tea.texas.gov.