20 U.S.C. § 1461 — Purpose; definition of eligible entity

(a) The part’s purposes are (1) to provide federal funding for personnel preparation, technical assistance, model demonstrations, information dissemination, studies, and evaluations to improve early-intervention, educational, and transition results for children with disabilities, and (2) to help state and local educational agencies improve education systems for those children. (b)(1) “Eligible entity” means (A) a state educational agency; (B) a local educational agency; (C) a public charter school that state law treats as a local educational agency; (D) an institution of higher education; (E) another public agency; (F) a private nonprofit organization; (G) an outlying area; (H) an Indian tribe or tribal organization as defined in section 5304 of title 25; or (I) a for-profit organization if the Secretary finds that appropriate for the purposes of a particular grant, contract, or cooperative-agreement competition. (2) The Secretary may limit eligibility for an award to one or more of those categories.