Notwithstanding 34 CFR 75.560-75.562 and 2 CFR part 200, subpart E--Cost Principles, the maximum indirect cost rate that an agency of a State or local government receiving funds under GEAR UP may use to charge indirect costs to these funds is the lesser of--
(a) The rate established by the negotiated indirect cost agreement; or
(b) Eight percent of a modified total direct cost base. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21 to 1070a-28) [65 FR 24760, Apr. 27, 2000. Redesignated at 75 FR 65798, Oct. 26, 2010, as amended at 79 FR 76105, Dec. 19, 2014]