Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.301 - Full and individual initial evaluations
(1)
General. Each public agency must conduct a full and individual
initial evaluation, in accordance with rules
281-41.304 (256B, 34CFR300 ) to
281-41.306 (256B, 34CFR300), before the initial provision of special education
and related services to a child with a disability under this chapter.
(2)
Request for initial
evaluation. Consistent with the consent requirements in rule
281-41.300 (256B, 34CFR300), either a parent of a child or a public agency may
initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the child is a
child with a disability.
(3)
Procedures for initial evaluation. The initial evaluation:
a. Must be conducted within 60 calendar days
of receiving parental consent for the evaluation;
b. Must consist of procedures:
(1) To determine if the child is a child with
a disability under this chapter; and
(2) To determine the educational needs of the
child.
(4)
Exception. The time frame described in paragraph
41.301(3)"a" does not apply to a public agency if:
a. The parent of a child repeatedly fails or
refuses to produce the child for the evaluation; or
b. A child enrolls in a school of another
public agency after the relevant time frame in paragraph
41.301(3)"a" has begun, and prior to a determination by the
child's previous public agency as to whether the child is a child with a
disability under this chapter.
(5)
Applicability of exception in
paragraph 41.301(4)"b." The exception in paragraph
41.301(4)"b" applies only if the subsequent public agency is
making sufficient progress to ensure a prompt completion of the evaluation and
the parent and the subsequent public agency agree to a specific time when the
evaluation will be completed.
(6)
Content of full and individual initial evaluation. The purpose
of the evaluation is to determine the educational interventions that are
required to resolve the presenting problem, behaviors of concern, or suspected
disability, including whether the educational interventions are special
education. An evaluation shall include:
a. An
objective definition of the presenting problem, behaviors of concern, or
suspected disability.
b. Analysis
of existing information about the individual, as described in paragraph
41.305(1)"a."
c.
Identification of the individual's strengths or areas of competence relevant to
the presenting problem, behaviors of concern, or suspected
disability.
d. Collection of
additional information needed to design interventions intended to resolve the
presenting problem, behaviors of concern, or suspected disability, including,
if appropriate, assessment or evaluation of health, vision, hearing, social and
emotional status, general intelligence, academic performance, communicative
status, adaptive behavior and motor abilities.
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