Chapter 41 - SPECIAL EDUCATION

  1. Rule 281-41.1 - Purposes
  2. Rule 281-41.2 - Applicability of this chapter
  3. Rule 281-41.3 - Act
  4. Rule 281-41.4 - Area education agency
  5. Rule 281-41.5 - Assistive technology device
  6. Rule 281-41.6 - Assistive technology service
  7. Rule 281-41.7 - Charter school
  8. Rule 281-41.8 - Child with a disability
  9. Rule 281-41.9 - Consent
  10. Rule 281-41.10 - Core academic subjects
  11. Rule 281-41.11 - Day; business day; school day
  12. Rule 281-41.12 - Educational service agency
  13. Rule 281-41.13 - Elementary school
  14. Rule 281-41.14 - Equipment
  15. Rule 281-41.15 - Evaluation
  16. Rule 281-41.16 - Excess costs
  17. Rule 281-41.17 - Free appropriate public education
  18. Rule 281-41.18 - [Rescinded]
  19. Rule 281-41.19 - Homeless children
  20. Rule 281-41.20 - Include
  21. Rule 281-41.21 - Indian and Indian tribe
  22. Rule 281-41.22 - Individualized education program
  23. Rule 281-41.23 - Individualized education program team
  24. Rule 281-41.24 - Individualized family service plan
  25. Rule 281-41.25 - Infant or toddler with a disability
  26. Rule 281-41.26 - Institution of higher education
  27. Rule 281-41.27 - Limited English proficient
  28. Rule 281-41.28 - Local educational agency
  29. Rule 281-41.29 - Native language
  30. Rule 281-41.30 - Parent
  31. Rule 281-41.31 - Parent training and information center
  32. Rule 281-41.32 - Personally identifiable
  33. Rule 281-41.33 - Public agency; nonpublic agency; agency
  34. Rule 281-41.34 - Related services
  35. Rule 281-41.35 - [Rescinded]
  36. Rule 281-41.36 - Secondary school
  37. Rule 281-41.37 - Services plan
  38. Rule 281-41.38 - Secretary
  39. Rule 281-41.39 - Special education
  40. Rule 281-41.40 - State
  41. Rule 281-41.41 - State educational agency
  42. Rule 281-41.42 - Supplementary aids and services
  43. Rule 281-41.43 - Transition services
  44. Rule 281-41.44 - Universal design
  45. Rule 281-41.45 - Ward of the state
  46. Rule 281-41.46 - Reserved
  47. Rule 281-41.47 - Reserved
  48. Rule 281-41.48 - Reserved
  49. Rule 281-41.49 - Reserved
  50. Rule 281-41.50 - Other definitions associated with identification of eligible individuals
  51. Rule 281-41.51 - Other definitions applicable to this chapter
  52. Rule 281-41.52 - Reserved
  53. Rule 281-41.53 - Reserved
  54. Rule 281-41.54 - Reserved
  55. Rule 281-41.55 - Reserved
  56. Rule 281-41.56 - Reserved
  57. Rule 281-41.57 - Reserved
  58. Rule 281-41.58 - Reserved
  59. Rule 281-41.59 - Reserved
  60. Rule 281-41.60 - Reserved
  61. Rule 281-41.61 - Reserved
  62. Rule 281-41.62 - Reserved
  63. Rule 281-41.63 - Reserved
  64. Rule 281-41.64 - Reserved
  65. Rule 281-41.65 - Reserved
  66. Rule 281-41.66 - Reserved
  67. Rule 281-41.67 - Reserved
  68. Rule 281-41.68 - Reserved
  69. Rule 281-41.69 - Reserved
  70. Rule 281-41.70 - Reserved
  71. Rule 281-41.71 - Reserved
  72. Rule 281-41.72 - Reserved
  73. Rule 281-41.73 - Reserved
  74. Rule 281-41.74 - Reserved
  75. Rule 281-41.75 - Reserved
  76. Rule 281-41.76 - Reserved
  77. Rule 281-41.77 - Reserved
  78. Rule 281-41.78 - Reserved
  79. Rule 281-41.79 - Reserved
  80. Rule 281-41.80 - Reserved
  81. Rule 281-41.81 - Reserved
  82. Rule 281-41.82 - Reserved
  83. Rule 281-41.83 - Reserved
  84. Rule 281-41.84 - Reserved
  85. Rule 281-41.85 - Reserved
  86. Rule 281-41.86 - Reserved
  87. Rule 281-41.87 - Reserved
  88. Rule 281-41.88 - Reserved
  89. Rule 281-41.89 - Reserved
  90. Rule 281-41.90 - Reserved
  91. Rule 281-41.91 - Reserved
  92. Rule 281-41.92 - Reserved
  93. Rule 281-41.93 - Reserved
  94. Rule 281-41.94 - Reserved
  95. Rule 281-41.95 - Reserved
  96. Rule 281-41.96 - Reserved
  97. Rule 281-41.97 - Reserved
  98. Rule 281-41.98 - Reserved
  99. Rule 281-41.99 - Reserved
  100. Rule 281-41.100 - Eligibility for assistance
  101. Rule 281-41.101 - Free appropriate public education (FAPE)
  102. Rule 281-41.102 - Limitation-exceptions to FAPE for certain ages
  103. Rule 281-41.103 - FAPE-methods and payments
  104. Rule 281-41.104 - Residential placement
  105. Rule 281-41.105 - Assistive technology
  106. Rule 281-41.106 - Extended school year services
  107. Rule 281-41.107 - Nonacademic services
  108. Rule 281-41.108 - Physical education
  109. Rule 281-41.109 - Full educational opportunity goal (FEOG)
  110. Rule 281-41.110 - Program options
  111. Rule 281-41.111 - Child find
  112. Rule 281-41.112 - Individualized education programs (IEPs)
  113. Rule 281-41.113 - Routine checking of hearing aids and external components of surgically implanted medical devices
  114. Rule 281-41.114 - Least restrictive environment (LRE)
  115. Rule 281-41.115 - Continuum of alternative services and placements
  116. Rule 281-41.116 - Placements
  117. Rule 281-41.117 - Nonacademic settings
  118. Rule 281-41.118 - Children in public or private institutions
  119. Rule 281-41.119 - Technical assistance and training activities
  120. Rule 281-41.120 - Monitoring activities
  121. Rule 281-41.121 - Procedural safeguards
  122. Rule 281-41.122 - Evaluation
  123. Rule 281-41.123 - Confidentiality of personally identifiable information
  124. Rule 281-41.124 - Transition of children from the Part C program to preschool programs
  125. Rule 281-41.125 - Reserved
  126. Rule 281-41.126 - Reserved
  127. Rule 281-41.127 - Reserved
  128. Rule 281-41.128 - Reserved
  129. Rule 281-41.129 - Responsibility regarding children in private schools
  130. Rule 281-41.130 - Definition of parentally placed private school children with disabilities
  131. Rule 281-41.131 - Child find for parentally placed private school children with disabilities
  132. Rule 281-41.132 - Provision of services for parentally placed private school children with disabilities: basic requirement
  133. Rule 281-41.133 - Expenditures
  134. Rule 281-41.134 - Consultation
  135. Rule 281-41.135 - Written affirmation
  136. Rule 281-41.136 - Compliance
  137. Rule 281-41.137 - Equitable services determined
  138. Rule 281-41.138 - Equitable services provided
  139. Rule 281-41.139 - Location of services and transportation
  140. Rule 281-41.140 - Due process complaints and state complaints
  141. Rule 281-41.141 - Requirement that funds not benefit a private school
  142. Rule 281-41.142 - Use of personnel
  143. Rule 281-41.143 - Separate classes prohibited
  144. Rule 281-41.144 - Property, equipment, and supplies
  145. Rule 281-41.145 - Applicability of rules 281-41.146(256B,34CFR300) to 281-41.147(256B,34CFR300)
  146. Rule 281-41.146 - Responsibility of department
  147. Rule 281-41.147 - Implementation by department
  148. Rule 281-41.148 - Placement of children by parents when FAPE is at issue
  149. Rule 281-41.149 - SEA responsibility for general supervision
  150. Rule 281-41.150 - Reserved
  151. Rule 281-41.151 - Adoption of state complaint procedures
  152. Rule 281-41.152 - Minimum state complaint procedures
  153. Rule 281-41.153 - Filing a complaint
  154. Rule 281-41.154 - Methods of ensuring services
  155. Rule 281-41.155 - Hearings relating to AEA or LEA eligibility
  156. Rule 281-41.156 - Personnel qualifications
  157. Rule 281-41.157 - Reserved
  158. Rule 281-41.158 - Reserved
  159. Rule 281-41.159 - Reserved
  160. Rule 281-41.160 - Participation in assessments
  161. Rule 281-41.161 - Reserved
  162. Rule 281-41.162 - Supplementation of state, local, and other federal funds
  163. Rule 281-41.163 - Maintenance of state financial support
  164. Rule 281-41.164 - Reserved
  165. Rule 281-41.165 - Public participation
  166. Rule 281-41.166 - Rule of construction
  167. Rule 281-41.167 - State advisory panel
  168. Rule 281-41.168 - Advisory panel membership
  169. Rule 281-41.169 - Advisory panel duties
  170. Rule 281-41.170 - Suspension and expulsion rates
  171. Rule 281-41.171 - Reserved
  172. Rule 281-41.172 - Access to instructional materials
  173. Rule 281-41.173 - Overidentification and disproportionality
  174. Rule 281-41.174 - Prohibition on mandatory medication
  175. Rule 281-41.175 - Reserved
  176. Rule 281-41.176 - Special school provisions
  177. Rule 281-41.177 - Facilities
  178. Rule 281-41.178 - Materials, equipment and assistive technology
  179. Rule 281-41.179 - Reserved
  180. Rule 281-41.180 - Reserved
  181. Rule 281-41.181 - Reserved
  182. Rule 281-41.182 - Reserved
  183. Rule 281-41.183 - Reserved
  184. Rule 281-41.184 - Reserved
  185. Rule 281-41.185 - Reserved
  186. Rule 281-41.186 - Assistance under other federal programs
  187. Rule 281-41.187 - Research, innovation, and improvement
  188. Rule 281-41.188 - Reserved
  189. Rule 281-41.189 - Reserved
  190. Rule 281-41.190 - Reserved
  191. Rule 281-41.191 - Reserved
  192. Rule 281-41.192 - Reserved
  193. Rule 281-41.193 - Reserved
  194. Rule 281-41.194 - Reserved
  195. Rule 281-41.195 - Reserved
  196. Rule 281-41.196 - Reserved
  197. Rule 281-41.197 - Reserved
  198. Rule 281-41.198 - Reserved
  199. Rule 281-41.199 - Reserved
  200. Rule 281-41.200 - Condition of assistance
  201. Rule 281-41.201 - Consistency with state policies
  202. Rule 281-41.202 - Use of amounts
  203. Rule 281-41.203 - Maintenance of effort
  204. Rule 281-41.204 - Exception to maintenance of effort
  205. Rule 281-41.205 - Adjustment to local fiscal efforts in certain fiscal years
  206. Rule 281-41.206 - Schoolwide programs under Title I of the ESEA
  207. Rule 281-41.207 - Personnel development
  208. Rule 281-41.208 - Permissive use of funds
  209. Rule 281-41.209 - Treatment of charter schools and their students
  210. Rule 281-41.210 - Purchase of instructional materials
  211. Rule 281-41.211 - Information for department
  212. Rule 281-41.212 - Public information
  213. Rule 281-41.213 - Records regarding migratory children with disabilities
  214. Rule 281-41.214 - Reserved
  215. Rule 281-41.215 - Reserved
  216. Rule 281-41.216 - Reserved
  217. Rule 281-41.217 - Reserved
  218. Rule 281-41.218 - Reserved
  219. Rule 281-41.219 - Reserved
  220. Rule 281-41.220 - Exception for prior local plans
  221. Rule 281-41.221 - Notification of AEA or LEA or state agency in case of ineligibility
  222. Rule 281-41.222 - AEA or LEA and state agency compliance
  223. Rule 281-41.223 - Joint establishment of eligibility
  224. Rule 281-41.224 - Requirements for jointly establishing eligibility
  225. Rule 281-41.225 - Reserved
  226. Rule 281-41.226 - Early intervening services
  227. Rule 281-41.227 - Reserved
  228. Rule 281-41.228 - State agency eligibility
  229. Rule 281-41.229 - Disciplinary information
  230. Rule 281-41.230 - SEA flexibility
  231. Rule 281-41.231 to 281-41.299 - Reserved
  232. Rule 281-41.300 - Parental consent and participation
  233. Rule 281-41.301 - Full and individual initial evaluations
  234. Rule 281-41.302 - Screening for instructional purposes is not evaluation
  235. Rule 281-41.303 - Reevaluations
  236. Rule 281-41.304 - Evaluation procedures
  237. Rule 281-41.305 - Additional requirements for evaluations and reevaluations
  238. Rule 281-41.306 - Determination of eligibility
  239. Rule 281-41.307 - Specific learning disabilities
  240. Rule 281-41.308 - Additional group members
  241. Rule 281-41.309 - Determining the existence of a specific learning disability
  242. Rule 281-41.310 - Observation
  243. Rule 281-41.311 - Specific documentation for the eligibility determination
  244. Rule 281-41.312 - General education interventions
  245. Rule 281-41.313 - Systematic problem-solving process
  246. Rule 281-41.314 - Progress monitoring and data collection
  247. Rule 281-41.315 - Reserved
  248. Rule 281-41.316 - Reserved
  249. Rule 281-41.317 - Reserved
  250. Rule 281-41.318 - Reserved
  251. Rule 281-41.319 - Reserved
  252. Rule 281-41.320 - Definition of individualized education program
  253. Rule 281-41.321 - IEP team
  254. Rule 281-41.322 - Parent participation
  255. Rule 281-41.323 - When IEPs must be in effect
  256. Rule 281-41.324 - Development, review, and revision of IEP
  257. Rule 281-41.325 - Private school placements by public agencies
  258. Rule 281-41.326 - Other rules concerning IEPs
  259. Rule 281-41.327 - Educational placements
  260. Rule 281-41.328 - Alternative means of meeting participation
  261. Rule 281-41.329 to 281-41.399 - Reserved
  262. Rule 281-41.400 - Shared responsibility
  263. Rule 281-41.401 - Licensure (certification)
  264. Rule 281-41.402 - Authorized personnel
  265. Rule 281-41.403 - Paraprofessionals
  266. Rule 281-41.404 - Policies and procedures required of all public agencies
  267. Rule 281-41.405 - [Rescinded]
  268. Rule 281-41.406 - Additional requirements of LEAs
  269. Rule 281-41.407 - Additional requirements of AEAs
  270. Rule 281-41.408 - Instructional services
  271. Rule 281-41.409 - Support services
  272. Rule 281-41.410 - Itinerant services
  273. Rule 281-41.411 - Related services, supplementary aids and services
  274. Rule 281-41.412 - Transportation
  275. Rule 281-41.413 - Additional rules relating to accredited nonpublic schools
  276. Rule 281-41.414 to 281-41.499 - Reserved
  277. Rule 281-41.500 - Responsibility of SEA and other public agencies
  278. Rule 281-41.501 - Opportunity to examine records; parent participation in meetings
  279. Rule 281-41.502 - Independent educational evaluation
  280. Rule 281-41.503 - Prior notice by the public agency; content of notice
  281. Rule 281-41.504 - Procedural safeguards notice
  282. Rule 281-41.505 - Electronic mail
  283. Rule 281-41.506 - Mediation
  284. Rule 281-41.507 - Filing a due process complaint
  285. Rule 281-41.508 - Due process complaint
  286. Rule 281-41.509 - Model forms
  287. Rule 281-41.510 - Resolution process
  288. Rule 281-41.511 - Impartial due process hearing
  289. Rule 281-41.512 - Hearing rights
  290. Rule 281-41.513 - Hearing decisions
  291. Rule 281-41.514 - Finality of decision
  292. Rule 281-41.515 - Timelines and convenience of hearings
  293. Rule 281-41.516 - Civil action
  294. Rule 281-41.517 - Attorneys' fees
  295. Rule 281-41.518 - Child's status during proceedings
  296. Rule 281-41.519 - Surrogate parents
  297. Rule 281-41.520 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority
  298. Rule 281-41.521 - Reserved
  299. Rule 281-41.522 - Reserved
  300. Rule 281-41.523 - Reserved
  301. Rule 281-41.524 - Reserved
  302. Rule 281-41.525 - Reserved
  303. Rule 281-41.526 - Reserved
  304. Rule 281-41.527 - Reserved
  305. Rule 281-41.528 - Reserved
  306. Rule 281-41.529 - Reserved
  307. Rule 281-41.530 - Authority of school personnel
  308. Rule 281-41.531 - Determination of setting
  309. Rule 281-41.532 - Appeal
  310. Rule 281-41.533 - Placement during appeals and mediations
  311. Rule 281-41.534 - Protections for children not determined eligible for special education and related services
  312. Rule 281-41.535 - Referral to and action by law enforcement and judicial authorities
  313. Rule 281-41.536 - Change of placement because of disciplinary removals
  314. Rule 281-41.537 - State enforcement mechanisms
  315. Rule 281-41.538 to 281-41.599 - Reserved
  316. Rule 281-41.600 - State monitoring and enforcement
  317. Rule 281-41.601 - State performance plans and data collection
  318. Rule 281-41.602 - State use of targets and reporting
  319. Rule 281-41.603 - Department review and determination regarding public agency performance
  320. Rule 281-41.604 - Enforcement
  321. Rule 281-41.605 - Withholding funds
  322. Rule 281-41.606 - Public attention
  323. Rule 281-41.607 - Reserved
  324. Rule 281-41.608 - State enforcement
  325. Rule 281-41.609 - State consideration of other state or federal laws
  326. Rule 281-41.610 - Confidentiality
  327. Rule 281-41.611 - Definitions
  328. Rule 281-41.612 - Notice to parents
  329. Rule 281-41.613 - Access rights
  330. Rule 281-41.614 - Record of access
  331. Rule 281-41.615 - Records on more than one child
  332. Rule 281-41.616 - List of types and locations of information
  333. Rule 281-41.617 - Fees
  334. Rule 281-41.618 - Amendment of records at parent's request
  335. Rule 281-41.619 - Opportunity for a hearing
  336. Rule 281-41.620 - Result of hearing
  337. Rule 281-41.621 - Hearing procedures
  338. Rule 281-41.622 - Consent
  339. Rule 281-41.623 - Safeguards
  340. Rule 281-41.624 - Destruction of information
  341. Rule 281-41.625 - Children's rights
  342. Rule 281-41.626 - Enforcement
  343. Rule 281-41.627 - Reserved
  344. Rule 281-41.628 - Reserved
  345. Rule 281-41.629 - Reserved
  346. Rule 281-41.630 - Reserved
  347. Rule 281-41.631 - Reserved
  348. Rule 281-41.632 - Reserved
  349. Rule 281-41.633 - Reserved
  350. Rule 281-41.634 - Reserved
  351. Rule 281-41.635 - Reserved
  352. Rule 281-41.636 - Reserved
  353. Rule 281-41.637 - Reserved
  354. Rule 281-41.638 - Reserved
  355. Rule 281-41.639 - Reserved
  356. Rule 281-41.640 - Annual report of children served-report requirement
  357. Rule 281-41.641 - Annual report of children served-information required in the report
  358. Rule 281-41.642 - Data reporting
  359. Rule 281-41.643 - Annual report of children served-certification
  360. Rule 281-41.644 - Annual report of children served-criteria for counting children
  361. Rule 281-41.645 - Annual report of children served-other responsibilities of the SEA
  362. Rule 281-41.646 - Disproportionality
  363. Rule 281-41.647 - Determining significant disproportionality.
  364. Rule 281-41.647 to 281-41.703 - Reserved
  365. Rule 281-41.704 - State-level activities
  366. Rule 281-41.705 - Subgrants to AEAs
  367. Rule 281-41.706 to 281-41.799 - Reserved
  368. Rule 281-41.800 - General rule
  369. Rule 281-41.801 - Reserved
  370. Rule 281-41.802 - Reserved
  371. Rule 281-41.803 - Definition of state
  372. Rule 281-41.804 - Eligibility
  373. Rule 281-41.805 - Reserved
  374. Rule 281-41.806 - Eligibility for financial assistance
  375. Rule 281-41.807 - Reserved
  376. Rule 281-41.808 - Reserved
  377. Rule 281-41.809 - Reserved
  378. Rule 281-41.810 - Reserved
  379. Rule 281-41.811 - Reserved
  380. Rule 281-41.812 - Reservation for state activities
  381. Rule 281-41.813 - State administration
  382. Rule 281-41.814 - Other state-level activities
  383. Rule 281-41.815 - Subgrants to AEAs
  384. Rule 281-41.816 - Allocations to AEAs
  385. Rule 281-41.817 - Reallocation of AEA funds
  386. Rule 281-41.818 - Part C of the Act inapplicable
  387. Rule 281-41.819 to 281-41.899 - Reserved
  388. Rule 281-41.900 - Scope
  389. Rule 281-41.901 - Records and reports
  390. Rule 281-41.902 - Audit
  391. Rule 281-41.903 - Contractual agreements
  392. Rule 281-41.904 - Research and demonstration projects and models for special education program development
  393. Rule 281-41.905 - Additional special education
  394. Rule 281-41.906 - Extended school year services
  395. Rule 281-41.907 - Program costs
  396. Rule 281-41.908 - Accountability
  397. Rule 281-41.909 to 281-41.999 - Reserved
  398. Rule 281-41.1000 - Applicability
  399. Rule 281-41.1001 - Definitions
  400. Rule 281-41.1002 - Special education mediation conference
  401. Rule 281-41.1003 - Procedures concerning due process complaints
  402. Rule 281-41.1004 - Participants in the hearing
  403. Rule 281-41.1005 - Convening the hearing
  404. Rule 281-41.1006 - Stipulated record hearing
  405. Rule 281-41.1007 - Evidentiary hearing
  406. Rule 281-41.1008 - Mixed evidentiary and stipulated record hearing
  407. Rule 281-41.1009 - Witnesses
  408. Rule 281-41.1010 - Rules of evidence
  409. Rule 281-41.1011 - Communications
  410. Rule 281-41.1012 - Record
  411. Rule 281-41.1013 - Decision and review
  412. Rule 281-41.1014 - Finality of decision
  413. Rule 281-41.1015 - Disqualification of mediator
  414. Rule 281-41.1016 - Correcting decisions of administrative law judges
  415. Rule 281-41.1017 to 281-41.1099 - Reserved
  416. Rule 281-41.1100 - References to Code of Federal Regulations
  417. Rule 281-41.1101 - Severability
  418. Rule 281-41.1102 - Rule of construction

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