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6-41-202. Purposes and applicability.
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6-41-202. Purposes and applicability.
(a)(1) It is the policy of this state to provide and to require school districts to provide, as an integral part of the public schools, a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities.
(2) The State Board of Education is expressly authorized to assign responsibility for providing free appropriate public education of any child with a disability to an appropriate school district.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to all political subdivisions of the state that are involved in the education of children with disabilities, including without limitation the state educational agency, local educational agencies, educational service agencies, public charter schools that are not otherwise included as local educational agencies or educational service agencies and are not a school of a local educational agency or educational service agency, other state agencies and schools, including without limitation the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services and state schools for children with deafness or children with blindness, and state and local juvenile and adult correction facilities.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be binding on each public agency in the state that provides special education and related services to children with disabilities, regardless of whether that agency is receiving funds under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.
(d) Each public agency in the state is responsible for ensuring that the rights and protections under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., are given to children with disabilities referred to or placed in private schools and
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6-41-202. Purposes and applicability.
(a)(1) It is the policy of this state to provide and to require school districts to provide, as an integral part of the public schools, a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities.
(2) The State Board of Education is expressly authorized to assign responsibility for providing free appropriate public education of any child with a disability to an appropriate school district.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to all political subdivisions of the state that are involved in the education of children with disabilities, including without limitation the state educational agency, local educational agencies, educational service agencies, public charter schools that are not otherwise included as local educational agencies or educational service agencies and are not a school of a local educational agency or educational service agency, other state agencies and schools, including without limitation the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services and state schools for children with deafness or children with blindness, and state and local juvenile and adult correction facilities.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be binding on each public agency in the state that provides special education and related services to children with disabilities, regardless of whether that agency is receiving funds under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.
(d) Each public agency in the state is responsible for ensuring that the rights and protections under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., are given to children with disabilities referred to or placed in private schools and facilities by that public agency or placed in private schools by their parents under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.
(e) The state educational agency is responsible for ensuring that the requirements of this section are carried out and that each educational program for children with disabilities administered within the state, including without limitation each program administered by any other state or local agency, is under the general supervision of the persons responsible for educational programs for children with disabilities in the state educational agency and meets the educational standards of the state educational agency, including without limitation the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.
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**(a) Short title** This chapter may be cited as the “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Findings** Congress finds the following:
(1) Disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society. Improving educational results for children with disabilities is an essential element of our national policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.
(2) Before the date of enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94–142), the educational needs of millions of children with disabilities were not being fully met because—
(A) the children did not receive appropriate educational services;
(B) the children were excluded entirely from the public school system and from being educated with their peers;
(C) undiagnosed disabilities prevented the children from having a successful educational experience; or
(D) a lack of adequate resources within the public school system forced families to find services outside the public school system.
(3) Since the enactment and implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, this chapter has been successful in ensuring children with disabilities and the families of such children access to a free appropriate public education and in improving educational results for children with disabilities.
(4) However, the implementation of this chapter has been impeded by low expectations, and an insufficient focus on applying replicable research on proven methods of teaching and learning for children with disabilities.
(5) Almost 30 years of research and experience has
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1400
Section 1393e, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 196, as added
Pub. L. 93–380, title VIII, § 841(a)(7), Aug. 21, 1974, 88
Stat. 609, set forth application requirements for grants
and contracts for bilingual vocational training pro-
grams.
Section 1393f, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 197, as added
Pub. L. 93–380, title VIII, § 841(a)(7), Aug. 21, 1974, 88
Stat. 609; amended Pub. L. 94–482, title V, § 501(j)(2), Oct.
12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2237, set forth criteria for approval by
Commissioner of applications for grants and contracts
for bilingual vocational training programs.
CHAPTER 33—EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
1400.
Short title; findings; purposes.
1401.
Definitions.
1402.
Office of Special Education Programs.
1403.
Abrogation of State sovereign immunity.
1404.
Acquisition of equipment; construction or al-
teration of facilities.
1405.
Employment of individuals with disabilities.
1406.
Requirements for prescribing regulations.
1407.
State administration.
1408.
Paperwork reduction.
1409.
Freely associated States.
SUBCHAPTER II—ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION
OF ALL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
1411.
Authorization; allotment; use of funds; au-
thorization of appropriations.
1412.
State eligibility.
1413.
Local educational agency eligibility.
1414.
Evaluations, eligibility determinations, indi-
vidualized education programs, and edu-
cational placements.
1415.
Procedural safeguards.
1416.
Monitoring, technical assistance, and en-
forcement.
1417.
Administration.
1418.
Program information.
1419.
Preschool grants.
SUBCHAPTER III—INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH
DISABILITIES
1431.
Findings and policy.
1432.
Definitions.
1433.
General authority.
1434.
Eligib
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