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Chapter 125A
Section 125A.56
Recent History
- 2024 Subd. 1 Amended 2024 c 109 art 5 s 4
- 2017 Subd. 1 Amended 2017 c 5 art 2 s 43
- 2016 Subd. 1 Amended 2016 c 189 art 25 s 38
- 2011 Subd. 1 Amended 2011 c 76 art 1 s 18
- 2007 125A.56 Amended 2007 c 146 art 2 s 31
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125A.56 ALTERNATE INSTRUCTION REQUIRED BEFORE ASSESSMENT
REFERRAL; WAIVER.
(a) Before a pupil is referred for a special education assessment, the district must conduct
and document at least two instructional strategies, alternatives, or interventions while the pupil
is in the regular classroom. The pupil's teacher must provide the documentation. A special
education assessment team may waive this requirement when they determine the pupil's need
for the assessment is urgent. This section may not be used to deny a pupil's right to a special
education assessment.
(b) A school district shall use alternative intervention services, including the assurance of
mastery program under section 124D.66 and the supplemental early education program under
section 124D.081, to serve at-risk students who demonstrate a need for alternative instructional
strategies or interventions.
History: 1989 c 329 art 3 s 21; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 2 s 38
REFERRAL; WAIVER.
(a) Before a pupil is referred for a special education assessment, the district must conduct
and document at least two instructional strategies, alternatives, or interventions while the pupil
is in the regular classroom. The pupil's teacher must provide the documentation. A special
education assessment team may waive this requirement when they determine the pupil's need
for the assessment is urgent. This section may not be used to deny a pupil's right to a special
education assessment.
(b) A school district shall use alternative intervention services, including the assurance of
mastery program under section 124D.66 and the supplemental early education program under
section 124D.081, to serve at-risk students who demonstrate a need for alternative instructional
strategies or interventions.
History: 1989 c 329 art 3 s 21; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 2 s 38
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