1999 Minnesota Statutes

     125A.03 Special instruction for children with a 
  disability. 

    (a) As defined in paragraph (b), every district must 
 provide special instruction and services, either within the 
 district or in another district, for children with a disability 
 who are residents of the district and who are disabled as set 
 forth in section 125A.02. 

    (b) Notwithstanding any age limits in laws to the contrary, 
 special instruction and services must be provided from birth 
 until July 1 after the child with a disability becomes 21 years 
 old but shall not extend beyond secondary school or its 
 equivalent, except as provided in section 124D.68, subdivision 
 2.  Local health, education, and social service agencies must 
 refer children under age five who are known to need or suspected 
 of needing special instruction and services to the school 
 district.  Districts with less than the minimum number of 
 eligible children with a disability as determined by the 
 commissioner must cooperate with other districts to maintain a 
 full range of programs for education and services for children 
 with a disability.  This section does not alter the compulsory 
 attendance requirements of section 120A.22. 

    HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 1 s 17; 1961 c 559 s 2; 1961 c 690 s 1; 
 1965 c 241 s 1-3; 1967 c 872 s 1; 1969 c 981 s 2-5; 1971 c 689 s 
 1-3; 1973 c 683 s 1,2; 1975 c 162 s 41; 1975 c 321 s 2; 1975 c 
 432 s 8-10; 1976 c 211 s 1-6; 1976 c 271 s 13-18; 1977 c 447 art 
 3 s 1-4; 1977 c 449 s 12; 1978 c 733 s 1; 1978 c 764 s 3-5; 1978 
 c 793 s 61; 1979 c 334 art 2 s 1,2; art 3 s 2,3; 1980 c 509 s 
 30; 1981 c 358 art 1 s 1; art 3 s 2-7; 1982 c 424 s 28,29,130; 
 1982 c 548 art 3 s 1-3; 1983 c 247 s 55; 1983 c 258 s 13; 1983 c 
 314 art 1 s 22; art 3 s 1; 1984 c 463 art 3 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 
 5 s 58; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 3 s 2-8; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 
 24; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 2-14; 1988 c 486 s 2-5; 1988 c 629 s 24; 
 1988 c 718 art 3 s 1; art 6 s 2; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 
 329 art 3 s 1-3; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 1,2,38; art 11 s 1; 1991 c 
 292 art 6 s 58 subd 2; 1992 c 499 art 3 s 1-7; art 11 s 1; 1993 
 c 224 art 3 s 1-9; art 14 s 3; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 647 art 3 
 s 2-8,34; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 3 s 1-3; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 2 
 s 1,2; art 3 s 1-3; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 22-41,164; art 11 s 3; 
 1998 c 398 art 2 s 6-14; art 6 s 1; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 1999 
 c 123 s 5 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to this section by Laws 1999, chapter 123, 
*section 5, requiring the provision of special instruction and services 
*until the child with a disability becomes 21 years old instead of 22 
*years old is effective July 1, 2002.  Laws 1999, chapter 123, section 
*22, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 2, section 57.