2004 Minnesota Statutes

     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. 

    HIST: 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