1997 Minnesota Statutes

     128A.05 Admission standards. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed by amendment, 1989 c 220 s 2 

    Subdivision 1.    Two kinds.  There are two kinds of 
 admission to the academies.  

    (a) A pupil who is deaf, hard of hearing, or blind-deaf, 
 may be admitted to the academy for the deaf.  A pupil who is 
 blind or visually impaired, blind-deaf, or multiply handicapped 
 may be admitted to the academy for the blind.  For a pupil to be 
 admitted, two decisions must be made under section 120.17. 

    (1) It must be decided by the individual education planning 
 team that education in regular or special education classes in 
 the pupil's district of residence cannot be achieved 
 satisfactorily because of the nature and severity of the 
 deafness or blindness or visual impairment respectively. 

    (2) It must be decided by the individual education planning 
 team that the academy provides the most appropriate placement 
 within the least restrictive alternative for the pupil.  

    (b) A deaf or hard of hearing child or a visually impaired 
 pupil may be admitted to get socialization skills or on a 
 short-term basis for skills development.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed by amendment, 1989 c 220 s 2 

    Subd. 2.    Multiply handicapped.  This section does not 
 prevent a pupil with handicaps in addition to being 

    (1) deaf or hard of hearing, or 

    (2) blind or visually impaired 

 from attending the academy for the deaf or the academy for the 
 blind, respectively.  

    Subd. 3. Renumbered subd 4 

    Subd. 3.    Out-of-state admissions.  An applicant from 
 another state who can benefit from attending either academy may 
 be admitted to the academy if the admission does not prevent an 
 eligible Minnesota resident from being admitted.  The state 
 board of education must obtain reimbursement from the other 
 state for the costs of the out-of-state admission.  The state 
 board may enter into an agreement with the appropriate authority 
 in the other state for the reimbursement.  Money received from 
 another state must be deposited in the general fund and credited 
 to the general operating account of the academies.  The money is 
 appropriated to the academies. 

    Subd. 4.    Compulsory attendance.  The compulsory 
 attendance provisions of section 120.101 apply to attendance at 
 the academies.  Attendance may be excused under that section by 
 the commissioner of children, families, and learning or a 
 designee.  A person who fails to comply with section 120.101 is 
 subject to section 120.103.  The academies' administrator must 
 exercise the duties imposed on a superintendent by section 
 120.103.  Attendance at the academy for the deaf or the academy 
 for the blind fulfills the requirements of section 120.17.  The 
 academies are subject to sections 127.26 to 127.39, the pupil 
 fair dismissal act of 1970, as amended. 

    HIST: 1976 c 271 s 70; 1985 c 240 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 
 art 1 s 55; 1989 c 220 s 2; 1991 c 265 art 11 s 12; 1Sp1995 c 3 
 art 11 s 16,17; art 16 s 13