Special education services

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-28-113 — under Arkansas Military Child School Transitions Act of 2021.

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-28-113

(a) A receiving district shall provisionally provide services to a student with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., according to the student's existing individualized education program.

(b) A receiving district:(1) Shall make reasonable accommodations and modifications to address the needs of incoming students with disabilities under this section;(2) May perform subsequent evaluations to ensure a student who transitions under this chapter has been appropriately placed in the receiving district as soon as possible upon the student's arrival at the receiving district;(3) May request a meeting with a student's parents or legal guardians and the individualized education program team at the sending district from which the student transferred before the student's arrival at the receiving district;(4) May, upon review of a student's existing individualized education program and with parental consent, request an evaluation by the sending district, if the student is still enrolled in the sending district;(5) May request an in-person meeting with the student's parents or legal guardians and the student to confirm planned services upon the adoption by the public school of the student's existing or amended individualized education program; and(6) May take any other action to ensure a student's smooth transition under this chapter.

(1) Shall make reasonable accommodations and modifications to address the needs of incoming students with disabilities under this section;

(2) May perform subsequent evaluations to ensure a student who transitions under this chapter has been appropriately placed in the receiving district as soon as possible upon the student's arrival at the receiving district;

(3) May request a meeting with a student's parents or legal guardians and the individualized education program team at the sending district from which the student transferred before the student's arrival at the receiving district;

(4) May, upon review of a student's existing individualized education program and with parental consent, request an evaluation by the sending district, if the student is still enrolled in the sending district;

(5) May request an in-person meeting with the student's parents or legal guardians and the student to confirm planned services upon the adoption by the public school of the student's existing or amended individualized education program; and

(6) May take any other action to ensure a student's smooth transition under this chapter.