Chapter 120. EARLY ACCESS INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

120.801(1) Lead agency. The Iowa department of education was appointed lead agency on June 24, 1987. Responsibilities of the lead agency include: a. Developing and implementing policies and procedures regarding the types of information to be gathered and the policies and paramete…

An IFSP process shall be developed by the lead agency and shall be reviewed and approved by the signatory agencies. The process shall be used by all signatory agencies to document the ongoing work between families and providers across all agencies that are providing a service or …

System-level disputes involve conflicts over the roles or responsibilities of an agency partner within the Early ACCESS system. System-level disputes may involve financial matters, the implementation of Early ACCESS system aspects that are not law or rules, such as interagency ag…

120.804(1) Early ACCESS grantees. Early ACCESS grantees shall have the fiscal and legal obligation for ensuring that the Early ACCESS system is carried out regionally. Early ACCESS grantees shall be designated by the department and shall exist, at a minimum, in geographic areas t…

Each Early ACCESS grantee shall ensure that Early ACCESS components and services are available 12 months a year to meet the needs of eligible children and their families. [ARC 7805C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]

Each grantee, in conjunction with signatory agencies or the department, or both, will implement activities designed to evaluate and improve the Early ACCESS system. These activities are to document the performance of eligible children who receive early intervention services. [ARC…

Each grantee will cooperate in research activities designed to evaluate and improve the Early ACCESS system when such activities are sponsored by the department, or a signatory agency when approved by the department, to assess and ensure the effectiveness of efforts to serve elig…

Each signatory agency or grantee will maintain sufficient records and reports for audit by the department. Records and reports shall include at a minimum: 1. State-approved or state-recognized certification, licensing, registration, or other comparable requirements for all person…

Each signatory agency or grantee will provide the department with information necessary to enable the department to carry out its duties under Part C of the Act and this chapter. This information, including such quantitative and qualitative data as the department may require, wil…

Each agency must make available to parents of children with disabilities and to the general public all documents relating to the eligibility of the agency under Part C of the Act. [ARC 7805C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]

Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, any mediation conference or due process hearing under Division VI of this chapter shall be conducted according to rules 281—41.1002(256B,34CFR300), 281—41.1009(17A,256B) through 281—41.1012(17A,256B), and 281—41.1014(17A,256B) through 28…

All references in this chapter to provisions of the United States Code or the Code of Federal Regulations are to those provisions in effect on September 28, 2011. [ARC 7805C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]

Should any rule or subrule in this chapter be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, every other rule and subrule not affected by that declaration of invalidity shall remain valid. [ARC 7805C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]

Language adopted pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2585, will be construed in a manner consistent with federal law and will not be construed to confer any different or greater right or responsibility under this chapter. [ARC 7805C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24] These rules…

“Day” means calendar day, unless otherwise indicated. [ARC 7805C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]