The applicability of this part to state, local, and private agencies is as follows:
- (1) This part applies to all public agencies providing education to children with disabilities;
(2) For public agencies within the state, the provisions of this part:
(A) Apply to all political subdivisions of the State of Arkansas that are involved in the education of children with disabilities, including:
- (i) The state educational agency (SEA);
- (ii) Local educational agencies, educational service agencies, and public charter schools that are not otherwise included as LEAs or ESAs and are not a school of an LEA or ESA;
- (iii) Other state agencies and schools (such as departments of human services and health and state schools for children with deafness or children with blindness); and
- (iv) State and local juvenile and adult correctional facilities; and
- (B) Are binding on each public agency in the state that provides special education and related services to children with disabilities, regardless of whether that agency is receiving funds under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and
(3) For private schools and facilities, each public agency in the State of Arkansas is responsible for ensuring that the rights and protections under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are given to children with disabilities:
- (A) Referred to or placed in private schools and facilities by that public agency; or
- (B) Placed in private schools by their parents under the provisions of 34 C.F.R. § 300.148 and 6 CAR § 130-1401 et seq.
Codification Notes: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.