Children with disabilities in private schools placed or referred by public agencies
Arkansas Code § 6-11-105; Arkansas Code § 6-41-207
- (a) This section applies only to children with disabilities who are or have been placed in or referred to a private school or facility by a public agency as a means of providing special education and related services.
(b) Each public agency shall ensure that each child with a disability who is placed in or referred to a private school or facility by a public agency:
(1) Is provided special education and related services:
- (A) In conformance with an IEP that meets the requirements of 34 C.F.R. §§ 300.320 – 300.325 and 6 CAR § 130-801 et seq.; and
- (B) At no cost to the parents;
- (2) Is provided an education that meets the standards that apply to education provided by the SEA and LEAs (including the requirements of this part, except for 34 C.F.R. § 300.18 and § 300.156(c)); and
- (3) Has all of the rights of a child with a disability served by a public agency.