Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-40-8

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 38, September 19, 2024

Section 91-40-8 - Evaluations

(a) Each agency shall ensure that a full and individual evaluation is conducted for each child being considered for special education and related services. Each evaluation shall include procedures to determine the following:

(1) Whether the child is an exceptional child; and

(2) what the educational needs of the child are.

(b) In implementing the requirements of subsection (a), the agency shall ensure that the following conditions are met:

(1) The evaluation is conducted in accordance with the procedures described in K.A.R. 91-40-9 and, if applicable, K.A.R. 91-40-11.

(2) The results of the evaluation are used by the child's IEP team to develop the child's IEP.

(3) The evaluation is conducted before the initial provision of special education and related services to the child.

(c) As a part of an initial evaluation, if appropriate, and as a part of any reevaluation, each agency shall ensure that members of an appropriate IEP team for the child and other qualified professionals, as appropriate, comply with the following requirements:

(1) The evaluation team shall review existing evaluation data on the child, including the following information:

(A) Evaluations and information provided by the parent or parents of the child;

(B) current classroom-based, local, and state assessments and classroom-based observations; and

(C) observations by teachers and related services providers.

(2) On the basis of that review and input from the child's parent or parents, the evaluation team shall identify what additional data, if any, is needed to determine the following matters:

(A) Whether the child has a particular category of exceptionality or, in the case of a reevaluation of a child, whether the child continues to have such an exceptionality;

(B) what the present levels of academic achievement and educational and related developmental needs of the child are;

(C) whether the child needs special education and related services, or in the case of a reevaluation of a child, whether the child continues to need special education and related services; and

(D) whether, in the case of a reevaluation of the child, any additions or modifications to the special education and related services currently being provided to the child are needed to enable the child to meet the measurable annual goals set out in the IEP of the child and to participate, as appropriate, in the general education curriculum.

(d) The team described in subsection (c) may conduct its review without a meeting.

(e)

(1) If the team described in subsection (c) determines that additional data is required to make any of the determinations specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the agency, after giving proper written notice to the parent and obtaining parental consent, shall administer those tests and evaluations that are appropriate to produce the needed data.

(2) If the team described in subsection (c) determines that no additional data is needed to make any of the determinations specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the agency shall give written notice to the child's parent of the following information:

(A) The determination that no additional data is needed and the reasons for this determination; and

(B) the right of the parent to request an assessment.

(3) The agency shall not be required to conduct any additional assessments unless requested to do so by a parent.

(f) Unless an agency has obtained written parental consent to an extension of time and except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), the agency shall complete the following activities within 60 school days of the date the agency receives written parental consent for evaluation of a child:

(1) Conduct the evaluation of the child;

(2) conduct a meeting to determine whether the child is an exceptional child and, if so, to develop an IEP for the child. The agency shall give notice of this meeting to the child's parent or parents as required by K.A.R. 91-40-17(a); and

(3) implement the child's IEP in accordance with K.A.R. 91-40-16.

(g) An agency shall not be subject to the time frame prescribed in subsection (f) if either of the following conditions is met:

(1) The parent or parents of the child who is to be evaluated repeatedly fail or refuse to produce the child for the evaluation.

(2) The child enrolls in a different school before the evaluation is completed, and the parent and new school agree to a specific date by which the evaluation will be completed.

(h) In complying with subsection (f), each agency shall ensure that an IEP is developed for each exceptional child within 30 days from the date on which the child is determined to need special education and related services.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-40-8

Authorized by K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-963; implementing K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-966 and 72-986; effective May 19, 2000; amended March 21, 2008.