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005.18.5-5.12. FAPE for Children Suspended or Expelled from School

AR ADC 005.18.5-5.12Arkansas Administrative CodeEffective: June 1, 2019

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 005. Department of Education
Division 18. Special Education and Related Services
Rule 5. Free Appropriate Public Education (Fape)
Effective: June 1, 2019
Ark. Admin. Code 005.18.5-5.12
005.18.5-5.12. FAPE for Children Suspended or Expelled from School
5.12.1 A child with a disability who is removed from the child's current placement pursuant to this section must -
5.12.1.1 Continue to receive educational services, as provided in 34 CFR 300.101(a), so as to enable the child to continue to participate in the general education curriculum, although in another setting, and to progress toward meeting the goals set out in the child's IEP; and
5.12.1.2 Receive, as appropriate, a functional behavioral assessment, and behavioral intervention services and modifications that are designed to address the behavior violation so that it does not recur.
5.12.2 The services required by paragraph 5.12.1 of this section may be provided in an interim alternative educational setting.
5.12.3 A public agency is only required to provide services during periods of removal to a child with a disability who has been removed from his or her current placement for 10 school days or less in that school year, if it provides services to a child without disabilities who is similarly removed.
5.12.4 After a child with a disability has been removed from his or her current placement for 10 school days in the same school year, if the current removal is for not more than 10 consecutive school days and is not a change of placement under 34 CFR 300.536, school personnel, in consultation with at least one of the child's teachers, determine the extent to which services are needed, as provided in 34 CFR 300.101(a), so as to enable the child to continue to participate in the general education curriculum, although in another setting, and to progress toward meeting the goals set out in the child's IEP.
5.12.5 If the removal is a change of placement under 34 CFR 300.536, the child's IEP Team determines appropriate services under 5.12.1 of this section.

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Amended June 1, 2019.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 005.18.5-5.12, AR ADC 005.18.5-5.12
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