256B.4 - POWERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
256B.4 POWERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The board of directors of a school district or area education
agency, with the approval of the director of the department of
education, may provide special education programs and services as
defined in this chapter. If services are provided by the area
education agency the board of directors of the area education agency
with the cooperation of the local school districts within its
jurisdiction may:
1. Establish and operate special education programs and classes
for the education of children requiring special education.
2. Acquire, maintain, and construct facilities in which to
provide education, corrective services, and supportive services for
children requiring special education.
3. Make arrangements with participating school districts for the
provision of special education, corrective, and supportive services
to the children requiring special education residing in the school
districts.
4. Employ special education teachers and personnel required to
furnish corrective or supportive services to children requiring
special education services.
5. Provide transportation for children requiring special
education services that are in need of transportation in connection
with any programs, classes, or services.
6. Receive, administer, and expend funds appropriated for its
use.
7. Receive, administer, and expend the proceeds of any issue of
school bonds or other bonds intended wholly or partly for its
benefit.
8. Apply for, accept, and utilize grants, gifts, or other
assistance.
9. Participate in, and make its employees eligible to participate
in, any retirement system, group insurance system, or other program
of employee benefits, on the same terms as govern school districts
and their employees.
10. Do such other things as are necessary and incidental to the
execution of any of its powers.
The board of directors of the local district or the area education
agency shall employ qualified teachers certified by the authority
provided by law as teachers for children requiring such special
education. The maximum number of pupils per teacher shall be
determined by the board of directors of the local district or the
area education agency board in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the state board of education.
The board of directors of the local district or the area education
agency may establish and operate one or more special education
centers to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, corrective, and other
services, on a more comprehensive, expert, economical, and efficient
basis than can be reasonably provided by a single school district.
The services, if offered by the area education agency board, may be
provided in the regular schools using personnel and equipment of the
area education agency or, if it is impractical or inefficient to
provide them on the premises of a regular school, the area education
agency may provide services in its own facilities. To the maximum
extent feasible, centers shall be established at and in conjunction
with, or in close proximity to, one or more elementary and secondary
schools. Local districts or the area education agencies may accept
diagnostic and evaluation studies conducted by other individuals,
hospitals, or centers, if determined to be competent. Children
requiring special education services may be identified in any way
that the department of education determines to be reliable. Centers
established pursuant to this section may contain classrooms and other
educational facilities and equipment to supplement instruction and
other services to children with disabilities in the regular schools,
and to provide separate instruction to children whose degree or type
of educational disability makes it impractical or inappropriate for
them to participate in classes with normal children. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 281.4] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1479, 1480
C93, § 256B.4
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113