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256B.7 - EXAMINATIONS OF CHILDREN.

        256B.7  EXAMINATIONS OF CHILDREN.
         In order to render proper instruction to each child requiring
      special education, the school districts shall certify children
      requiring special education for special instruction in accordance
      with the requirements set up by the division of special education and
      shall provide examinations for children preliminary to making
      certification.  The examinations necessary for the certification of
      children requiring special education shall be prescribed by the state
      division of special education.  Final decision in case of
      disagreement or appeal is the responsibility of the director of the
      department of education, who may secure the advice of competent
      medical and educational authorities including the Iowa department of
      public health, the university hospitals, the department of human
      services, the superintendent of the state school for the deaf, and
      the superintendent of the Iowa braille and sight saving school.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 281.7] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1481
         C93, § 256B.7
         Referred to in § 299.5