257.45 - SUBMISSION OF PROGRAM PLANS.
257.45 SUBMISSION OF PROGRAM PLANS.
1. The board of directors of a school district shall submit
applications for approval for the programs to the department not
later than November 1 preceding the fiscal year during which the
program will be offered. The board shall also submit a copy of the
program plans to the gifted and talented children advisory council,
if an advisory council has been established. The department shall
review the program plans and shall prior to January 15 either grant
approval for the program or return the request for approval with
comments of the department included. Any unapproved request for a
program may be resubmitted with modifications to the department not
later than a date established by the department. Not later than
February 15 the department shall notify the department of management
and the school budget review committee of the names of the school
districts for which gifted and talented children programs have been
approved and the approved budget of each program listed separately
for each school district having an approved program.
2. The department of education may waive the November 1 deadline,
if the department finds that the school district applying for
approval of gifted and talented programs missed the deadline for good
cause. The department shall adopt rules defining good cause for
purposes of this section. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 135, § 45; 94 Acts, ch 1088, §2; 99 Acts, ch 178, §7,
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Referred to in § 257.42