(1) Each local educational agency shall count the number of students with disabilities receiving special education and related services on December 1 of each year and submit the count to the Office of Public Instruction by December 10 of that year.

(a) The count shall include only those students with disabilities who:

(i) are identified in accordance with ARM 10.16.3010 through 10.16.3022 and have an individualized education program or services plan in effect on the date the count is taken;

(ii) are enrolled in public or private school within the jurisdiction of the local educational agency boundaries; and

(iii) are not receiving special education and related services funded solely by other federal agencies.

(b) Students with disabilities shall be identified on the count by:

(i) student initials;

(ii) gender;

(iii) birth date;

(iv) category of disability; and

(v) any other information the Office of Public Instruction requires to ensure an unduplicated count.

(2) The child count shall be submitted on forms provided by the Office of Public Instruction and shall include written assurance that students with disabilities counted on December 1 had an individualized education program or services plan implemented on the day the count was taken.

(3) If December 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the count shall be taken on the first Monday following December 1.

(4) Each local educational agency shall report any corrections in child count to the Office of Public Instruction on or before February 25 of the year following the date of the count.