10.16.3142    INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS

(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop and implement interagency agreements with the Board of Public Education, departments of Public Health and Human Services and Corrections for the purpose of describing the role that each of these agencies plays in providing for special education or related services.

(2) The interagency agreement shall define the financial responsibility of each agency for providing a free appropriate public education and establish procedures for resolving interagency disputes among parties to the agreement, and establish procedures under which local educational agencies may initiate proceedings in order to secure reimbursement from agencies that are parties to the agreements or otherwise implement the provisions of the agreements.

(3) The interagency agreement shall designate the rules, regulations, and educational standards applicable to educational services administered by other public agencies and the monitoring role of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

History: 20-7-402, MCA; IMP, 20-7-403, MCA; NEW, 1993 MAR p. 1913, Eff. 8/13/93; AMD & TRANS, 2000 MAR p. 1048, Eff. 7/1/00; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 678, Eff. 5/25/07.