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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.17 - Homeless Children

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"Homeless children" means children who meet the definition
				  given the term "homeless children and youths" in Section 725 (42 U.S.C.
				  11434a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
				  Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
				  11431 et seq.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.18 - Include; Including

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Include" or "including" means that the items named are not
				  all of the possible items that are covered, whether like or unlike the ones
				  named.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.19 - Indian; Indian Tribe

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"Indian" means an individual who is a member of an Indian
				  tribe. "Indian tribe" means any federal or state Indian tribe, band, rancheria,
				  pueblo, colony, community, or settlement, including any Alaska Native village
				  or regional village corporation (as defined in or established under the Alaska
				  Native Claims Settlement Act,
				  43 U.S.C.
				  1601 et seq.). Nothing in this definition is
				  intended to indicate that the Secretary of the Interior is required to provide
				  services or funding to a state Indian tribe that is not listed in the Federal
				  Register list of Indian entities recognized as eligible to receive services
				  from the United States, published pursuant to Section 104 of the Federally
				  Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994,
				  25 U.S.C.
				  479a-1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.20 - Individualized Family Service Plan

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Individualized family service plan" or "IFSP" means a written
				  plan for providing early intervention services to an infant or toddler with a
				  disability under this chapter and the infant's or toddler's family that is
				  based on the evaluation and assessment described in rule
				  281-120.321 ( 34CFR303); that
				  includes the content specified in rule
				  281-120.344 ( 34CFR303); that
				  is implemented as soon as possible once parental consent for the early
				  intervention services in the IFSP is obtained (consistent with rule
				  281-120.420 ( 34CFR303)); and
				  that is developed in accordance with the IFSP procedures in rules
				  281-120.342 ( 34CFR303),
				  281-120.343 ( 34CFR303), and
				  281-120.345 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.21 - Infant or Toddler With a Disability

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"Infant or toddler with a disability" means an individual
				  under three years of age who needs early intervention services because the
				  individual:
(1) Is experiencing a
				developmental delay, which is a 25 percent delay as measured by appropriate
				diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas:
a. Cognitive development;
b. Physical development, including vision and
				hearing;
c. Communication
				development;
d. Social or emotional
				development;
e. Adaptive
				development; or
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.22 - Lead Agency

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"Lead agency" is the Iowa department of education to receive
				  funds under Section 643 of the Act and to administer the state's
				  responsibilities under Part C of the Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.23 - Local Educational Agency

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(1)
General.
"Local educational agency" or "LEA" means a public
				board of education or other public authority legally constituted within the
				state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a
				service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city,
				county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of the state,
				or for a combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in the
				state as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or
				secondary schools.
(2)
Educational service agencies and other public institutions or
				agencies.
"Educational service agencies and other public institutions
				or agencies" includes the following:
a.
				"Educational service agency," defined as a regional public multiservice agency:
(1) Authorized by state law to develop,
				manage, and provide services or programs to LEAs; and
(2) Recognized as an administrative agency
				for purposes of the provision of special education and related services
				provided within public elementary schools and secondary schools of the
				state.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.24 - Multidisciplinary

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"Multidisciplinary" means the involvement of two or more
				  separate disciplines or professions and, with respect to:
1. Evaluation of the child in rule
				281-120.113( 34CFR303) and subrule 120.321(1) and assessments of the child and
				family in subrule 120.321(1), may include one individual who is qualified in
				more than one discipline or profession; and
2. The IFSP team in rule 281-120.340(
				34CFR303) must include the involvement of the parent and two or more
				individuals from separate disciplines or professions and one of these
				individuals must be the service coordinator (consistent with subrule
				120.343(1)).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.25 - Native Language

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(1)
Limited
				English proficiency.
"Native language," when used with respect to an
				individual who is limited English proficient or LEP (as that term is defined in
				Section 602(18) of the Act and in rule
				281-41.27 (256B, 34CFR300)),
				means:
a. The language normally used by that
				individual, or, in the case of a child, the language normally used by the
				parents of the child, except as provided in paragraph
				120.25(1)
"b"
; and
b. For evaluations and assessments conducted
				pursuant to subrule 120.321(1), the language normally used by the child, if
				determined developmentally appropriate for the child by qualified personnel
				conducting the evaluation or assessment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.26 - Natural Environments

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Natural environments" means settings that are natural or
				  typical for a same-aged infant or toddler without a disability, may include the
				  home or community settings, and must be consistent with the provisions of rule
				  281-120.126 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.27 - Parent

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(1)
General.
"Parent" means:
a.
				A biological or adoptive parent of a child;
b. A foster parent, unless state law,
				regulations, or contractual obligations with a state or local entity prohibit a
				foster parent from acting as a parent;
c. A guardian generally authorized to act as
				the child's parent, or authorized to make early intervention, educational,
				health or developmental decisions for the child (but not the state if the child
				is a ward of the state);
d. An
				individual acting in the place of a biological or adoptive parent (including a
				grandparent, stepparent, or other relative) with whom the child lives, or an
				individual who is legally responsible for the child's welfare; or
e. A surrogate parent who has been appointed
				in accordance with rule
				281-120.422 ( 34CFR303) or
				Section 639(a)(5) of the Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.29 - Personally Identifiable Information

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"Personally identifiable information" means personally
				  identifiable information as defined in
				  34 CFR
				  99.3, except that the term "student" in the
				  definition of "personally identifiable information" in
				  34 CFR
				  99.3 means "child" as used in this chapter
				  and any reference to "school" means "EIS provider" as used in this
				  chapter.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.30 - Public Agency

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As used in this chapter, "public agency" means the lead
				  agency and any other agency or political subdivision of the state. The
				  particular public agency serving each infant or toddler and that infant or
				  toddler's family shall be determined by the particular Early ACCESS needs of
				  each infant and toddler and pursuant to the interagency agreements established
				  under this chapter. Disputes about which agency will serve a particular infant
				  or toddler shall be resolved by the mechanisms that those agreements
				  contain.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.31 - Qualified Personnel

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"Qualified personnel" means personnel who have met
				  state-approved or state-recognized certification, licensing, registration, or
				  other comparable requirements that apply to the areas in which the individuals
				  are conducting evaluations or assessments or providing early intervention
				  services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.32 - Scientifically Based Research

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"Scientifically based research" has the meaning given the
				  term in Section 9101(37) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
				  (ESEA). In applying the ESEA to the regulations under Part C of the Act, any
				  reference to "education activities and programs" refers to "early intervention
				  services."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.34 - Service Coordination Services (case management)

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(1)
General.
a. As used in this
				chapter, "service coordination services" means services provided by a service
				coordinator to assist and enable an infant or toddler with a disability and the
				child's family to receive the services and rights, including procedural
				safeguards, required under this chapter.
b. Each infant or toddler with a disability
				and the child's family must be provided with one service coordinator who is
				responsible for:
(1) Coordinating all
				services required under this chapter across agency lines; and
(2) Serving as the single point of contact
				for carrying out the activities described in this subrule and subrule
				120.34(2).
c. Service
				coordination is an active, ongoing process that involves:
(1) Assisting parents of infants and toddlers
				with disabilities in gaining access to, and coordinating the provision of, the
				early intervention services required under this chapter;
(2) Using family-centered practices in all
				contacts with families; and
(3)
				Coordinating the other services identified in the IFSP under subrule 120.344(5)
				that are needed by, or are being provided to, the infant or toddler with a
				disability and that child's family.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.35 - State

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"State" means each of the 50 states, the Commonwealth of
				  Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the four outlying areas and
				  jurisdictions of Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and
				  the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.36 - State Educational Agency

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"State educational agency" or "SEA" means the state board of
				  education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for the state
				  supervision of public elementary schools and secondary schools or, if there is
				  no such officer or agency, an officer or agency designated by the governor or
				  by state law. "State educational agency" includes the agency that receives
				  funds under Sections 611 and 619 of the Act to administer the state's
				  responsibilities under Part B of the Act. In Iowa, the SEA is the Iowa
				  department of education.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.37 - Ward of the State

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(1)
General.
Subject to subrules 120.37(2) and 120.37(3), "ward of
				the state" means a child who, as determined by the state where the child
				resides, is:
a. A foster child;
b. A ward of the state; or
c. In the custody of a public child welfare
				agency.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.101 - State Eligibility-requirements for a Grant Under Part C of the Act

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In order to be eligible for a grant under Part C of the Act
				  for any fiscal year, the state must meet the following conditions:
(1)
Assurances regarding early
				intervention services and a statewide system.
The state must provide
				the following assurances to the Secretary that:
a. The state has adopted a policy that
				appropriate early intervention services, as defined in rule 281-120.13(
				34CFR303), are available to all infants and toddlers with disabilities in the
				state and their families, including:
(1)
				Indian infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families residing on a
				reservation geographically located in the state;
(2) Infants and toddlers with disabilities
				who are homeless children and their families; and
(3) Infants and toddlers with disabilities
				who are wards of the state; and
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.102 - State Conformity With Part C of the Act

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Each state that receives funds under Part C of the Act must
				  ensure that any state rules, regulations, and policies relating to this chapter
				  conform to the purposes and requirements of 34 CFR Part 303.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.105 - Positive Efforts to Employ and Advance Qualified Individuals With Disabilities

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Each recipient of assistance under Part C of the Act must
				  make positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals
				  with disabilities in programs assisted under Part C of the
				  Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.110 - Minimum Components of a Statewide System

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Each statewide system (system) must include, at a minimum,
				  the components described in rules
				  281-120.111 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.126 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.111 - State Definition of Developmental Delay

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The system must include the state's rigorous definition of
				  developmental delay, consistent with rule
				  281-120.10 ( 34CFR303) and
				  subrule 120.203(3), that will be used by the state in carrying out programs
				  under Part C of the Act in order to appropriately identify infants and toddlers
				  with disabilities who are in need of services under Part C of the Act. The
				  definition must:
(1) Describe, for
				each of the areas listed in subrule 120.21(1), the evaluation and assessment
				procedures, consistent with rule
				281-120.321 ( 34CFR303), that
				will be used to measure a child's development; and
(2) Specify that 25 percent is the applicable
				level of developmental delay in functioning or other comparable criteria to
				constitute a developmental delay in one or more of the developmental areas
				identified in subrule 120.21(1).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.112 - Availability of Early Intervention Services

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Each system must include a state policy that is in effect and
				  that ensures that appropriate early intervention services are based on
				  scientifically based research, to the extent practicable, and are available to
				  all infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families,
				  including:
(1) Indian infants and
				toddlers with disabilities and their families residing on a reservation
				geographically located in the state; and
(2) Infants and toddlers with disabilities
				who are homeless children and their families.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.113 - Evaluation, Assessment, and Nondiscriminatory Procedures

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(1)
General.
Subject to subrule 120.113(2), each system must
				ensure the performance of the following:
a. A
				timely, comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation of the functioning of each
				infant or toddler with a disability in the state; and
b. A family-directed identification of the
				needs of the family of the infant or toddler to assist appropriately in the
				development of the infant or toddler.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.114 - Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)

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Each system must ensure, for each infant or toddler with a
				  disability and the infant's or toddler's family in the state, that an IFSP, as
				  defined in rule 281-120.20 ( 34CFR303), is
				  developed and implemented that satisfies rules
				  281-120.340 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.345 ( 34CFR303), and
				  that includes service coordination services, as defined in rule
				  281-120.34 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.115 - Comprehensive Child Find System

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Each system must include a comprehensive child find system
				  that satisfies rules 281-120.302 ( 34CFR303) and
				  281-120.303 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.116 - Public Awareness Program

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Each system must include a public awareness program that
				  focuses on the early identification of infants and toddlers with disabilities;
				  and provides information to parents of infants and toddlers through primary
				  referral sources in accordance with rule
				  281-120.301 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.117 - Central Directory

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Each system must include a central directory that is
				  accessible to the general public (i.e., through the department's website and
				  other appropriate means) and includes accurate, up-to-date information
				  about:
(1) Public and private early
				intervention services, resources, and experts available in the state;
(2) Professional and other groups (including
				parent support, and training and information centers, such as those funded
				under the Act) that provide assistance to infants and toddlers with
				disabilities eligible under Part C of the Act and their families; and
(3) Research and demonstration projects being
				conducted in the state relating to infants and toddlers with
				disabilities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.118 - Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD)

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Each system must include a comprehensive system of personnel
				  development (CSPD), including the training of paraprofessionals and the
				  training of primary referral sources with respect to the basic components of
				  early intervention services available in the state.
(1)
Required elements.
A
				CSPD must include:
a. Training personnel to
				implement innovative strategies and activities for the recruitment and
				retention of EIS providers;
b.
				Promoting the preparation of EIS providers who are fully and appropriately
				qualified to provide early intervention services under this chapter;
				and
c. Training personnel to
				coordinate transition services for infants and toddlers with disabilities who
				are transitioning from an early intervention service program under Part C of
				the Act to a preschool program under Section 619 of the Act, Head Start, Early
				Head Start, an elementary school program under Part B of the Act, or another
				appropriate program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.119 - Personnel Standards

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(1)
General.
Each system must include policies and procedures
				relating to the establishment and maintenance of qualification standards to
				ensure that personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter are
				appropriately and adequately prepared and trained.
(2)
Qualification standards.
The policies and procedures required in subrule 120.119(1) must provide for the
				establishment and maintenance of qualification standards that are consistent
				with any state-approved or state-recognized certification, licensing,
				registration, or other comparable requirements that apply to the profession,
				discipline, or area in which personnel are providing early intervention
				services.
(3)
Use of
				paraprofessionals and assistants.
Nothing in Part C of the Act may be
				construed to prohibit the use of paraprofessionals and assistants who are
				appropriately trained and supervised in accordance with state law, regulation,
				or written policy to assist in the provision of early intervention services
				under Part C of the Act to infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.120 - Lead Agency Role in Supervision, Monitoring, Funding, Interagency Coordination, and Other Responsibilities

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Iowa's system includes the designation of the Iowa department
				  of education as lead agency, with a single line of responsibility for the
				  following items:
(1)
General
				supervision.
The department is responsible for the following:
a. The general administration and supervision
				of programs and activities administered by agencies, institutions,
				organizations, and EIS providers receiving assistance under Part C of the
				Act.
b. The monitoring of programs
				and activities used by the state to carry out Part C of the Act (whether or not
				the programs or activities are administered by agencies, institutions,
				organizations, and EIS providers that are receiving assistance under Part C of
				the Act) to ensure that the state complies with Part C of the Act, including:
(1) Monitoring agencies, institutions,
				organizations, and EIS providers used by the state to carry out Part C of the
				Act;
(2) Enforcing any obligations
				imposed on those agencies, institutions, organizations, and EIS providers under
				Part C of the Act and these rules;
(3) Providing technical assistance, if
				necessary, to those agencies, institutions, organizations, and EIS
				providers;
(4) Correcting any
				noncompliance identified through monitoring as soon as possible and in no case
				later than one year after the lead agency's identification of the
				noncompliance; and
(5) Conducting
				the activities in subparagraphs 120.120(1)
"a"
(1) through (4),
				consistent with rules
				281-120.700 ( 34CFR303) through
				281-120.707 ( 34CFR303), and
				any other activities required by the state under those rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.121 - Policy for Contracting or Otherwise Arranging for Services

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Each system must include a policy pertaining to the
				  contracting or making of other arrangements with public or private individuals
				  or agency service providers to provide early intervention services in the
				  state, consistent with the provisions of Part C of the Act, including the
				  contents of the application, and the conditions of the contract or other
				  arrangements. The policy must:
1.
				Include a requirement that all early intervention services must meet state
				standards and be consistent with the provisions of this chapter; and
2. Be consistent with the Education
				Department General Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR Part 80.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.122 - Reimbursement Procedures

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Each system must include procedures for securing the timely
				  reimbursement of funds used under Part C of the Act, in accordance with rules
				  281-120.500 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.521 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.123 - Procedural Safeguards

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Each system must include procedural safeguards that satisfy
				  rules 281-120.400 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.449 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.124 - Data Collection

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(1)
General.
Each statewide system must include a system for
				compiling and reporting timely and accurate data that satisfies subrule
				120.124(2) and rules 281-120.700 ( 34CFR303) through
				281-120.702 ( 34CFR303) and
				rules 281-120.720 ( 34CFR303) through
				281-120.724 ( 34CFR303
				).
(2)
Required
				description.
The data system required in subrule 120.124(1) must
				include a description of the process that the state uses, or will use, to
				compile data on infants or toddlers with disabilities receiving early
				intervention services under this chapter, including a description of the
				state's sampling methods, if sampling is used, for reporting the data required
				by the Secretary under Sections 616 and 618 of the Act and rules
				281-120.700 ( 34CFR303) through
				281-120.707( 34CFR303) and rules
				281-120.720 ( 34CFR303) through
				281-120.724( 34CFR303).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.125 - State Interagency Coordinating Council

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Each system must include a state interagency coordinating
				  council satisfying rules
				  281-120.600 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.605 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.126 - Early Intervention Services in Natural Environments

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Each system must include policies and procedures to ensure,
				  consistent with rule 281-120.13 ( 34CFR303) (early
				  intervention services), rule
				  281-120.26 ( 34CFR303) (natural
				  environments), and subrule 120.344(4) (content of an IFSP), that early
				  intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities are
				  provided:
1. To the maximum extent
				appropriate, in natural environments; and
2. In settings other than the natural
				environment that are most appropriate, as determined by the parent and the IFSP
				team, only when early intervention services cannot be achieved satisfactorily
				in a natural environment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.201 - Designation of Lead Agency

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Each application must include the designation of the
				  department as the lead agency that will be responsible for the administration
				  of funds provided under Part C of the Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.202 - Certification Regarding Financial Responsibility

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Each application must include a certification to the
				  Secretary that the arrangements to establish financial responsibility for the
				  provision of Part C services among appropriate public agencies under rule
				  281-120.511 ( 34CFR303) and the
				  lead agency's contracts with EIS providers regarding financial responsibility
				  for the provision of Part C services both satisfy rules
				  281-120.500 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.521 ( 34CFR303) and are
				  current as of the date of submission of the certification.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.203 - Statewide System and Description of Services

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Each application must include the following items:
(1)
Description of services.
A description of services to be provided under this chapter to infants and
				toddlers with disabilities and their families through the state's
				system;
(2)
Identification
				and coordination of resources.
The state's policies and procedures
				regarding the identification and coordination of all available resources within
				the state from federal, state, local, and private sources as required under
				Division VII of this chapter and including:
a.
				Policies or procedures adopted by the state as its system of payments that
				satisfy rules 281-120.510 ( 34CFR303),
				281-120.520 ( 34CFR303), and
				281-120.521( 34CFR303); and
b.
				Methods used by the state to implement subrule 120.511(2); and
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.205 - Description of Use of Funds

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(1)
General.
Each application must include a description of the
				uses for funds under this chapter for the fiscal year or years covered by the
				application. The description must be presented separately for the lead agency
				and the council and include the information required in subrules 120.205(2)
				through 120.205(5).
(2)
				Reserved.
(3)
Maintenance
				and implementation activities.
Each application must include a
				description of the nature and scope of each major activity to be carried out
				under Part C of the Act, consistent with rule
				281-120.501 ( 34CFR303), and
				the approximate amount of funds to be spent for each activity.
(4)
Direct services.
Each
				application must include a description of any direct services that the state
				expects to provide to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families
				with funds under this chapter, consistent with rule
				281-120.501 ( 34CFR303), and
				the approximate amount of funds under this chapter to be used for the provision
				of each direct service.
(5)
Activities by other public agencies.
If other public agencies
				are to receive funds under Part C of the Act, the application must include the
				name of each agency expected to receive funds, the approximate amount of funds
				each agency will receive, and a summary of the purposes for which the funds
				will be used.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.206 - Referral Policies for Specific Children

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Each application must include the state's policies and
				  procedures that require the referral for early intervention services under this
				  chapter of specific children under the age of three, as described in subrule
				  120.303(2).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.207 - Availability of Resources

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Each application must include a description of the procedure
				  used by the state to ensure that resources are made available under this
				  chapter for all geographic areas within the state.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.208 - Public Participation Policies and Procedures

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(1)
Application.
At least 60 days prior to being submitted to the
				department, each application for funds (including any policies, procedures,
				descriptions, methods, certifications, assurances and other information
				required in the application) must be published in a manner that will ensure
				circulation throughout the state for at least a 60-day period, with an
				opportunity for public comment on the application for at least 30 days during
				that period.
(2)
State
				policies and procedures.
Each application must include a description
				of the policies and procedures used by the state to ensure that, before
				adopting any new policy or procedure (including any revision to an existing
				policy or procedure) needed to comply with Part C of the Act and these rules,
				the lead agency:
a. Holds public hearings on
				the new policy or procedure (including any revision to an existing policy or
				procedure);
b. Provides notice of
				the hearings held in accordance with paragraph 120.208(2)
"a"
at least 30 days before the hearings are conducted to enable public
				participation; and
c. Provides an
				opportunity for the general public, including individuals with disabilities,
				parents of infants and toddlers with disabilities, EIS providers, and the
				members of the council, to comment for at least 30 days on the new policy or
				procedure (including any revision to an existing policy or procedure) needed to
				comply with Part C of the Act and these rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.209 - Transition to Preschool and Other Programs

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(1)
Application requirements.
The department must include the
				following in its application:
a. A description
				of the policies and procedures the state will use to ensure a smooth transition
				for infants and toddlers with disabilities under the age of three and their
				families from receiving early intervention services under this chapter to:
(1) Preschool or other appropriate services
				(for toddlers with disabilities); or
(2) Exiting the program for infants and
				toddlers with disabilities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.210 - Coordination With Head Start and Early Head Start, Early Education, and Child Care Programs

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Each application must contain a description of state efforts
				  to promote collaboration among Head Start and Early Head Start programs under
				  the Head Start Act (42
				  U.S.C. 9801 et seq.), early education and
				  child care programs, and services under this chapter. The department must
				  participate, consistent with Section 642B(b)(1)(C)(viii) of the Head Start Act,
				  on the state advisory council on early childhood education and care established
				  under the Head Start Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.212 - Additional Information and Assurances

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The department's application shall describe the steps the
				  state is taking to ensure equitable access to, and equitable participation in,
				  the Part C statewide system as required by Section 427(b) of GEPA and shall
				  supply other information and assurances as the Secretary may reasonably
				  require.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.220 - Assurances Satisfactory to the Secretary

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The department's application must contain assurances
				  satisfactory to the Secretary that the state has satisfied rules
				  281-120.221 ( 34CFR303) through
				  281-120.227 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.221 - Expenditure of Funds

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The department must ensure that federal funds made available
				  to the state under Section 643 of the Act will be expended in accordance with
				  the provisions of this chapter, including rules
				  281-120.500 ( 34CFR303) and
				  281-120.501 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.222 - Payor of Last Resort

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The department must ensure that it will comply with rules
				  281-120.510 ( 34CFR303) and
				  281-120.511 ( 34CFR303
				 ).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.223 - Control of Funds and Property

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The department must ensure that the control of funds provided
				  under Part C of the Act, and title to property acquired with those funds, will
				  be in a public agency for the uses and purposes provided in this chapter and
				  that a public agency will administer the funds and property.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.224 - Reports and Records

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The department must ensure that it will make reports in the
				  form and containing the information that the Secretary may require and will
				  keep records and afford access to those records as the Secretary may find
				  necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter, the correctness and
				  verification of reports, and the proper disbursement of funds provided under
				  this chapter.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.225 - Prohibition Against Supplanting; Indirect Costs

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(1)
General.
The department must provide satisfactory assurance
				that the federal funds made available under Section 643 of the Act to the
				state:
a. Will not be commingled with state
				funds; and
b. Will be used so as to
				supplement the level of state and local funds expended for infants and toddlers
				with disabilities and their families and in no case to supplant those state and
				local funds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.226 - Fiscal Control

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The department must ensure that fiscal control and fund
				  accounting procedures will be adopted as necessary to ensure proper
				  disbursement of, and accounting for, federal funds paid under Part C of the
				  Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.227 - Traditionally Underserved Groups

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The department must ensure that policies and practices have
				  been adopted to ensure that traditionally underserved groups, including
				  minority, low-income, homeless, and rural families and children with
				  disabilities who are wards of the state, are meaningfully involved in the
				  planning and implementation of this chapter and that these families have access
				  to culturally competent services within their local geographical
				  areas.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.228 - Subsequent State Application and Modifications of Application

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(1)
Subsequent state application.
If the state has on file with
				the Secretary a policy, procedure, method, or assurance that demonstrates that
				the state meets an application requirement in this chapter, including any
				policy, procedure, method, or assurance filed under this chapter (as in effect
				before the date of enactment of the Act, December 3, 2004), the Secretary
				considers the state to have met that requirement for purposes of receiving a
				grant under Part C of the Act.
(2)
Modification of application.
An application submitted by the
				state that satisfies this chapter remains in effect until the state submits to
				the Secretary such modifications as the state determines necessary. This rule
				applies to a modification of an application to the same extent and in the same
				manner as this subrule applies to the original application.
(3)
Modifications required by the
				Secretary.
The Secretary may require the state to modify its
				application under Part C of the Act to the extent necessary to ensure the
				state's compliance with Part C of the Act if:
a. An amendment is made to the Act or to a
				federal regulation issued under the Act;
b. A new interpretation of the Act is made by
				a federal court or the state's highest court; or
c. An official finding of noncompliance with
				federal law or regulations is made with respect to the state.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVIII - Early Childhood › Chapter 120 - Early Access Integrated System of Early Intervention Services › Rule 281-120.300 - General

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The statewide comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary,
				  interagency system to provide early intervention services for infants and
				  toddlers with disabilities and their families must include the following
				  components:
(1)
Pre-referral
				activities.
The system must contain pre-referral policies and
				procedures that include:
a. A public awareness
				program as described in rule
				281-120.301 ( 34CFR303);
				and
b. A comprehensive child find
				system as described in rule
				281-120.302 ( 34CFR303
				).