(a) Every school district shall test and examine, or cause to be tested and examined, each child it believes has disabilities.
(b) The tests and examinations shall be administered in accordance with rules of the State Board of Education.
(c) The evaluation shall be made by a multidisciplinary team or group of persons, including at least one (1) teacher or other specialist with knowledge in the area of suspected disability.
(d) The child shall be assessed in all areas related to the suspected disability, including, when appropriate, health, vision, hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence, academic performance, communicative status, and motor abilities.
(e) No single procedure shall be used as the sole criterion for determining an appropriate educational program for a child.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs
Chapter 41 - Children with Disabilities
Subchapter 2 - Children with Disabilities Act of 1973
§ 6-41-202. Purposes and applicability
§ 6-41-204. Least restrictive environment
§ 6-41-205. Provision for education
§ 6-41-206. Responsibilities of state and school districts
§ 6-41-207. Duties of the State Board of Education
§ 6-41-208. Contracts for services
§ 6-41-209. Cooperation among state agencies
§ 6-41-210. Special Education Unit for children with disabilities
§ 6-41-211. Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities
§ 6-41-215. Tests and examinations — Evaluation of child
§ 6-41-216. Tests and evaluations — Change of child's status — Hearings
§ 6-41-217. Individualized education program — Definition
§ 6-41-218. Tests and evaluations — Records
§ 6-41-220. Equality in expenditure