2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 162 School Districts
Section 162.695 (Repealed L. 2005 H.B. 258 § A)

162.695. 1. The board of education of each school district, including school districts which are part of a special school district, shall take or cause to be taken annually a special census of handicapped and severely handicapped children under the age of twenty-one residing in the district or whose parent or guardian resides in the district. The census shall include the name of the child, the parent or guardian's name and address, the birth date and the age of the child, and the handicapping condition or conditions. Where medical or other information is available it shall be used in establishing the handicapping condition or conditions or, if such information is not available, the statement of parents or other qualified observers of the child shall be accepted for the census report pending competent medical, psychological or other recognized evaluation. The census report shall be in a format provided or approved by the state department of elementary and secondary education and shall be forwarded annually to the division of special education at the time prescribed by the department of elementary and secondary education. If the school district is in a special school district, a copy shall also be sent to the special school district. Should a district fail to make and submit such a census in the required form, the state board of education may withhold any state aid under either sections 162.670 to 162.995 or chapter 163, RSMo, until such time as the census is received.

2. State agencies collecting or otherwise maintaining information on handicapped and severely handicapped children shall cooperate with local districts, special school districts, and the department of elementary and secondary education in making available to those respective authorities information required to meet the provisions of this act*.

3. An annual review of the census report shall be made by the department of elementary and secondary education in cooperation with local and special school districts to determine the appropriateness of information requested in this report.