Timelines - Exception to sixty-day time frame for initial evaluation

The district must evaluate a referred child within sixty calendar days after obtaining parental consent for the evaluation unless: 1. An extension is necessary because of extreme weather that prevented or interfered with the evaluation and the extreme weather condition is documented; or 2. Either party establishes to the satisfaction of the department that access to a qualified evaluator is so limited that the evaluation cannot occur in the initial sixty days. The evaluation period, including an extension for the circumstances described above, may not exceed ninety calendar days.