7650 Identification and Register of Children with Disabilities (Child Find)

2006  7650

Students

SUBJECT: IDENTIFICATION AND REGISTER OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (CHILD FIND)

The School District is required to locate and identify all students with disabilities who reside in the District, including students who do not attend public school.  Therefore, it is the policy of the Board of Education to conduct a census in order to have all children with disabilities within its jurisdiction under the age of twenty-one (21) identified, located and evaluated, including children of preschool age , homeless children, children who are wards of the State as defined in Commissioner's Regulations and children in all public and private agencies and institutions.

Procedures must be established to locate, identify and evaluate all nonpublic elementary and secondary school students with disabilities, including religious-school children, to ensure the equitable participation of parentally placed private school students with disabilities and an accurate count of such students. The District will consult with representatives of private schools and representatives of parents of parentally placed private school students on the child find process. The District in which the nonpublic elementary or secondary school is located is responsible for child find, equitable provision of services and consultation requirements. Any such student suspected of having a disability is to be referred to the CSE of the student's district of residence for evaluation and possible identification as a student with disability.

Census data shall be reported by October 1 to the CSE/CPSE as appropriate. The CSE/CPSE will maintain and revise annually a register and related summary reports containing the data requirements indicated in Commissioner's Regulations including the number of students enrolled in private schools by their parents who are evaluated to determine if they are students with disabilities, the number of such students who are determined to have a disability and the number who received special education services.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 [Public Law 108-446 Section 612]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

20 United States Code (USC) Section 1400 et seq.

34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 300

Education Law Sections 3240-3242, 3602-c(2-a) and 4402(1)(a)

8 New York Code of Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)

Sections 200.2(a) and 200.4

NOTE:      Refer also to Policy #7160 -- School Census

Adopted:  5/08/00

Revised:  5/08/06