Virtual Webinar Series

1. Virtual Webinar Series Serving Special Education Populations 2018-2019 CSAS| Kansas State Department of Education | Landon State Office Building 900 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 653, Topeka, KS 66612 | 785-296-3444 | jgirodat@ksde.org

2. Today’s Special Guest Star: Stacie Martin KSDE Education Program Consultant

3. Topics for today’s conversation • Guidance • Child Find • Monitoring • Frequently Asked Questions: Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities in Virtual Schools and Programs

4. Guidance • The Office of Special Education Programs All of the IDEA Requirements, including providing a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in accordance with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and providing services in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), apply to virtual schools which operate as part of a public school. • U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for 3rd Circuit

5. Child Find Local school districts are required to conduct ongoing public notice, screening, general education interventions and evaluation to ensure that Kansas children from birth to age 5 with disabilities, and children from kindergarten through age 21 with exceptionalities are identified appropriately.

6. Monitoring • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) • SEA responsibility for general supervision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) • 3 year cohort

7. Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities-Virtual Schools and Programs • Q. Can we choose not to enroll students with disabilities in our virtual school or programs? • Q. Can we require students with disabilities to have administrator approval prior to enrolling?

8. Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities-Virtual Schools and Programs • Q. Can we establish an enrollment deadline for students with disabilities that is different than the enrollment deadline for general education students? • Q. Can we ask the student to disclose his/her disability status during enrollment?

9. Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities-Virtual Schools and Programs • Q. Once a student with disabilities completes our application process, whose responsibility is it to decide whether the student should be admitted? • Q. Who is responsible for providing special education services to students in our virtual school or program? What if we contract with a service center or outside vendor?

10. Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities-Virtual Schools and Programs • Q. What if we participate in a special education cooperative that has decided not to provide special education services to virtual students? • Q. Can we require the student to receive special education services in their resident district? • Q. What if we participate in a special education cooperative that has decided not to provide special education services to virtual students?

11. Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities-Virtual Schools and Programs • Q. Can we ask the parent to revokes the student’s IEP? • Q. What if the student needs a particular special education service that cannot be provided virtually? • Q. Can we require the student to come onsite for all of his/her special education services?

12. Resources • FAQ about Enrolling and Serving Students with Disabilities in Virtual Schools and Programs • Special Education Process Handbook-www.ksde.org • TASN-www.ksdetasn.org

13. Stacie Martin, Education Program Consultant Kansas State Department of Education 785-296-6855 smartin@ksde.org The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:  KSDE General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, KSDE, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 102, Topeka, KS 66612, (785) 296-3204