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Serving Children with Disabilities

Serving Children with Disabilities. Placed by Their Parents in Private Schools. updates. Previously addressed. Child find Provision of services Consultation process Calculation of proportionate share Equitable services. New topics. Location of Services and Transportation

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Serving Children with Disabilities

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  1. Serving Children with Disabilities Placed by Their Parents in Private Schools

  2. updates

  3. Previously addressed • Child find • Provision of services • Consultation process • Calculation of proportionate share • Equitable services

  4. New topics • Location of Services and Transportation • Property, Equipment, and Supplies • Out-of-State Children with Disabilities • Home-School Children with Disabilities • Children in For-Profit Private Schools

  5. schools definitions

  6. How do you determine if a private school in your district is an entity you should engage in consultation regarding proportionate share and equitable services.?

  7. Private schools Adopted curriculum Formal reviews of student progress Non-profit

  8. Home schools Adopted curriculum Non-profit Formal reviews of student progress

  9. Consultation process

  10. Effective consultation

  11. Effective consultation

  12. Effective consultation

  13. Consultation process must address • Child find process • Determination of the proportionate share available • How the consultation process will take place • How, where and by whom the services will be provided • How the district will respond if they disagree with the views of the private school officials

  14. The district makes the final decisions about all aspects of the services to be provided to parentally placed private school children with disabilities.

  15. Records to maintain • Documentation that consultation has occurred • Written affirmation signed by representatives of private school

  16. Child find process Responsibilities of districts

  17. Who’s responsible

  18. LEA’s Responsibilities • Locating • Identifying • Evaluating Who are you? Where are you? Let’s test

  19. Who Provides What District where child resides provides FAPE District where private school is located ensures equitable participation

  20. Dueling Evaluations Home – FAPE Private School – Service plan

  21. Child Count Information to maintain 3 Pieces of data to maintain Provided equitable services • Determined to be eligible Students Evaluated

  22. Equitable Services

  23. Equitable services

  24. Services plans

  25. Services plans Review annually

  26. Difference in IEPs and ISPs ISP IEP NO NO FAPE Minimal Comprehensive

  27. Highly qualified teachers (HQTs) in Private schools

  28. HQT Provisions HQT - does not apply to private schools HQT - does apply to public elementary or secondary teachers

  29. Property, equipment and supplies

  30. Materials and supplies

  31. Location of services And transportation

  32. Location

  33. Transportation

  34. expenditures

  35. AMOUNT OF FUNDS IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IDENTIFIED IN THE OCTOBER COUNT OF PREVIOUS YEAR

  36. FORMULA STEP 1: Calculate the average allocation per child Federal Part B flow – through $$ district receives Total allocation Total number of eligible children as of the last Friday in October (annual child count) $200,000 500 = In public school 450 In private school + 50 Total 500 Average allocation of $400.00 per child

  37. Formula Federal Part- B flow- through= $200,000 Total number of students 500 = $400.00 per child STEP 2: Calculate the amount to be expended for Parentally-placed Children with Disabilities Amount to be expended $ 20,000.00 for proportionate share Number of private school children 50 Average Allocation $400.00 per child X =

  38. EXPENDITURES The amount of $$ spent on child find and evaluations CAN NOT BE DEDUCTED FROM The amount of $$ spent on proportionate share in private schools This This

  39. Legal

  40. DUE PROCESS • Right to file a due process complaint regarding child find requirements and evaluations

  41. Complaints

  42. Pre-school children

  43. DUAL ENROLLMENT SERVICES PLAN

  44. Out-of-state Children with disabilities

  45. for-profit private schools

  46. FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE SCHOOLS • Not included in proportionate share calculations • District is responsible for child find activities

  47. peims PARENTALLY PLACED PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

  48. PEIMS CODE Student Attribution Code of 12 – Private School Student is a student with a disability enrolled by their parent(s) in a private school (including a home school) but who receives special education and/or related services from the public school district under an individualized services plan (ISP)

  49. HOW DO WE DO THIS?

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