Policy – Category 2000 (Administration) BP 2006 – Admission of LEAs to the Charter SELPA
• Distribution of Funds ( Title 20 of the United States Code § 1411(e), (f)(1-3) ; federal requirement for State Education Agency only); • Data ( Title 20 of the United States Code § 1418a-d) ); • Reading Literacy (State Board requirement, 2/99); • Charter Schools ( Education Code § 56207.5(a-c) ). A. Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Both state and federal laws provide that children with disabilities are entitled to FAPE that includes special education and related services to meet their unique needs in the least restrictive environment (LRE). Each Charter LEA member must ensure that all children served under their jurisdiction who have disabilities, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, evaluated, and served. Charter LEA members of the DMCS may be diverse geographically. Given this fact, the DMCS will provide funding per the allocation plan to Charter LEA members so that they may appropriately provide for all children with disabilities attending their schools. This obligation can be met in several ways, which may include: 1. Hiring appropriately credentialed or licensed special education staff to provide necessary services; 2. Contracting with a geographical LEA to provide the necessary services; and/or 3. Contracting with a nonpublic agency/school (NPA/S) to provide all necessary personnel to appropriately implement IEPs. NOTE: Contracted NPA/S providers must be CDE-certified for the Charter LEA to use special education funding for services. These methods of providing necessary services may be used by a single school in the DMCS area, or several LEAs within the DMCS could join to provide the services. B. Child Find Charter LEA members in the DMCS shall participate in activities that identify, locate, and assess children with disabilities attending their schools ( Education
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 4/17)
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