Policy – Category 5000 (Students) BP 5001 – Identification and Referral of Individuals for Special Education Table of Contents BP 5001 – IDENTIFICATION AND REFERRAL OF INDIVIDUALS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.0 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 2.0 C HILD F IND ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Identification and Evaluation of Children Younger than Three ................................. 4 3.0 R EFERRAL FOR E VALUATION FOR S PECIAL E DUCATION .................................................. 5 3.1 Section 504.................................................................................................................. 9 4.0 S TUDENT S TUDY T EAM (SST) ....................................................................................... 10 5.0 I NDIVIDUALIZED E DUCATION P ROGRAM (IEP), P ROVISION OF A F REE A PPROPRIATE P UBLIC E DUCATION (FAPE), AND L EAST R ESTRICTIVE E NVIRONMENT (LRE) ......................... 12 6.0 I NTERIM P LACEMENT (S TUDENTS T RANSFERRING INTO C HARTER LEA) ...................... 12 7.0 E ARLY I DENTIFICATION OF L EARNING D ISABILITIES ..................................................... 14 7.1 Student Record Review ............................................................................................. 15 8.0 O VERIDENTIFICATION AND D ISPROPORTIONALITY ........................................................ 16 9.0 S TUDENTS W HO A RE C ULTURALLY AND L INGUISTICALLY D IVERSE ............................. 16 9.1 All English Learners (Els) in special education programs must, ............................. 18 9.2 In General: Child Find/Pre-Referral Activities........................................................ 19 9.3 Cultural and Linguistic Interventions ....................................................................... 19 9.4 Socio-Linguistic Interventions .................................................................................. 20 9.5 In General: English Learners Receiving Special Education Services...................... 20 10.0 T EACHING AND A SSESSING C ALIFORNIA ’ S E NGLISH L ANGUAGE D EVELOPMENT (ELD) AND E NGLISH L ANGUAGE A RTS (ELA) S TANDARDS FOR E NGLISH L EARNERS ......................... 23 11.0 E NGLISH L ANGUAGE P ROFICIENCY A SSESSMENTS FOR C ALIFORNIA (ELPAC)............. 23 11.1 A Map for Teaching and Assessing ELD and ELA Standards for English Learners 23 11.2 ELD Standards Alignment with ELA Standards ....................................................... 24 12.0 L EGAL R EFERENCES ...................................................................................................... 24
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Introduction The Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) recognizes the need to actively seek out and evaluate school-age Charter Local Educational Agency (LEA) residents who have disabilities to provide them with appropriate educational opportunities in accordance with state and federal laws.
BP 5001 – Identification & Referral of Individuals for Special Education Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev.08/21)
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