Policy – Category 6000 (Instruction) BP 6002 – Nonpublic Agency/Nonpublic School Services
will also apply to Administrative Transfers into the Charter LEA from a LEA, NPS, or county-operated programs. The following are guidelines that Charter LEAs should follow for processing and expediting the enrollment of foster placed/homeless children with disabilities: A. The Charter LEA will notify the DMCS immediately upon obtaining knowledge of a child who meets the criteria of homeless and/or foster youth with special needs who has transferred into the Charter LEA. B. Based upon the information available to the Charter LEA (e.g., child’s current IEP), the Charter LEA will immediately consider a range of possible placement options for the child, including Charter LEA options, if appropriate, and notify the DMCS. If the child is appropriate for a Charter LEA program, the Charter LEA will immediately enroll the child. C. If the child’s IEP indicates that the child previously attended a NPS, the Charter LEA will do the following: 1. Complete the Transfer into LEA form (DM 52) and obtain the parent and/or guardian signature. 2. Complete the NPS Referral form (DM 134) and obtain the signatures of the person making the referral and the Director of Special Education. Specify the IEP team’s preference for a specific NPS, if applicable. 3. Juvenile Hall/NPS Students: If the child’s last placement was a local NPS prior to being moved to a juvenile detention center, only complete form DM 134 upon the child’s return to the Charter LEA in lieu of preparing a new transfer NPS referral packet. 4. Forward the following completed documents to the DMCS Nonpublic School Coordinator: a. DM 52 Transfer into LEA form; b. DM 134 Nonpublic School Placement Referral form; c. IEP or IEP Addendum dated within one year of the transfer referral for NPS placement that documents the previous NPS placement; d. Psycho-educational evaluation dated within three years of the transfer referral for NPS placement; e. If the last triennial was completed with a Triennial Assessment Determination form (DM 119), include the last full psycho- educational report; and
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 09/18)
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