Policy – Category 2000 (Administration)
BP 2005 – Private Schools and Services
3.0 Guidelines for Participating LEAs, Children with Disabilities Enrolled by Parents in Private Schools
With respect to the California Education Code, the Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) developed and approved the following operational guidelines to ensure participating LEAs in the DMSELPA, San Bernardino County: • Locate, identify and evaluate all children ages three to 22 with disabilities enrolled by their parents in a private school who may be eligible for special education services; and • Offer a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to all children ages three to 22 with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private schools who are determined to be eligible for special education services.
3.1
Child Find
The DMSELPA will undertake the following child find activities for private school children ages three to 22:
A. Presentations to representatives of private school children with disabilities, including private school administrators, teachers, parents and students regarding issues including, but not limited to, criteria for special education eligibility and special education referral procedures under federal and state laws and regulations. B. Distribution of materials to representatives of private school children with disabilities, including private school administrators, teachers, parents and students, regarding issues including, but not limited to, criteria for special education eligibility and special education referral procedures under federal and state laws and regulations. 1. The DMSELPA will ensure that child find activities undertaken for private school students are comparable to activities undertaken for children ages three to 22 with disabilities in public schools. Child find activities will include consultation with appropriate representatives of private school children ages three to 22 with disabilities regarding how to carry out such activities.
3.2
Special Education Referral
A. LEAs and private schools refer students for special education instruction and services only after the resources of the general education program
BP 2005 – Private Schools and Services
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/09)
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