follow for processing and expediting the enrollment of foster placed/homeless children with disabilities: 1. The LEA will notify the SELPA 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 LEA. 2. Based upon the information available to the LEA (e.g., child’s current IEP), the LEA will immediately consider a range of possible placement options for the child, including LEA options, if appropriate, and notify the SELPA. If the child is appropriate for a LEA program, the LEA will immediately enroll the child. 3. If the child’s IEP indicates that the child previously attended a NPS, the LEA will do the following: a. Complete the Transfer into LEA form (D/M 52) and obtain the parent and/or guardian signature. b. Complete the NPS Referral form (D/M 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. c. 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 D/M 134 upon the child’s return to the LEA in lieu of preparing a new transfer NPS referral packet. d. Forward the following completed documents to the SELPA Nonpublic School Coordinator: 1. D/M 52 Transfer into LEA form; 2. D/M 134 Nonpublic School Placement Referral form; 3. IEP or IEP Addendum dated within one year of the transfer referral for NPS placement that documents the previous NPS placement; 4. Psycho-educational evaluation dated within three years of the transfer referral for NPS placement; 5. If the last triennial was completed with a Triennial Assessment Determination form (D/M 119), include the last full psycho-educational report; and 6. Any additional information. e. With 10 business days of receipt of the completed referral packet, the SELPA Nonpublic School Coordinator will review the packet for completion and forward it to the LEA’s NPS school of choice. The NPS will contact the parent and/or guardian and placement will be made within 10 business days. The NPS will work directly with the LEA to schedule an IEP within 30 days of the child’s placement at the school. The placement should be listed on an IEP or IEP Addendum including the NPS, start date, duration, and frequency. The IEP or IEP Addendum should be forwarded to the Nonpublic School Coordinator at the SELPA.
Chapter 18 – Nonpublic Schools and Agencies, Desert/Mountain SELPA As of 9/17/2018 CAHELP Governance Council Review/Approval
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