1. Hire appropriately credentialed special education staff to provide necessary services; 2. Contract with a geographic SELPA to provide the necessary services; 3. Contract with a private entity to provide all necessary personnel to appropriately implement IEPs. These methods of providing necessary services may be used by a single school in the Desert/Mountain special education local plan service area, or several schools within the Desert/Mountain SELPA could join together to provide the services. Child Find LEA Charter Schools in the Desert/Mountain SELPA shall participate in activities which identify, locate and assess students with disabilities attending their schools ( EC §§ 56205(a) and 56301 ) according to the referral and assessment guidelines of the Desert/Mountain SELPA Policy and Procedure Manual. Services and Programs for Children Birth through Five (0-5) LEA Charter Schools are only authorized to serve students in grades K-12 under current education code. In the event that this changes in the future, LEA Charter Schools shall be responsible for identifying, assessing and serving children birth through five according to the guidelines of the Desert/Mountain SELPA Policy and Procedure Manual. For children, birth through five, who are referred for assessment to LEA Charter Schools in the Desert/Mountain SELPA, the LEA Charter School shall assist the parent in directing the referral to the responsible LEA. Services and Programs for Children 18 to 22 For any student who currently attends one of the LEA Charter Schools who has an active IEP, who is not yet 19 years of age and has not graduated with a diploma or completed his/her prescribed course of study, the charter school must continue to offer FAPE until the student graduates with a regular high school diploma, completes the prescribed course of study or reaches the age of 22. For students who meet the description above but do not currently attend one of the LEA Charter Schools and seek admission to the school, the charter school must offer FAPE to this student if he/she is otherwise qualified to attend.
Annual Service and Budget Plan Please refer to Volume II of the Desert/Mountain SELPA Local Plan.
Interagency Agreements Interagency agreements within San Bernardino County are included in the Desert/Mountain SELPA Local Plan. For those LEA Charter Schools outside of the Desert/Mountain SELPA region, the interagency agreements of the region in which the charter school is located will be utilized in order to preserve consistency of procedures among agencies within another region. There may also
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Desert/Mountain SELPA As of 09/2007
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