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005.18.3-3.01. General Responsibility to Conduct Child Find.

AR ADC 005.18.3-3.01Arkansas Administrative Code

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 005. Department of Education
Division 18. Special Education and Related Services
Rule 3. Child Find Requirements
Ark. Admin. Code 005.18.3-3.01
005.18.3-3.01. General Responsibility to Conduct Child Find.
Currentness
3.01.1 Each local educational agency is responsible for ensuring that all children with disabilities from birth to twenty-one (21) years within its jurisdiction and in need of special education and related services are identified, located and evaluated, regardless of the severity of their disability, including
3.01.1.1 Children with disabilities attending private schools;
3.01.1.2 Highly mobile children with disabilities, including migrant children;
3.01.1.3 Children who are suspected of having a disability and need special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade; and
3.01.1.4 Children with disabilities who are homeless or a ward of the state.
3.01.2 The responsibility of the local educational agency to conduct child find activities extends to identifying, locating and evaluating children attending private schools within its jurisdiction.
3.01.3 Before any major identification, location, or evaluation activity (child find), a notice to parents must be published or announced in newspapers or other media, with local circulation adequate to notify parents throughout the LEA's jurisdiction of the activity.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 005.18.3-3.01, AR ADC 005.18.3-3.01
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