NC 1501-6.2 Child Find for Parentally Placed Private School Children with Disabilities

Plain English summary

This regulation requires the LEA where a private school is located to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private schools, including religious schools. The child find process must be comparable in scope and timeline to that used for public school students, and must include out-of-state children attending private schools within the LEA's boundaries. Costs of child find activities, including individual evaluations, cannot be counted toward the LEA's spending obligations.

Key requirements

• The LEA where the private school is located must locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in the private, including religious, elementary and secondary schools.
• The child find process must be designed to ensure the equitable participation of parentally placed private school children and an accurate count of those children.
• In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA must undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the agency's public school children.
• The cost of carrying out the child find requirements in this section, including individual evaluations, may not be considered in determining if an LEA has met its obligation.
• The child find process must be completed in a time period comparable to that for other students attending public schools in the LEA.
• Each LEA in which private, including religious, elementary and secondary schools are located, must include parentally placed private school children who reside in a state other than the state in which the private schools that they attend are located.

Affected parties

• Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
• Parentally placed private school children with disabilities
• Parents of private school children
• Private and religious elementary and secondary schools
• Out-of-state children attending in-state private schools

Official source

https://www.dpi.nc.gov/documents/publications/catalog/ec144-policies-governing-services/open#page=30