Instruction
Board Policy No. 6164.4
Policy adopted: May 19, 2011
IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
The Governing Board recognizes the need to actively seek out and evaluate district residents from birth to eighth grade age within the district, who have disabilities in order to provide them with appropriate educational opportunities in accordance with state and federal law.
(cf. 0430 - Comprehensive Local Plan for Special Education)
The Superintendent or designee shall develop processes to determine when an individual is eligible for special education services and shall establish systematic procedures for special education program identification, screening, referral, assessment, planning, implementation, review and triennial assessment. (Education Code 56301)
The Superintendent or designee shall establish a method whereby parents/guardians, teachers, appropriate professionals and others may refer an individual for assessment for special education services Identification procedures shall be coordinated with school site procedures for referral of students with need that cannot be met with modifications to the regular instructional program. (Education Code 56302)
The Superintendent or designee shall notify parents/guardians in writing of their rights related to identification, referral, assessment, instructional planning, implementation and review, including the district’s procedures for initiating a referral for assessment to identify individuals who need special education services. (Education Code 56301)
(cf. 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures)
(cf. 5144.2 - Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process (Students with Disabilities))
(cf. 6159 - Individualized Education Program (IEP))
(cf. 6159.1 - Procedural Safeguards and Complaints for Special Education)
(cf. 6159.3 - Appointment of Surrogate Parent for Special Education Students)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
44265.5 Professional preparation for teachers of impaired students
56000-56885 Special education programs, especially:
56195.8 Adoption of policies
56300-56304 Identification of individuals with disabilities
56320-56331 Assessment
56333-56338 Eligibility criteria for specific learning disabilities
56340-56347 Instructional planning and individualized education program
56381 Reassessment of students
56425-56432 Early education for individuals with disabilities
56441.11 Eligibility criteria, children 3 to 5 years old
56445 Transition to grade school; reassessment
56500-56509 Procedural safeguards
GOVERNMENT CODE
95000-95029.5 California Early Intervention Services Act
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
3021-3029 Identification, referral and assessment
3030-3031 Eligibility criteria
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
1232g Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
1412 State eligibility
1415 Procedural safeguards