OPEN-ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

OPEN-ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

ag5113BAdopted May 1, 2015

5113B - OPEN-ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

The resident school district is responsible for the screening of a child to determine if there is reasonable cause to believe that the child hasa disability. The District will inform the nonresident district of the student's need for special education.

When a child who is attending the District under Open-Enrollment is referred for evaluation, the evaluation must be performed by an M-Team appointed by the District. An IEP team is required to consult with appropriate personnel designated by the student's resident school district.

When a child who is attending the District under the Open-Enrollment Program is subject to an annual IEP review, the review must be performed by staff appointed by the District in collaboration with staff designated by the student's resident school district.

The District will provide an appropriate educational program to implement the IEP of a child attending school under the full-time Open- Enrollment Program except:

  1. if theIEP requires a special education program or services that are not available or in which no space is available, the District may notify the student's resident district that the program or services are not available in the District;

  2. if the IEP requires a special education program or services that would impose an undue financial burden on the resident school district.

In these instances, the resident district is responsible for providing an appropriate educational placement for the student.

Procedural Safeguards

The resident district is primarily responsible for providing procedural safeguards to the child's parents. In addition:

  1. the nonresident district should fully inform the parents of any action it plans to take regarding the child and provide notice of all procedural safeguards available to the parents;

  2. the nonresident district must not change the placement of the child who is the subject of a hearing or court proceeding during the pendency of the hearing or court proceeding except where the parents' consent or the health and safety of the child or other person's is endangered by delaying the change.

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