Section 392-172A-04005. Child find for parentally placed private school students eligible for special education.

(1) Each school district must locate, identify, and evaluate all students who may be eligible for special education who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary and secondary schools located in the school district, in accordance with general child find procedures and subsections (2) through (5) of this section.

(2) The child find process must be designed to ensure:

(a) The equitable participation of parentally placed private school students; and

(b) An accurate count of those students.

(3) In carrying out the requirements of this section, the school district must undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the school district's public school students.

(4) The cost of carrying out the child find requirements in this section, including individual evaluations, may not be considered in determining if the school district has met its proportional share obligation under WAC 392-172A-04015.

(5) The child find process must be completed in a time period comparable to that for students attending public schools in the school district.

(6) Each school district in which private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools are located must include parentally placed private school students who reside in another state but attend the private school located within the school district boundaries.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.155.090(7) and 42 U.S.C. 1400 et. seq. WSR 07-14-078, § 392-172A-04005, filed 6/29/07, effective 7/30/07.]

RCW 28A.155.090(7) and 42 U.S.C. 1400 et. seq. WSR 07-14-078, § 392-172A-04005, filed 6/29/07, effective 7/30/07.

Rules

392-172A-04015,