Rule Number:160-4-7-.03

Child Find Procedures

Code: IDDF(3) 160-4-7-.03

CHILD FIND PROCEDURES.

DEFINITIONS
1. Definitions related to all special education rules can be found in State Board of Education Rule 160-4-7-.21 DEFINITIONS.
GENERAL
1. Each LEA must have in effect policies and procedures to ensure that all suspected children with disabilities, including those who are homeless, are wards of the State or are attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located and evaluated. [34 C.F.R. § 300.111]
2. Each LEA shall ensure that before conducting any significant activity that is designed to identify, locate or evaluate children, annual notice must be published or announced in newspapers or other media, or both, to notify parents of this activity. [34 C.F.R. § 300.612 (b)]
3. These policies and procedures shall provide for the screening and evaluation of all children with suspected disabilities birth through age 21 to include:
  1. Children birth through age three. An LEA may fulfill its child find responsibility through referral to the Babies Can’t Wait early intervention program operated by the Department of Community Health.
  2. Preschool children, ages 3-5, not yet eligible for state-funded kindergarten.
  3. Children enrolled in the LEA schools including public charter schools.
  4. Children who are suspected of being children with disabilities and in need of special education, even though they are progressing from grade to grade. [34 C.F.R. § 300.111(c)(1)]
  5. Highly mobile children, including migrant children. [34 C.F.R. § 300.111(c)(2)]
  6. Children who are detained or incarcerated in city/county operated jails or correctional facilities.
  7. Children who reside in the LEA and are enrolled in home school/study programs.
  8. Parentally-placed private school children. [34 C.F.R. § 300.131(a)]
    1. Children enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary and secondary schools located in the LEA’s jurisdiction. [34 C.F.R. § 300.130]
4. Each LEA must have in effect policies and procedures to ensure a practical method is developed and implemented to determine which children are currently receiving needed special education and related services. [34 C.F.R. § 300.111 (a)(ii)]
  1. Each LEA shall submit to the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), in an electronic format specified by GaDOE, data requested by the GaDOE on all children ages 3 through 21 who have been found eligible for special education and related services.
  2. All data shall be accurate and timely. [34 C.F.R. § 300.645]

Authority O.C.G.A. § 20-2-152; 20-2-240.

Adopted: March 23, 2023 Effective: April 12, 2023

Georgia Department Of Education

Adopted Date:	3/23/2023
Effective Date:	4/12/2023

NOTE: The State of Georgia has moved the Georgia Code. This new environment no longer allows us to link directly to the Georgia Code. For example enter 20-02-0211 in the search window and the Georgia Code will appear.

Policy Code	Description
IDDF	Special Education Programs
Georgia Code	Description
O.C.G.A § 20-02-0152	Special Education Services
O.C.G.A § 20-02-0240	Powers and dutes of SBOE

These references are not intended to be part of the rule itself, nor do they indicate the basis or authority for the board to enact this rule. Instead, they are provided as additional resources for those interested in the subject matter of the rule.

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