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IGBA-AR Students with Disabilities - Child Identification Procedures 

Code: IGBA
Adopted: 3/11/08
Revised/Readopted: 8/08/17
Orig. Code(s): IGBA

The Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD) implements an ongoing system to locate, identify and evaluate all children, birth to age 21, residing within its jurisdiction who have disabilities and need early intervention, early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) or special education services. For preschool children, the NWRESD is responsible for the evaluation(s) used to determine eligibility; the designated referral and evaluation agency is responsible for determining the eligibility of children for EI/ECSE services in accordance with Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 581-015-2100. The NWRESD identifies all children with disabilities, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, including those who are: 

1. Highly mobile, such as migrant and homeless children; 

2. Wards of the state; 

3. Indian preschool children living on reservations; 

4. Suspected of having a disability even though they have not failed, been retained in a course or a grade, and are advancing from grade to grade; 

5. Home schooled; 

6. Resident and nonresident students, including residents of other states, attending private (religious or secular) school located within the boundaries of the NWRESD; 

7. Attending a public charter school located in the NWRESD; 

8. Below the age of compulsory school attendance; or 

9. Above the age of compulsory school attendance who have not graduated from high school with a regular diploma and have not completed the school year in which they reach their 21st birthday. 

The NWRESD determines residency in accordance with Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) Chapter 339 and, for the purposes of public charter school students with disabilities, in accordance with ORS Chapter 338 and ORS Chapter 339. The NWRESD enrolls all students who are five by September 1 of the school year.  Students with disabilities are eligible to enroll in the NWRESD through the school year in which they reach the age of 21 if they have not graduated with a regular diploma. 

The NWRESD shall annually submit data to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) regarding the number of resident students with disabilities who have been identified, located, evaluated and are receiving special education and related services. The NWRESD conducts an annual count of the total number of private school children attending private schools located within the boundaries of the NWRESD, and a count of all children with disabilities attending private schools located within the boundaries of the NWRESD, in accordance with OAR 581-015-2465. The NWRESD reports any additional data to ODE required by the ODE to meet the requirements of federal or state law and the applicable reporting dates. 

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