At a minimum, a local school district's procedures for
implementing its child identification system must include the following:
(1) The name and title of the individual
responsible for the coordination, implementation, and documentation of the
system;
(2) A written description
of the district's annual public awareness campaign for informing the parents of
children residing within the legal boundaries of the district and other
interested parties located within the jurisdiction of the district, including
all public and private agencies and institutions, private schools, including
religious schools, and children receiving alternative instruction under SDCL
13-27-3;
(3) The establishment of procedures for
collecting, maintaining, and reporting current and accurate data on all child
identification activities which must be ongoing and include children not
currently enrolled in the public school education program. These procedures
must be as follows:
(a) In written
form;
(b) Contained in each
district's special education comprehensive plan; and
(c) Describe each child identification
activity for which the district is responsible; and
(4) A practical method of determining which
children are currently receiving needed special education or special education
and related services.
Documentation supporting the implementation of a local school
district's child identification system shall be maintained by the district for
review by Office of Special Education staff during on-site monitoring visits
and must include annual child count data submitted to the department for
approval.
Notes
S.D. Admin. R. 24:05:22:02
16 SDR 41, effective
9/7/1989; 23 SDR 31, effective
9/8/1996; 26 SDR 150, effective
5/22/2000; 36 SDR 96, effective
12/8/2009.
General Authority: SDCL
13-37-1.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL
13-37-1.1.
