Delaware Administrative Code
Title 14 - Education
900 - Special Populations
923 - Children with Disabilities Subpart B General Duties and Eligibility of Agencies
Section 923-31.0 - Child Find for Parentally Placed Private School Children with Disabilities
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
31.1 General: Each LEA shall locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA, in accordance with subsections 31.2 through 31.5, and Section 11.0 of this regulation and with 14 DE Admin. Code 924, subsection 1.2.
31.2 Child Find design: The Child Find process shall be designed to ensure the equitable participation of parentally placed private school children; and an accurate count of those children.
31.3 Activities: In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA shall undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the agency's public school children.
31.4 Cost: The cost of carrying out the Child Find requirements in this section, including individual evaluations, may not be considered in determining if an LEA has met its obligation under Section 33.0.
31.5 Completion period: The Child Find process shall be completed in a time period comparable to that for students attending public schools in the LEA consistent with 14 DE Admin. Code 925, Section 2.0.
31.6 Out of State children: Each LEA in which private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools are located shall, in carrying out the Child Find requirements in this section, include parentally placed private school children who reside in a State other than the State of Delaware in which the private schools that they attend are located.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(10)(A)(ii); 14 Del.C. § 3110)
