1.03 Identification Within the Private School System

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(a) Each LEA must locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA, in accordance with paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section, and §§ 300.111 and 300.201.

(b) The child find process must be designed to ensure -

(1) The equitable participation of parentally-placed private school children; and

(2) An accurate count of those children.

(c) In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA, or, if applicable, the SEA must undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the agency's public school children.

(d) 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 § 300.133.

(e) The child find process must be competed in a time period comparable to that for students attending public schools in the LEA consistent with §300.301.

(f) Each LEA in which private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools are located must, 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 in which the private schools that they attend are located. 34 C.F.R. § 300.131.

The [district's plan for providing instruction and related services] shall include descriptions of the district's:

A. Child study procedures for the identification and evaluation of students or other persons suspected of having a disability beginning at birth that include a plan for receiving referrals from parents, physicians, private and public programs, and health and human services agencies. Minn. R. 3525.1100, subp. 2(A).