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Special programs and services are provided to meet the needs of students and preschool students with disabilities both within its own facilities, and in programs provided by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and attended by District residents. Students with disabilities are educated in settings with non-disabled peers as well.

The District will address such space allocation needs as part of its annual budget cycle during the annual or any more frequent re-evaluation of its long-range educational facilities plan. 

Through the Superintendent, the District will share with the BOCES District Superintendent information relevant for BOCES to determine its own facility space needs for serving the District’s resident students with disabilities.

As part of the process for ensuring the allocation of appropriate space for special education programs and services and serving students with disabilities in settings with non-disabled peers, the Superintendent, in consultation with appropriate school personnel, will, at a minimum:

1. Periodically gather information regarding the number of students and preschool students with disabilities presently participating and anticipated to continue to participate in the District’s special education programs and services, the type of programming they presently receive and may receive in the future, as well as the setting in which those services are and/or will be provided.

2. Review the results of the District’s latest census and other District Child Find efforts, including Child Find activities conducted with respect to parentally placed nonpublic school students with disabilities.

3. Anticipate any projected increase in the number of students and preschool students with disabilities the District will be responsible for providing special education programs and services to, the anticipated type of services they will be receiving, and the settings in which those services will be provided.

4. Submit a report to the Board regarding the results of the above review process, along with necessary recommendations for additional space allocations. 

Cross-ref: 4321 Programs for Students with Disabilities under IDEA and NYS Ed.  Law 89

    4321.10 Programs and Services for Parentally-Placed Nonpublic School Students with Disabilities 

Adoption date:  September 19, 2011

Adoption date:  December 5, 2016

Amended date: November 20, 2023