April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 1 Educable Child April 2011

Educable Child Applications 4 Types of Applications  Department of Human Services (DHS) Placed  Parental Placement  Parental Placement and Medicaid Eligible  District Placed April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 2

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 3 Department of Human Services Application Completed by Department of Human Services Determination of Eligibility Report  Completed on the District or other Public Agency’s form  Team members with Title and Agency/District clearly indicated  Date of Determination indicated  Eligibility clearly marked

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 4 Department of Human Services Individualized Education Program  Completed on District or other Public Agency’s form  IEP Committee members with Title and Agency/District clearly indicated

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 5 PARENT-MEDICAID & PARENT PLACED Application Completed by Private Facility Determination of Eligibility Report  Completed on the District or other Agency’s form  Team members with Title and Agency/District clearly indicated  Date of Determination indicated  Eligibility clearly marked

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 6 PARENT-MEDICAID & PARENT PLACED Educable Child Form for Parentally Placed Students  Person Contacted  Services offered  Districts should not be a member of the Placement team  Used in lieu of an Individualized Education Program (IEP)

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 7 SCHOOL DISTRICT PLACED Application Completed by Student’s Resident District Determination of Eligibility Report  Completed on the Resident District’s form  Team members with Title and Agency/District clearly indicated  Date of Determination indicated  Eligibility clearly marked

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 8 SCHOOL DISTRICT PLACED Individualized Education Program  Completed on the Resident District’s form  Agency representative is Resident District personnel  Meeting dates indicated and projected date of revision listed  Required IEP members are present

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 9 WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU! When contacted by a Private Facility, Districts should:  Verify their participation in the eligibility determination process  Verify their ability to provide a FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education) to the student

Eligibility Determination of Eligibility should be on District’s Form  DHS – District of Residence  Parent Placed/Parent Medicaid – –if the student was ruled eligible prior to the parent placing them in the Private Facility, then use the District of Residency –if the student was ruled eligible after the parent placed them in the Private Facility as part of Child Find, then use the District where facility is located April Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 11 IEP Individualized Education Program (IEP)  Department of Human Services –Developed with the Facility, School District of Residence, and DHS Social Worker (or a surrogate parent if it is determined they need one) –Completed on the School District of Residence’s form  School District Placed –Developed with the Facility and Resident School District –Completed on the Resident School District’s form –Agency Representative is Resident School District Personnel

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 12 Reminder on Forms Parent-Medicaid & Parent Placed  Individualized Education Program (IEP) is NOT completed  Private Facilities complete the Educable Child Parentally Placed Form

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 13 Profit and Non-Profit Status of Private Facility OSE will request that the Private Facilities provide a copy of their Certificate of Good Standing from the Secretary of State’s Office in their application beginning this fall Could be included in the Collaborative Agreement as representation or assurance of the Private Facility Districts can verify at the SOS’s web site: _formation.aspx

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 14 Collaborative Agreements Should be completed annually Should outline specific duties of the District and the Private Facility Should be reviewed by your District Board Attorney

April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 15 Collaborative Agreements Should contain at a minimum:  Four Subparts: –District where facility is located –DHS –Other Districts (student’s resident district) –Parent-Placed  Outline responsibilities of District  Outline responsibilities of Private Facility  Compensation for tuition and transportation  Transportation Responsibilities

Cooperative Agreement Between Student’s Resident School District and District where Private Facility is located Should be completed annually Should be specific to the student (could use an addendum) Resident School District is responsible for the FAPE of the student April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 16

Cooperative Agreement Should include:  Tuition  Transportation  Responsibilities of each district April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 17

Proportionate Share April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education Definition of parentally-placed private school children with disabilities Parentally-placed private school children with disabilities means children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, schools or facilities that meet the definition of elementary school or secondary school.

Proportionate Share (b) Proportionate share of funds. The determination of the proportionate share of federal funds available to serve parentally-placed private school children with disabilities under (b) (Expenditures), including the determination of how the proportionate share of those funds was calculated. April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 19

Proportionate Share Secondary school  Secondary school means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public secondary charter school that provides secondary education, as determined under State law, except that it does not include any education beyond grade twelve (12) Elementary school  Elementary school means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including a public elementary charter school that provides elementary education, as determined under Mississippi law. April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 20

Proportionate Share Equitable services determined (a) No individual right to special education and related services. No parentally-placed private school child with a disability has an individual right to receive some or all of the special education and related services that the child would receive if enrolled in a public school. (b) Decisions. (1) Decisions about the services that will be provided to parentally- placed private school children with disabilities must be made in accordance with paragraph (c) below (Equitable Services Determined) and § (c) (Consultation). (2) The LEA must make the final decisions with respect to the services to be provided to eligible parentally-placed private school children with disabilities. April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 21

Proportionate Share Child Find should include those Private Facilities within your district that are non-profit and meet the definition for an elementary or secondary school Those students receiving a proportionate share should be included in the District’s December 1 Child Count April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 22

Proportionate Share For Educable Child Parentally Placed Students, districts must include those students in the proportionate share calculation and consult with the Private Facility to decide if any services will be offered these students April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 23

Proportionate Share If services are offered, the District where the facility is located should develop a Services Plan for those students (just as they do for any private school student they serve) and the Private Facility will complete the Educable Child Form for Parentally Placed Students April 2011 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education 24

Contact Information Ellen Davis Burnham – Bureau Director Audrey Shaifer – Division Director April Mississippi Department of Education Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations/Office of Special Education