Source: https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ac/om111618.asp
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 18:34:22+00:00

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The purpose of this memo is to provide guidance on the obligation to identify and serve adults in county jails who remain eligible for special education.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students who are in need of special education be identified.vi This “child find” responsibility extends to nontraditional settings or students such as highly mobile students.vii In California, local educational agencies (LEAs) must “actively and systematically” seek out all individuals with exceptional needs.viii The SELPA must submit a local plan that ensures their LEAs are in compliance with all state and federal laws, including child find.ix This responsibility includes identifying adult students in a county jail within the SELPA who remain eligible for special education services, through means such as self-reporting, interviewing, and requesting prior school records. In certain cases, the SELPA in which the county jail is located may identify an eligible adult student whose responsible LEA is located outside the SELPA. In such cases, it is recommended that the SELPA work with the sheriff and the responsible SELPA/LEA to assist the eligible adult student in contacting the responsible SELPA/LEA. This may include contacting the responsible SELPA/LEA on the eligible adult student’s behalf, and/or providing contact information for the responsible SELPA/LEA to the sheriff, and/or providing contact information for the responsible SELPA/LEA to the eligible adult student.
If you have any questions regarding this subject, please contact me by phone at 916-445-4602.
Original signed by Kristin Wright. Hard copy of the signed document is available by contacting the Special Education Division's Director's Office at 916-445-4602.
i 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(1)(A); 34 C.F.R. § 300.101(a).
ii 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(1)(B)(i), (ii); 34 C.F.R. § 300.102(a)(1), (2), (3).
iii Cal. Educ. Code §§ 56026(c)(4), 56026.1.
iv Cal. Educ. Code § 56026(c)(4).
v 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(1)(B)(ii)(I), (II); 34 C.F.R. § 300.102(a)(2)(i)(A), (B); Cal. Educ. Code § 56040(b).
vi 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(3); 34 C.F.R. § 300.111(a).
vii 34 C.F.R. § 300.111(c); Cal. Educ. Code § 56301(b)(1).
viii Cal. Educ. Code § 56300.
ix Cal. Educ. Code §§ 56205(a)(3), 56301(d).
x Cal. Educ. Code § 56041; Los Angeles Unified School District v. Garcia, 741 F.3d 922, 937 (9th Cir. 2014).
xi Cal. Educ. Code § 56041(a). For conserved students, the DOR is the DOR of the conservator. Cal. Educ. Code § 56041(b).

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