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MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
Policy |
| File Code: |
6171.4 |
| Monitored: |
X |
| Mandated: |
X |
| Other Reasons |
X |
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- All students with disabilities, who are in need of special education and related services,
including students with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, regardless of the severity
of their disabilities, are located, identified and evaluated according to N.J.A.C. 6A: 14-3.3
- Students with disabilities are evaluated according to N.J.A.C. 6A 14-2.5 and 3.4.
- An individualized education program is developed, reviewed, and as appropriate, revised
according to N.J.A.C. 6A: 14-3.6 and 3.7
- To the maximum extent appropriate, students with disabilities are educated in the least
restrictive environment according to N.J.A.C. 6A 14-4.2.
- Students with disabilities are included in Statewide and District wide assessment
programs, with appropriate accommodations, where necessary according to N.J.A.C. 6A:
14-2.1 et seq.
- Students with disabilities are afforded the procedural safeguards required by N.J.A.C.
6A:14-2.1 et seq.
- A free, appropriate public education is available to all students with disabilities between
the ages of three and 21, including students with disabilities who have been suspended
or expelled from school.
- Children with disabilities participating in early intervention programs assisted under IDEA
Part C who will participate in preschool programs under this chapter experience as
smooth transition and that an individualized education program has been developed and
is being implemented according to N.J.A.C. 6A 14-3.3(e).
- Full educational opportunity to all students with disabilities is provided.
- The compilation, maintenance, access to and confidentiality of student records are in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 6:3-6.
- Provision is made for the participation of students with disabilities who are placed by their
parents in nonpublic schools according to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-6.1 and 6.2.
- Students with disabilities who are placed in private schools by the Morris School District
Board of Education are provided special education and related services at no cost to
their parents according to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-1.1 (d) and N.J.A.C. 6A:14-7.5(b) 3.
- All personnel serving students with disabilities are appropriately certified and licensed,
where a license is required.
- The in-service training needs for professional and paraprofessional staff who provide
special education, general education or related services are identified and appropriate in-service
training is provided. The Morris School District Board of Education will maintain
information that demonstrates its effort to:
- Prepare general and special education personnel with the content knowledge
and collaborative skills needed to meet the needs of children with disabilities.
- Enhance the ability of teachers and others to use strategies such as behavioral
interventions to address the conduct of students with disabilities that impedes the
learning of students with disabilities and others.
- Acquire and disseminate to teachers, administrators, Board of Education
members and related services personnel significant knowledge derived from
educational research and other sources and how the district will, if appropriate,
adopt promising practices, materials and technology.
- Ensure that the in-service training is integrated to the maximum extent possible
with other professional development activities; and
- Provide for joint training activities of parents and special education, related
services and general education personnel. (34CFT300.380).
Date: July 21, 2003, Approved
Legal References:
N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. Law Against Discrimination
N.J.S.A. 18A:46-1 et seq. Classes and Facilities for Handicapped Children
See particularly:
N.J.S.A. 18A:46-13
N.J.S.A. 18A:46A-1 et seq. Auxiliary Services
N.J.A.C. 5:23-7 Barrier free subcode of the uniform construction
code
N.J.A.C. 6:3-6.1 et seq. Pupil Records
N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.1 Reporting requirements
N.J.A.C. 6:8-4.1 Review of mandated programs and services
N.J.A.C. 6:11-1.1 et seq. Professional Licensure and Standards
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6:11-8.3
N.J.A.C. 6:20-1.1 et seq. Business Services
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6:20-1.1, -1.2,
-4.1 through -4.11
N.J.A.C. 6:22-5.5 School space size and capacity
N.J.A.C. 6A:8-1.2 Scope
N.J.A.C. 6A:8-1.3 Definitions
N.J.A.C. 6A:8-3.1 Curriculum and instruction
N.J.A.C. 6A:8-4.1 et seq. Implementation of the Statewide Assessment System
N.J.A.C. 6A:8-5.1 et seq. Implementation of Graduation Requirements
N.J.A.C. 6A:14-1.1 et seq. Special Education
N.J.A.C. 6A:15-1.4 Bilingual programs for limited English proficient
students
N.J.A.C. 6A:30-1.1 et seq. Evaluation of the Performance of School Districts
P.L. 103-382 - Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
20 U.S.C.A. 1400 et seq. - 1990 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act,
P.L. 101-476 (formerly Education for All Handicapped Children Act--Part B)
29 U.S.C.A. 794 et seq. - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
34 CFR 76.1 et seq. - General Administrative Regulation EDGAR
34 CFR 77.1 et seq. - General Administrative Regulation EDGAR
34 CFR 300 - Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities
(IDEA Regulations)
Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997), overruling Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402
(1985)
Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
Oberti v. Board of Education of Clementon School District, 995 F.2d 1204,
1216-17 (C. A.3 1993)
Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garrett F., 526 U.S. 66 (1999)
Manual for the Evaluation of Local School Districts (August 2000)
Cross References:
1120 Board of education meetings
4112.2 Certification
4131/4131.1 Staff development; inserv ice education/visitations/conferences
5114 Suspension and expulsion
5120 Assessment of individual needs
5125 Pupil records
5131 Conduct/discipline
5200 Nonpublic school pupils
6121 Nondiscrimination/affirmative action
6145 Extracurricular activities
6151 Class size
6164.2 Guidance services
6164.4 Child study team
9322 Public and executive sessions
Key Words
Special Education, Disabled, Graduation Requirements, Records, Pupil Records, Student Records, Special
Education Pupil Records
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