The Kenton County School District
Special Education Procedures
INDEX
Chapter I – Definitions
Section 1. Definitions……………………………………………………………...……....2
Chapter II -- Free Appropriate Public Education
Section 1. Free Appropriate Public Education...……...…………………………………..20
Section 2. Residential Placement…………………………...…………………………….21
Section 3. Proper Functioning of Hearing Aids and External Components of Surgically
Implanted Medical Devices…………...………………………………………21
Section 4. Program Options…………..……………………………….………………….22
Section 5. Nonacademic Services…………...……………………………………………22
Section 6. Physical Education………..…………………………………………………...23
Section 7. Assistive Technology………………………………………………………….23
Section 8. Extended School Year Services…………..…………………………………...24
Section 9. Prohibition of Mandatory Medication………..……………...………………..24
Section 10. Transfer Students……………………..… …………………………………...24
Section 11— Part C Transition………………………………………………….................26
Chapter III -- Child Find , Evaluation, and Reevaluation
Section 1. Child Find Requirements……..………………………………...……………..27
Section 2. Referral System…………………………………………………………..........30
Section 3. Evaluation and Reevaluation Procedures………..…………………………….32
Chapter IV -- Determination of Eligibility
Section 1. Determination of Eligibility…………………………………………………...38
Section 2. Additional Procedures for Evaluating Children with Specific Learning
Disabilities…………………….…………………………………………..…..39
Chapter V -- Individual Education Program
Section 1 Individual Education Programs………………………………………..………44
Section 2. ARC Meetings………...……………………………………………………....45
Section 3. ARC Membership……..……………………………………………………....47
Section 4. Parent Participation……………………………………………………………50
Section 5. Contents of IEP………………..……………………………………………....53
Section 6. Transition Services…………………………………………………………….57
Section 7. Private School Placements by the KCSD…………...………………………...58
Section 8. IEP Accountability…………………………………………………………….59
Chapter VI -- Procedural Safeguards and State Complaint Procedures
Section 1. Parent Participation in Meetings………………………………………………60
Section 2. Independent Educational Evaluation………...……………………………......61
Section 3. Notice to Parents…………..…………...……………………………………...62
Section 4. Procedural Safeguards Notice……………..…………………………………..65
Section 5. Parental Consent…………..…………………………………………………..66
Section 6. Representation of Children………….....………………………………….......69
Section 7. State Complaint Procedures………..………………………………………….74
Section 8. Right to Mediation and Due Process Hearings…………...…………………...74
Section 9. Mediation Rights…………..…………………………………………………..75
Section 10. Dispute Resolution Meetings…………………………………………………75
Section 11. Hearing Rights………………………………………………………………...75
Section 12. Appeal of Decision (includes Stay Put) ……………………………………....75
Section 13. Discipline Procedures………………………………………………………....75
Section 14. Manifestation Determination and Interim Alternative Educational Setting
(IAES) ……...……………..………………………………………..…………77
Section 15. Appeals from Placement Decisions and Expedited Due Process
Hearings………..………………………………………..…………………….80
Section 16. Protections for Children not Determined Eligible for Special Education
Services………………….…..………………………..……………………….82
Section 17. Reporting to Law Enforcement Agencies. …………..……………………….84
Chapter VII -- Placement Decisions.
Section 1. Placement Decisions………..……………………………………...………….85
Section 2. Class Size……………..……………………………………………………….87
Section 3. Case Load for Resource Teachers…………………………………………….89
Chapter VIII -- Confidentiality
Section 1. Access Rights…………..…………………………...………………………....91
Section 2. Record of Access…………..………………………………………………….92
Section 3. Records on More Than One Child……………..……………………………...92
Section 4. Types and Location of Information……..…………………………………….93
Section 5. Fees……………..……………………………………………………………..93
Section 6. Amendment of Records and Opportunity for Hearing…………...…………...93
Section 7. Consent…………..…………………………………………………………....93
Section 8. Safeguards……………………………………………………………………..95
Section 9. Destruction of Information……...…………………………………………….95
Section 10. Children’s Rights…………..………………………………………..………...96
Chapter IX -- Children with Disabilities Enrolled in Private Schools
Section 1. Children with disabilities enrolled in private schools by their parents
when FAPE is at issue……………..………….……………………………….97
Section 2. Child Find for Children with Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parent
in Private School………..…..………………………………………………....99
Section 3. Parental Consent…………..…………………………………………………100
Section 4. Basic Requirements……...……...…………………………………………...100
Section 5. Consultation………..…………………...…………………………………....101
Section 6. Services Provided…………………………………………………………….102
Section 7. Location of Services………………………………..………………………..103
Section 8. Due Process Procedures……………………………………………………...104
Section 9. Restrictions on Serving Non-Public Students……………………………......105
APPENDIX………………………………………………………………………………………...107
Section 7. State Complaint Procedures………...……………………………………......107
Section 9. Mediation Rights……………………………………………………………..109
Section 10. Dispute Resolution…………………………………………………………..110
Section 11. Hearing Rights……………………………………………………………….112
Section 12. Appeal of Decision………………………………………………………......112