PUBLIC NOTICE
All
responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify
children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency,
regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending
private schools, children who live outside the district but are attending a
private school within the district, highly mobile children, such as migrant and
homeless children, children who are wards of the state, and children who are
suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even though
they are advancing from grade to grade.
The Butler R-V School District assures that it will provide a free,
appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities
between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness,
emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, intellectual disability,
multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments,
specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain
injury, visual impairment/blindness and young child with a developmental delay.
The
Butler R-V School District assures that it will provide
information and referral services necessary to assist the State in the
implementation of early intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible
for the Missouri First Steps program.
The
Butler R-V School District assures that personally
identifiable information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes
of identification, evaluation, placement or provision of FAPE of children with
disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to
the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is
inaccurate, misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their
child. Parents have the right to file
complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the district
to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA).
The Butler R-V School District has developed a Local
Compliance Plan for the implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
This plan contains the agency’s policies and procedures regarding
storage, disclosure to third parties, retention and destruction of personally
identifiable information and the agency’s assurances that services are provided
in compliance with the General Education Provision Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed at 300 South
Delaware during regular school hours, Tues-Fri 8:00 am-3:30 pm.
This notice will be provided in native
languages as appropriate.
