Child Find for Children with Disabilities in Need of Special Education or 504 Services Child Find need Special Education or 504 services. The District needs The Hopkins County School District keeps educational to know the name and age, or date of birth of the child; the records in a secure location in each school and Board office. name, address, and phone number(s) of the parents or guardian; the possible disability: and other information to determine if Special Education or 504 services are needed. The Hopkins County School District obtains written consent from a parent or eligible student (age 18 or who is attending a post secondary institution), before disclosing personally Letters and phone calls are some of the ways the Hopkins identifiable information to an entity or individual not authorized County School District collects the information needed. The to receive it under FERPA. information the School District collects will be used to contact the parents of the child and find out if the child needs to be For students who have been determined eligible for Special evaluated or referred for Special Education or 504 services. Education, educational records will be destroyed at the request of the parents when they are no longer needed to If you know of a child who lives within the boundaries of the provide educational programs or services. The Hopkins Hopkins County School District, who may have a disability, County School District may destroy the educational records of and may need but is not receiving Special Education or 504 a child without parent consent 3 years after they are no longer services, please call 270-825-6000 or send the information needed to provide educational programs or services. Parents to: are advised that data contained in the records may later be needed for Social Security benefits or other purposes. The Hopkins County School District may retain, for an indefinite period of time, a record of the student's name, address, telephone number, grades, attendance records, classes attended, grade level completed, and year completed. Tonia Griffey Director of Special Education Hopkins County Schools 320 S. Seminary Street Madisonville, KÝ 42431 Ph: 270-825-6000 April Devine Director of Pupil Personnel Hopkins County Schools 320 S. Seminary Street Madisonville, KÝ 42431 Ph.: 270-825-6000 If you know of a child who attends a private or home school Children eligible for Special Education include those within the boundaries of the Hopkins County School District, children with disabilities who have autism, deaf-blindness, who may have a disability, and may need but is not receiving developmental delay, emotional-behavior disability, hearing Special Education services, please call 270-825-6000 or impairment, mental disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic send the information to: impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or visual impairment and who because of such an Director of Special Education impairment need Special Education services. Tonia Griffey Hopkins County Schools 320 S. Seminary Street Children eligible for 504 services include those children in Madisonville, KY 42431 a public elementary and secondary education program who 270-825-6000 have current physical or mental impairment that currently substantially limits some major life activity which causes the "Child Find" activities will continue throughout the school student's ability to access the school environment or school year. As part of these efforts the Hopkins County School activities to be substantially limited. District will use screening information, student records, and basic assessment information it collects on all children in the District to help locate those children who have a disability and need Special Education or 504 services. Any information the District collects through "Child Find" is maintained Children eligible for the State-Funded Preschool program include three and four-year-old children identified with disabilities and four-year-old children who are at-risk, as defined by federal poverty levels up to 150%. Preschool confidentially. children eligible for special education must have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) instead of a 504 plan to receive State- Funded Preschool program services. Written Policies and Procedures have been developed which describe the District's requirements regarding the confidentiality of personally identifiable information and The Hopkins County School District has an ongoing "Child "Child Find" activities. There are copies in the Principal's Find" system, which is designed to locate, identify and office of each school, and in the Board of Education office. evaluate any child residing in a home, facility, or residence Copies of these Policies and Procedures may be obtained by within its geographical boundaries, age three (3) to twenty- contacting: one (21) years, who may have a disability and be in need of Special Education or 504 services. This includes children April Devine who are not in school; those who are in public, private, or Director of Pupil Personnel home school; those who are highly mobile such as children Hopkins County Schools who are migrant or homeless; and those who are advancing 320 S. Seminary Street from grade to grade, who may need but are not receiving Madisonville, KY 42431 Special Education or 504 services. 270-825-6000 The district's "Child Find" system includes children with The District office is open Monday through Friday, from 8 disabilities attending private or home schools within the a.m. to 4 p.m. school district boundaries who may need special education services. The Hopkins County School District provides a public notice in the native language or other mode of communication of The Hopkins County School District will make sure any child the various populations in the geographical boundaries of the enrolled in its district who qualifies for Special Education District to the extent feasible. If you know of someone who may or 504 services, regardless of how severe the disability, is need this notice translated to another language, given orally, provided appropriate Special Edcucation or 504 services at or delivered in some other manner or mode of communication, please contact the Director of Pupil Personnel, the Director of Special Education at the address or phone number listed no cost to the parents of the child. Parents, relatives, public and private agency employees, and concerned citizens are urged to help the Hopkins County School District find any child who may have a disability and above for the Hopkins County Schools. Revised March 2011 per KDE Child Find for Children with Disabilities in Need of Special Education or 504 Services Child Find need Special Education or 504 services. The District needs The Hopkins County School District keeps educational to know the name and age, or date of birth of the child; the records in a secure location in each school and Board office. name, address, and phone number(s) of the parents or guardian; the possible disability: and other information to determine if Special Education or 504 services are needed. The Hopkins County School District obtains written consent from a parent or eligible student (age 18 or who is attending a post secondary institution), before disclosing personally Letters and phone calls are some of the ways the Hopkins identifiable information to an entity or individual not authorized County School District collects the information needed. The to receive it under FERPA. information the School District collects will be used to contact the parents of the child and find out if the child needs to be For students who have been determined eligible for Special evaluated or referred for Special Education or 504 services. Education, educational records will be destroyed at the request of the parents when they are no longer needed to If you know of a child who lives within the boundaries of the provide educational programs or services. The Hopkins Hopkins County School District, who may have a disability, County School District may destroy the educational records of and may need but is not receiving Special Education or 504 a child without parent consent 3 years after they are no longer services, please call 270-825-6000 or send the information needed to provide educational programs or services. Parents to: are advised that data contained in the records may later be needed for Social Security benefits or other purposes. The Hopkins County School District may retain, for an indefinite period of time, a record of the student's name, address, telephone number, grades, attendance records, classes attended, grade level completed, and year completed. Tonia Griffey Director of Special Education Hopkins County Schools 320 S. Seminary Street Madisonville, KÝ 42431 Ph: 270-825-6000 April Devine Director of Pupil Personnel Hopkins County Schools 320 S. Seminary Street Madisonville, KÝ 42431 Ph.: 270-825-6000 If you know of a child who attends a private or home school Children eligible for Special Education include those within the boundaries of the Hopkins County School District, children with disabilities who have autism, deaf-blindness, who may have a disability, and may need but is not receiving developmental delay, emotional-behavior disability, hearing Special Education services, please call 270-825-6000 or impairment, mental disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic send the information to: impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or visual impairment and who because of such an Director of Special Education impairment need Special Education services. Tonia Griffey Hopkins County Schools 320 S. Seminary Street Children eligible for 504 services include those children in Madisonville, KY 42431 a public elementary and secondary education program who 270-825-6000 have current physical or mental impairment that currently substantially limits some major life activity which causes the "Child Find" activities will continue throughout the school student's ability to access the school environment or school year. As part of these efforts the Hopkins County School activities to be substantially limited. District will use screening information, student records, and basic assessment information it collects on all children in the District to help locate those children who have a disability and need Special Education or 504 services. Any information the District collects through "Child Find" is maintained Children eligible for the State-Funded Preschool program include three and four-year-old children identified with disabilities and four-year-old children who are at-risk, as defined by federal poverty levels up to 150%. Preschool confidentially. children eligible for special education must have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) instead of a 504 plan to receive State- Funded Preschool program services. Written Policies and Procedures have been developed which describe the District's requirements regarding the confidentiality of personally identifiable information and The Hopkins County School District has an ongoing "Child "Child Find" activities. There are copies in the Principal's Find" system, which is designed to locate, identify and office of each school, and in the Board of Education office. evaluate any child residing in a home, facility, or residence Copies of these Policies and Procedures may be obtained by within its geographical boundaries, age three (3) to twenty- contacting: one (21) years, who may have a disability and be in need of Special Education or 504 services. This includes children April Devine who are not in school; those who are in public, private, or Director of Pupil Personnel home school; those who are highly mobile such as children Hopkins County Schools who are migrant or homeless; and those who are advancing 320 S. Seminary Street from grade to grade, who may need but are not receiving Madisonville, KY 42431 Special Education or 504 services. 270-825-6000 The district's "Child Find" system includes children with The District office is open Monday through Friday, from 8 disabilities attending private or home schools within the a.m. to 4 p.m. school district boundaries who may need special education services. The Hopkins County School District provides a public notice in the native language or other mode of communication of The Hopkins County School District will make sure any child the various populations in the geographical boundaries of the enrolled in its district who qualifies for Special Education District to the extent feasible. If you know of someone who may or 504 services, regardless of how severe the disability, is need this notice translated to another language, given orally, provided appropriate Special Edcucation or 504 services at or delivered in some other manner or mode of communication, please contact the Director of Pupil Personnel, the Director of Special Education at the address or phone number listed no cost to the parents of the child. Parents, relatives, public and private agency employees, and concerned citizens are urged to help the Hopkins County School District find any child who may have a disability and above for the Hopkins County Schools. Revised March 2011 per KDE