SYSTEMIC PROVISIONS. A. By August 31, 2020, the District will revise page 8 of the 2019-2020 Parent/Guardian Handbook (Handbook) so that the last sentence of the paragraph on page 8 under the heading Inclusion of Special Needs Students is removed and replaced with the sentence, “Reasonable accommodations will be provided by the San Diego Unified School District for participation in the Primetime before and after school program without undue delay.” in all future editions of the Handbook.
B. By August 31, 2020, the District will distribute the Handbook to administrators and staff at the School and to all District Special Education Division employees.
SYSTEMIC PROVISIONS. A. Within 45 calendar days of the execution of this Agreement, the District will provide OCR with a draft of a guidance memorandum it has developed to address requests for evaluation under Section 504 or the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), the process for timely identification and evaluation, and provision of procedural safeguards for OCR’s review and approval.
B. Within 15 calendar days of receiving approval from OCR, the District will distribute the guidance memorandum to administrators and staff at the School who are charged with ensuring that students with special needs are identified and evaluated.
C. Within 90 calendar days of the execution of this Agreement, the District will conduct training for school site staff and administrators responsible for the identification, evaluation, and placement of students requiring a Section 504 Plan or Individualized Education Program (IEP) at the School.
D. The training will include education on the District’s policies and procedures for providing a free, appropriate public education under Section 504 and Title II, with an emphasis on the provision of procedural safeguards and timelines for identification and evaluation.
E. The training will cover, but is not limited to, the following:
i. The definition of an individual with a disability and the definition of major life activities consistent with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAA);
ii. The District and School’s responsibility to appropriately and timely identify, evaluate, and place students with special needs.
iii. The District and School’s responsibility to provide notice to parents/guardians of procedural safeguards with respect to actions regarding the identification, evaluation, or placements of students who, because of disability, need or are believed to need special instruction or related services, including when decisions are made in any type of meeting with a parent or guardian not to conduct such an evaluation or make an eligibility determination under either Section 504 or the IDEA and instead proceed with a Student Success Team (SST) or other type of school support meeting.
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