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 School District of Washington 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/blind, emotional disorder, hearing impairment and deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, learning disabilities, language impairment, sound system disorder, speech/fluency, speech/voice, traumatic brain injury, vision impairment and young child with a developmental delay.

The School District of Washington 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 School District of Washington 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 education 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 School District of Washington 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 the office of Student Services, 220 Locust Street, Washington, MO, 63090, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday thru Friday, by appointment.

This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.

Revised July 24, 2023