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 Orchard Farm 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, mental retardation/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 Orchard Farm 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 Orchard Farm 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 Orchard Farm 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 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in
the Orchard Farm School District Student Services Office, 3489 Boschertown Rd, St.
Charles, Missouri, 63301.
This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.