{"id":3131,"date":"2010-05-17T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:01:27","slug":"excessive-absences-should-trigger-child-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/excessive-absences-should-trigger-child-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Excessive Absences Should Trigger Child Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Excessive%20Absences%20Should%20Trigger%20Child%20Find\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 3px 10px;float:right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/school\/empty.desk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Can the IEP team refuse to place a child in special education due to excessive absences, even though an evaluation points to the need for placement?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No, the opposite is true. &#8220;Excessive&#8221; absences should trigger the team&#8217;s Child Find legal responsibilities. The school district should be concerned about the reasons for the student\u2019s absences and determine whether he has a permanent or temporary condition related to a disability that caused these absences.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why children miss school &#8211; children with disabilities often have medical problems, and feel demoralized at school.<\/p>\n<p>Some courts have examined whether a district failed to explore the cause for a student\u2019s excessive absences and the impact this would have on a student&#8217;s educational progress.<\/p>\n<p>The law requires schools to locate, identify and evaluate all children with disabilities from birth through age 21.<\/p>\n<p>The Child Find mandate applies to all children who reside within a State, including children who attend private schools and public schools, highly mobile children, migrant children, homeless children, and children who are wards of the state. (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3))<\/p>\n<p>This includes all children who are suspected of having a disability, including children who receive passing grades and are &#8220;advancing from grade to grade.&#8221; (34 CFR 300.111(c))<\/p>\n<p>The law does not require children to be &#8220;labeled&#8221; or classified by their disability. (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3)(B); 34 CFR 300.111(d)).<\/p>\n<p>For more about the school&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Child Find<\/span><\/a> responsibilities, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.mandate.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Child Find Mandate: What Does It Mean to You<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.mandate.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.mandate.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the IEP team refuse to place a child in special education due to excessive absences, even though an evaluation points to the need for placement? No, the opposite is <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/excessive-absences-should-trigger-child-find\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5,1367],"tags":[1316,1301,589,420,118],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eligibility","category-idea-2004","category-assessments-tests","tag-child-find","tag-eligibility","tag-excessive-absences","tag-identification","tag-truancy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3131"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}