{"id":7366,"date":"2012-10-04T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=7366"},"modified":"2012-10-04T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T14:06:19","slug":"can-the-school-deny-special-ed-services-because-of-absences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/can-the-school-deny-special-ed-services-because-of-absences\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the School Deny Special Ed Services Because of Absences?"},"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=\"Can%20the%20School%20Deny%20Special%20Ed%20Services%20Because%20of%20Absences%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>I was told that if a child has excessive absenteeism, he cannot receive special education services.\u00a0 The school is not allowed to evaluate a child who has not had adequate instruction due to absences?\u00a0 What percentage of absences would deny special ed services?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/school.desk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"144\" \/>Schools cannot refuse to evaluate a child who has frequent absences<\/strong>. This statement is incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcessive\u201d absences trigger the school\u2019s Child Find responsibilities under the IDEA.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The district needs to know why the student is absent.<\/li>\n<li>The district needs to determine if the student has a permanent or temporary condition related to a disability that is causing absences.<\/li>\n<li>The district should complete a comprehensive evaluation as part of the fact-finding process.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Child Find requires each state to devise a practical method to determine which children are receiving the needed special education services, and which children are not.<\/p>\n<p>After identifying children who may need services, all necessary evaluations must be completed on these children, at no cost to parents.<\/p>\n<p>Please read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3131\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Excessive Absences Trigger Child Find Responsibilities<\/span><\/a> here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3131\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3131<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article explains why schools can\u2019t refuse (or aren\u2019t \u201callowed\u201d) to evaluate a child who has frequent absences.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.mandate.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Child Find Mandate: What It Means for You<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/child.find.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Identification &amp; Child Find<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was told that if a child has excessive absenteeism, he cannot receive special education services.\u00a0 The school is not allowed to evaluate a child who has not had adequate <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/can-the-school-deny-special-ed-services-because-of-absences\/\">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":[102],"tags":[937,1316,1301,31,936],"class_list":["post-7366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-find","tag-absenteeism","tag-child-find","tag-eligibility","tag-evaluations","tag-idea-child-find-mandate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7366","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=7366"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8227,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7366\/revisions\/8227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}