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Both Part B and Part C of IDEA
contain explicit requirements for states to
actively identify children and determine their eligibility for services.
Part B of IDEA
(34CFR§§ 300.111) requires a state to have policies and procedures to ensure that all children with
disabilities including children with disabilities who are homeless or are wards of the state and children with
disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, are birth to age 21 and
are in need of special education and related services including children attending private schools and migrant
or homeless children, are "identified, located and evaluated." Children who are suspected of being a child with
a disability under Sec. 300.8 and in need of special education, even though they are advancing from grade to
grade and highly mobile children, including migrant children.
Part C requires each state to have a "comprehensive child find system" with the
purpose of finding children birth to age three as early as possible. The system
must be consistent with Part B but also meets the additional requirements of
(34CFR§§ 303.321).
For Part C, the lead agency with the assistance of the state interagency
coordinating council ensures that the system is coordinated with all other
major efforts to locate and identify young children by other state health,
education, social service and tribal agencies. This comprehensive system
addresses the definition of eligibility for the state, the public awareness
program, central directory, screening and referral, timelines for agencies
to act on referrals, evaluation and assessment. It targets primary referral
sources including hospitals, physicians, parents, daycare providers, local
education agencies, public health facilities, other social service providers
and other medical providers.
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