CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard Procedures used to provide services to eligible students who are enrolled at SE 39B private expense in private schools in the district and whose parents reside out of state The district conducts child find activities--comparable to those for public school students--for all students enrolled at private expense in private schools in the district. For students enrolled at private expense in private schools in the district and whose parents reside out of state, the district consults with the private schools in accordance with federal requirements. It conducts evaluations and determines eligibility in accordance with state and federal requirements. The district calculates the proportionate share of Federal Special Education Entitlement funds (Fund Code 240) required to be spent on eligible private school students (including all eligible students attending private school in the district whether their parents reside in the district, in another Massachusetts district, or out of state) and documents the spending of at least this amount of federal entitlement funds (Fund Code 240) on one or more of the eligible private school students attending private school in the district whose parents reside in the district or out of state. If the district provides services to any eligible private school student from out of state, it does so using an individual services plan. State Requirements Federal Requirements 603 CMR 28.02(7); 28.04; 28.05(2) 34 CFR 300.130-144; 300.301-311 No Rating: Implemented District Response Required: CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard Instructional grouping requirements for students aged five and older SE 40 The size and composition of instructional groupings for eligible students receiving services outside the general education classroom are compatible with the methods and goals stated in each student's IEP. Instructional grouping size requirements are maximum sizes and the school district exercises judgment in determining appropriate group size and supports for smaller instructional groups serving students with complex special needs. When eligible students are assigned to instructional groupings outside of the general education classroom for 60% or less of the school schedule, students’
CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard SE 39B Procedures used to provide services to eligible students who are enrolled at private expense in private schools in the district and whose parents reside out of state The district conducts child find activities--comparable to those for public school students--for all students enrolled at private expense in private schools in the district. For students enrolled at private expense in private schools in the district and whose parents reside out of state, the district consults with the private schools in accordance with federal requirements. It conducts evaluations and determines eligibility in accordance with state and federal requirements. The district calculates the proportionate share of Federal Special Education Entitlement funds (Fund Code 240) required to be spent on eligible private school students (including all eligible students attending private school in the district whether their parents reside in the district, in another Massachusetts district, or out of state) and documents the spending of at least this amount of federal entitlement funds (Fund Code 240) on one or more of the eligible private school students attending private school in the district whose parents reside in the district or out of state. If the district provides services to any eligible private school student from out of state, it does so using an individual services plan. State Requirements Federal Requirements 603 CMR 28.02(7); 28.04; 28.05(2) 34 CFR 300.130-144; 300.301-311 Rating: Implemented District Response Required: No CRITERION NUMBER Legal Standard SE 40 Instructional grouping requirements for students aged five and older The size and composition of instructional groupings for eligible students receiving services outside the general education classroom are compatible with the methods and goals stated in each student's IEP. Instructional grouping size requirements are maximum sizes and the school district exercises judgment in determining appropriate group size and supports for smaller instructional groups serving students with complex special needs. When eligible students are assigned to instructional groupings outside of the general education classroom for 60% or less of the students’ school schedule,
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