6 CAR § 130-301 – General responsibility to conduct child find

(a) Each local educational agency is responsible for ensuring that all children with disabilities from birth to twenty-one (21) years within its jurisdiction and in need of special education and related services are identified, located, and evaluated, regardless of the severity of their disability, including:
1. (1) Children with disabilities attending private schools;
2. (2) Highly mobile children with disabilities, including migrant children;
3. (3) Children who are suspected of having a disability and need special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade; and
4. (4) Children with disabilities who are homeless or a ward of the state.
(b) The responsibility of the local educational agency to conduct child find activities extends to identifying, locating, and evaluating children attending private schools within its jurisdiction.
(c) Before any major identification, location, or evaluation activity (child find), a notice to parents must be published or announced in newspapers or other media, with local circulation adequate to notify parents throughout the LEA's jurisdiction of the activity.