(b) Child find for parentally placed private school children with disabilities.

1. (1) General. Each LEA must locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district served by the LEA, in accordance with requirements of this section.

2. (2) Child find design. The child find process must be designed to ensure:

   1. (A) The equitable participation of parentally placed private school children; and
   2. (B) An accurate count of those children.
3. (3) Activities. In carrying out the requirements of this section, the LEA or, if applicable, the SEA, must undertake activities similar to the activities undertaken for the agency’s public school children.
4. (4) Cost. The cost of carrying out the child find requirements in this section, including individual evaluations, may not be considered in determining if an LEA has met its obligation under 34 C.F.R. § 300.133.
5. (5) Completion period. The child find process must be completed in a time period comparable to that for students attending public schools in the LEA consistent with 34 C.F.R. § 300.301.
6. (6) Out-of-state children. Each LEA in which private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools are located must, in carrying out the child find requirements in this section, include parentally placed private school children who reside in a state other than the state in which the private schools that they attend are located.