Boonton Township School District

BOONTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION
Boonton Township, New Jersey
Procedures
Handicapped Students
File Code. 6171.4
Policy #1: All students with disabilities, who are in need of special education and related services,
including students with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, regardless of the severity of their
disabilities, are located, identified and evaluated according to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-3.3.
Procedures:
1. The Director of Special Services will coordinate the Child Find activities to locate, identify and
evaluate all children, ages three through 21, who reside within the Boonton Township School
District and who may be disabled.
2. These activities will include:
• Twice each year (in the Fall and Spring issues), the district Director of Special Services will
place a Child Find notice in the Boonton Township Times. This publication, which is delivered
to every home in the town as well as being made available to the public at Town Hall, notifies
the public of the services available through the Boonton Township School district and
describes how to access these services.
• Additional fliers and letters will be sent by April 30 th to all nonpublic schools in the surrounding
towns, local area pediatricians, hospitals, libraries, places of worship and appropriate social
agencies. This effort shall be extended to the location of all students regardless of the
severity of their disability and shall include students who are highly mobile such as migrant
and homeless students as well as those students being moved from grade to grade. All
attempts are made to reach the public in their native language unless it is not feasible to do
so.
3. Interventions in the general education program to alleviate educational problems shall be
provided to a pupil in the following manner:
• General education staff members shall be instructed in the criteria to identify students who
may require such interventions. These children are referred to the Intervention and Referral
Committee.
• The child’s teacher shall maintain written documentation of the implementation and
effectiveness of the interventions. A copy of this written documentation shall be forwarded to
the Intervention and Referral Services Committee. This committee may recommend further
interventions or a referral to the Child Study Team.
4. A potentially disabled student is referred to the Child Study Team:
• When a written request is sent from the pupil’s parent or guardian to the principal or Director
of Special Services.
• At the recommendation of the Intervention and Referral Services Committee.
• When the child’s educational problem is so severe that direct referral to the Child Study Team
can be supported and documented.
Students may be referred to the Child Study Team even if they are advancing from grade to grade.
Referral information shall be provided in the family’s native language.
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