Special Education
PUBLIC NOTICE
All responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency, regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending private schools, children who live outside the district but are attending a private school within the district, highly mobile children, such as migrant and homeless children, children who are wards of the state, and children who are suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade. The Jasper R-V School District assures that it will provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction. Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness and young child with a developmental delay.
The Jasper R-V School District assures that it will provide information and referral services necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps program.
The Jasper R-V School District assures that personally identifiable information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes of identification, evaluation, placement or provision of FAPE of children with disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their child. Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the district to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
The Jasper R-V School District has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan contains the agency’s policies and procedures regarding storage, disclosure to third parties, retention and destruction of personally identifiable information and the agency’s assurances that services are provided in compliance with the General Education Provision Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed 201 West Mercer Jasper, MO 64755 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM Tuesday through Friday.
This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION(ECSE)
Barton Dade Jasper Cooperative Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) serves Jasper students ages 3 through 5. If you believe that your child may not be reaching developmental milestones, contact Lisa Shouse at 417-394-2511 ext. 014.
PARENT RESOURCES
The Parents' Guide to Special Education
English https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/parents-guide-special-education
Spanish https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/parents-guide-special-education-missouri-spanish
School Social Work Services
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gNBt8Xe5syScFGQscgCxYPZFIP8pT1Gj/view
Local Compliance Plan
https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/local-compliance-plan-2021
Procedural Safeguards
English https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/procedural-safeguards-english
Spanish https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/procedural-safeguards-spanish
Parent Bill of Rights
English file:///C:/Users/lshouse/Downloads/PBR-English.pdf
Spanish https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/pbr-spanish
Federal Programs
ESEA Compliant Procedures
https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/essa-complaint-procedures
TITLE 1A
Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
Title I.A was enacted to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education and to close educational achievement gaps.
TITLE IIA
Preparing, Training and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals and Other School Leaders
The purpose of Title II.A is to provide sub grants to LEAs to:
Increase student achievement consistent with the MLS;
Improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school leaders 3. increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in improving student academic achievement in schools; and,
Provide economically deprived and minority students greater access to effective teachers, principals and other school leaders.
TITLE IV
Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants
The purpose of Title IV.A is to improve students’ academic achievement by increasing the capacity of states, LEAs, schools and local communities to:
Provide all students with access to a well-rounded education;
Improve school conditions for student learning; and,
Improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.