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 Warren County R-III 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, mental
retardation/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 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 Warren County R-III 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 Warren County R-III 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 during
regular school hours in the Special Services Office.
Local school districts in the State of Missouri are required to conduct an annual census of all
children with disabilities or suspected disabilities from birth to age
twenty-one (21) that reside in the district. This census must be
compiled by December 1 of each year. This information is treated as
confidential and must include: name of the child; parent/legal
guardian’s name/address; birth date and age of the child; the child’s
disability; and the services provided to the child. If you have a child
with a disability or know of a child with a disability who is not
attending the public school or receiving services from the district,
please contact the Warren County R-III School District.
This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.