ELDON R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
AND CHILD FIND
The Eldon R-1 School District is responsible to locate, evaluate and identify all children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency, including those who are homeless or migrant, and those in private schools. The Eldon 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, 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 Eldon district has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of state regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 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 21 that reside in the district, by December 1 of each year. The information is treated confidentially, and meets the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
The district also seeks to identify, evaluate and provide free and appropriate educational services in the least restrictive environment to all eligible students with disabilities within the definitions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
If you have a child with a disability or know of a child with a disability who is not attending public school, please contact:
Aaron Berendzen,
Special Services Director
Eldon Special Services
Department at: (573)392-8003
Published Sept. 19, 2024
