SECTION III: CHILD IDENTIFICATION
Policy Statement
It is the policy of the ROP that schools shall adopt and use the procedures set forth in its procedural manual to identify, locate and evaluate children, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the Republic of Palau, and children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability and who are potentially in need of special education and related services. These procedures shall include highly mobile children with disabilities and children who are in need of special education, even though they are advancing from grade to grade and highly mobile children, including migrant children. The Special Education Program of the ROP MOE will coordinate these child identification procedures. Before referring a child for an individual evaluation, the appropriate school personnel shall attempt to meet the needs of the child within the regular school program.
The MOE shall adopt the age range of 3 through 5 for the term of developmental delay.