SSD ECSE Services Agreement
Special School District of St. Louis County
Agreement to Provide ECSE Services During the 2025-2026 School Year
This Agreement is made and entered into between the Special School District of St. Louis County (hereinafter referred to as “SSD”) and the Clayton School District (hereinafter referred to as “Coalition District’).
The Coalition District has elected to provide Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) directly to students eligible for ECSE services. However, the needs of some students are such
that they require ECSE services beyond those available through the Coalition District.
SSD hereby agrees to serve such students, if appropriate, in its ECSE program or otherwise provide certain specialized ECSE services, per the IEP, as specified below:
e Program/Services for ECSE Students Who Are Deaf/Hearing Impaired
e Itinerant/Consultative Services for ECSE Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired, Orientation and Mobility
e Consultation, programming development and staff training for students who are receiving Applied Behavior Principle minutes
e Consultative Services by an Augmentative Communication Facilitator e ECSE Itinerant or Classroom services for St. Louis County resident students who are enrolled in early education/childcare settings within SSD
ECSE Partner District boundaries but are outside the district of residence
e Program services for preschool children with significant social/emotional behaviors
All services will be made available on a staff-available and space-available basis.
The SSD and Coalition District will enter into an individual agreement for each student who is to be placed in an SSD program or who is to receive services under this Agreement.
The SSD Board of Education hereby authorizes the Early Childhood Special Education Director to execute the individual agreements on its behalf, provided such individual agreements are not
inconsistent with the Agreement.
Services/Programming will be provided consistent with each student’s IEP.
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The Coalition District shall be responsible for developing the IEP for each student who participates in an SSD program or who receives services from the SSD. In addition, the Coalition District shall be responsible for providing all appropriate notices and procedural safeguards (including due process) required by the IDEA and Missouri law to the parent(s)/guardian of each student who participates in an SSD program or who receives services from the SSD.
To the extent practicable, the Coalition District shall invite a representative from the SSD to participate in the IEP of each student who the Coalition District anticipates will receive services from the SSD. In no case shall a student be entitled to receive services through the SSD without the SSD having either (1) participated in the student’s IEP, or (2) reviewed the student’s IEP, and approved either (a) the assignment of the student in the SSD program or (b) the services to be provided by the SSD to the student.
The SSD shall be responsible for providing transportation services, if any are required by such student’s IEP, to each Coalition District student who participates in an SSD-housed program or countywide hearing-impaired program. All other transportation shall be the responsibility of the Coalition District.
SSD shall not provide transportation to students residing in a SSD ECSE Partner District who attend an early education / childcare setting within a Coalition District and receive services from the Coalition District under the service agreement.
The Coalition District shall also be responsible for conducting the initial evaluation of each student and all subsequent ECSE re-evaluations of each Coalition District student who participates in an SSD program or who receives services from the SSD.
The SSD shall list each student who participates in an SSD program or who receives services from the SSD on its caseload for purposes of filing reports with the State for reimbursement for ECSE services.
Students receiving ECSE services under this Agreement by an SSD staff providing itinerant services shall follow the SSD Partner District calendar in which the services are being
provided.
SSD shall not be responsible for providing ECSE services within the Coalition District.
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