5005 School Age and Child Find
All children who reside within the district boundaries and are between the ages of five years on or before September 1 and 21 years on or before September 1, shall be entitled to attend school free of charge in the Union Public School District.
Children who have reached the age of four years on or before September 1 of the school year may be admitted to the district’s pre-kindergarten program as space is available and the program is offered.
Children who have reached the age of five years on or before September 1 of the school year may be admitted to kindergarten classes. Except as otherwise provided by law, children shall not be enrolled in the first grade unless they will have reached the age of six years on or before September 1 of the school year. Children who are under five years of age will not be admitted to any Union kindergarten unless said child previously attended a kindergarten class as an underage child in a school approved/accredited by a State Board of Education or a Department of Defense School for military dependents.
Union Public Schools will ensure that all children with disabilities within the boundaries of the Union Public School District, including children with disabilities who are homeless or wards of the State, and children with disabilities attending private schools or who are home-schooled, as well as children who are highly mobile, including migrant children, regardless of the severity of their disability, even though they are advancing from grade to grade and who are in need of special education and related services are identified, located, and evaluated.
Union Public Schools will identify, locate and evaluate all children within their boundary lines who are in need of special education and related services through public awareness activities:
a) Union Public School District shall inform the general public and parents within its boundaries of responsibility of special education services for students ages 3 through 21
years and how to access those services, including information regarding early intervention services for children ages birth through 2 years;
b) Public Awareness Activities, included but not limited to:
i) Child Find posters in all school building sites and on the UPS website;
ii) Preschool Brochures that include information are placed in every school and provided to parents included on the UPS website.
iii) Annual meeting with all private school administrators whose building site is located within the Union School district boundary lines.
Revised 6/10/96
Revised 12/8/97
Revised 12/14/98
Revised 12/13/99
Revised 1/8/01
Revised 1/13/03
Revised 12/13/04
Revised 1/18/10
Revised 11/8/10
Revised 12/13/21