1. Parents - Parents may request a Child Study Team Evaluation by contacting the Case Manager at their child’s school and forwarding the request in writing.
2. I & RS - The I\&RS Intervention and Referral Services is a building based inter-disciplinary group that meets regularly to provide intervention for students experiencing difficulty in the classroom. Once IR& S has utilized its resources and determines that additional information may be necessary, or feels that the student may be potentially educationally disabled, the student may be recommended for a CST evaluation.
3. Administrators or Outside Agencies - The Principal or other building administrator or an individual from an outside agency (Early Intervention, doctor, social worker, etc.) may refer a student for a Child Study Team Evaluation.

Once the referral has been made the Case Manager has twenty (20) days to schedule a Referral Review Meeting. The necessary personnel expected to attend this meeting would be a social worker, school psychologist, learning disabilities-teacher consultant, classroom teacher, speech & language specialist (if the suspected disability included that area or the child was age 3-5) and the parent.

No. Once a request for a Child Study Team evaluation is made a Referral Review Meeting must be scheduled. At that meeting it is determined if a Child Study Team Evaluation is warranted and if so an Evaluation Plan is developed.

Once it is determined that testing is necessary an assessment plan is developed and the parent/guardian gives written permission. The district then has ninety (90) days to complete the necessary evaluations. Within the ninety (90) days an Eligibility Conference is scheduled where the evaluations are interpreted and it is determined if the student is eligible for special education and/or related services.

Absolutely not. Before a student receives services an Individual Education Program must be developed and agreed to. In Folsom, the majority of students eligible for special education services receive those services within general education classrooms and programs.