What planning should occur for preschool children as they transition to school-age programs and services?
If your child has been receiving preschool special education programs or services, you and the Committee will need to discuss your childs school program before he or she enters Kindergarten. Sometime during the year before your child is eligible to enter school, the Committee will decide if your child continues to have a disability and/or if he or she continues to require special education programs or services. If so, the CPSE will make a referral to the CSE. If eligible, at age five, your child may be recommended to receive special education services or programs in the districts Kindergarten program or other educational setting. However, you are not required to enroll your child in the districts Kindergarten program. Your child may be recommended to receive special education services at home, or while attending a nursery school, day care center or other early childhood program in which you have enrolled your child at your expense.
