Division of Learning
MEMORANDUM
TO: All Principals
FROM: Katie Smith Ed.D., Director of Exceptional Education
SUBJECT: ANNUAL CHILD FIND NOTICE
DATE: August 15, 2023
At least annually, Henrico County Public Schools must take steps to locate and identify qualified students with disabilities and to advise the public of the school division’s responsibilities under Section 504 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The law requires a school division will make every reasonable effort to identify and locate every qualified disabled student residing within the school division’s jurisdiction who is not receiving a public education and shall inform the individual with a disability and their parents or guardians of the school division’s responsibilities under Section 504 and IDEA.
All schools’ websites contain the following child find annual notices on their school website to assist the division with the requirement to notify the public of the steps to report and identify every qualified disabled student residing within the school division’s jurisdiction.
Child Find Notice (English)
Child Find Notice (Spanish)
Child Find Notice (Dari)
Child Find Notice (Vietnamese)
Child Find Notice (Arabic)
Child Find Notice (Portuguese)
Please post English and Spanish Child Find Notices in your main office and school counseling offices by August 31, 2023. If you cannot access the links above, please ensure you are logged in to Google using your HCPS email.
Please direct questions to Katie Smith, kasmith3@henrico.k12.va.us.
ec: Amy E. Cashwell, Ed.D., Superintendent
Division Leadership Team
Division of Instruction
Division of Instructional Support
Exceptional Education Administrators
School Counseling Directors
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