Hamilton Township School District Special Education Services

• •The district provides diagnostic, educational, and consultative services under IDEA Part B and NJ Administrative Code 6A: 14-1.
• •The district participates in the Special Education Medicaid Initiative (SEMI) to receive partial federal reimbursement for services.
• •Parents must provide written consent for the district to participate in SEMI; this consent remains on file for the duration of the student's enrollment.
• •SEMI participation does not affect or change any personal Medicaid services a child currently receives.
• •Project Child Find assists in locating and providing services for children ages 3 to 21 with physical, cognitive, language, or emotional difficulties.
• •The district provides special education services at no cost to parents when students are placed in alternate public or private schools by the Child Study Team.
• •The Children's System of Care (CSOC) provides mental health, substance use, and disability support to NJ children regardless of insurance status.
• •The district maintains a Child Study Team consisting of school psychologists, therapists, learning consultants, behavior analysts, and social workers.

Parents of students with disabilities in Hamilton Township must provide written consent for the district to participate in the SEMI program, which allows the district to seek federal reimbursement for school-based services without impacting the student's personal Medicaid benefits.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.