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The
Township of Union Public School District has a responsibility to locate
identify and evaluate all resident students with disabilities who are in
need of special education and related services, including student with
disabilities attending nonpublic schools. The school district locates,
identifies and evaluates, where appropriate, the following: Children
below school-entry age (3-5); school age children; children entering
school for the first time; children enrolled in public and private
schools; transfer pupils and school age children who ware eligible to
attend school but who are not attending school and who are residents of
the Township of Union School District. Upon written request, the
district will conduct an initial identification meeting for any resident
child to determine whether a referral for special education and related
services is appropriate. Such a request may be made by contacting
Kim Conti, Director of Special Services, Township of Union Public
Schools at (908) 851-4426 or by writing her at 2155 Morris Avenue,
Union, NJ 07083. The school district provides special education and
related services for children ages 3 to 21. Information for children
with potential disabilities of those with disabilities from birth to
three is available through Project Child Find, (a service established by
the NJ Department of Education through I.D.E.A., Part B funds from the
U.S. Department of Education) at 1-800-322-8174.
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