Public Notice: Notice for children with disabilities in private, parentally placed and home schools
A meeting will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. May 21, 2026, at the Jones County Board of Education, 320 West Jones St., Trenton, NC 28585.
The purpose of the meeting is to consult with private schools and parents of parentally placed private school students, as well as home-schooled students. The meeting will include discussion of students with disabilities, their needs and location, in order to decide which students will receive services, what services will be provided, how and where the services will be provided, and how the services will be evaluated.
The contact person is Laura Parks, director of Exceptional Children and Student Services.
Those who plan to attend should call Cheryl Ward at the Jones County Board of Education at 252-448-2531.
Public notice
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA Part B, Public Law 108-446, Project is presently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs that Jones County Public Schools proposes for federal funding for the 2026-27 school year.
Interested persons are encouraged to review amendments to the Project and make comments concerning the implementation of special education under this federal program. All comments will be considered prior to submission of the amended Project to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh.
The IDEA Part B Project is open to the public for review and comments during the week of May 18, 2026, in the office of Laura Parks, director of Exceptional Children and Student Services, located at 320 West Jones St., Trenton, NC 28585.
Child Find
North Carolina has a continuing Child Find procedure in place to locate all children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services.
This effort also includes highly mobile children with disabilities, such as migrant and homeless children, and children who are suspected of being a child with a disability and in need of special education, even though they are advancing from grade to grade.
The purpose of this procedure is to enhance public understanding of exceptional children and youth with special needs, to identify and locate the children and youth, and to inform the public of available services.
A local Project Child Find effort is underway in the Jones County area to identify children and youth ages 3 to 21 who have disabilities and need special education and other services.
For more information, contact Laura Parks, Exceptional Children and Student Services director, 320 West Jones St., Trenton, NC 28585.
Dates of publication: May 4, 2026, and May 11, 2026.
