SIRS - p-12 - New York State Education Department

Appendix 21: Anticipated Changes for 2011–12
Step 4: If the student is NOT AT ALL participating in a regular early childhood program,
determine if the student is attending a special education program as described below and
select the appropriate code (PS04 through PS06):
• Separate Class (special education program in a class with less than 50 percent
nondisabled students) (code PS04) in
o Regular school buildings;
o Trailers or portables outside regular school buildings;
o Child care facilities;
o Hospital facilities on an outpatient basis;
o Other community-based settings
• Separate schools- public or private day schools designed specifically for students with
disabilities (code PS05); and
• Residential facilities – publicly or privately operated residential schools or residential
medical facilities on an inpatient basis (code PS06).
Please note, since only one least restrictive environment code may be selected for each
student, the PS04 through PS06 codes should be selected for students who may also receive
some special education and related services at home or at a service provider or other location
as described in Steps 5 and 6.
Step 5: If the student receives some or all his/her special education and/or related services at
home and does not attend a regular early childhood program or a special education program,
select code PS07 (home). Select this code for the student even if the student also receives
some of his/her special education and related services in a service provider location or some
other location that is not described in any other code.
Step 6: If the student does not attend either a regular early childhood program or a special
education program and also does not receive special education and related services at home,
select code PS08 (service provider location or some other location that is not in any other
category). The PS08 code includes, for example, private clinicians’ offices, clinicians’ offices
located in school buildings, and hospital facilities on an outpatient basis.
Examples for preschool students attending a regular early childhood program (see Step
#3 for definitions of “A” and “B”):
1. A student attends a private nursery school program for 8 hours a week. She receives 2.5
hours a week of special education itinerant services in the nursery school program and 2.5
hours a week of services at home.
Calculation: A = 5 hours; B = 2.5 hour. B/A = .5
Select code PS11 (Attending a regular early childhood program for less than 10 hours a
week and receiving the majority of hours of special education and related services in the
regular early childhood program).
2. A student attends a day care center for 30 hours a week. He receives 3 hours of special
education and related services per week at the day care center.
Calculation: A = 3 hours; B = 3 hours. B/A = 1.0
Select code PS09 (Attending a regular early childhood program for 10 or more hours a
week and receiving the majority of hours of special education and related services in the
regular early childhood program.)
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