Section 92-3-004 - IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES004.01 Schools must develop a system to identify learners with high ability as defined in Sec. 79-1107 R.R.S. This system shall: 004.01A. Use multiple assessment measures and appraisals so that schools can identify students in different talent areas and at different ages.004.01B. Provide students with equal access to identification opportunities.004.01C. Identify talents that are not readily apparent in students, as well as those that are obvious.004.02 The identification process shall include multiple criteria in an effort to be inclusive rather than exclusive. This process shall be based on the elements in 004.01A-C, a combination of standardized instruments and non-standardized means and criteria, and a local needs assessment.004.03 The identification process shall include provision for parents, guardians, or other persons exercising legal or actual charge or control over the child to appeal any decision of the school regarding the identification or non-identification of their child as a high ability learner to the school board.004.04 Within the first thirty (30) days of each school year, starting in 1997-98, the school district administration shall make available to classroom teachers an initial "list" of K-12 students who meet the district criteria for learners of high ability and the areas of high capability of each of those students.004.05 School districts shall annually provide the Department with a copy of their criteria for identifying learners with high ability, the number of students identified according to the criteria, and the number of students participating in an approved accelerated or differentiated curriculum program. School districts shall also have a list of the students identified and how the students compare to the criteria available for inspection by Department personnel.004.06 Within the first thirty (30) days of each school year, starting in 1997-98, the school district administration shall notify parents, guardians, or other persons who have legal or actual charge or control of children identified as high ability learners that their child has been so identified and make available to such persons information about how their child has been identified. Information may be provided about possible educational strategies to meet their special needs, which may include the strategies identified in Section 005 and a list of outside resources and programs available to parents and students directly.92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 3, § 004