Policy – Category 5000 (Students) BP 5006 – Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Students with Disabilities
not only meet the requirements of the law, but to more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of children with challenging behaviors. After less restrictive approaches have been utilized, behavioral goals, a FBA and a BIP might become necessary to effect change. The BIP must be a result of the gathering of information obtained from multiple sources including the parents. The FBA and BIP require an assessment plan if new information is obtained or if the observation to be conducted by the Charter LEA constitutes an assessment or is conducted for the purpose of determining eligibility for special education and/or needs relating to a disability, including appropriate accommodations, modifications, or other special education support. Best practices suggest that the BIP be revised regularly as the needs and circumstances of the child changes. 3.2 Student Requiring a Manifestation Determination (Disciplinary Action) When a child attains more than 10 suspensions in a school year that constitutes a change of placement, a manifestation determination must be conducted. The Charter LEA shall determine on a case-by-case basis whether a pattern of removals of a child from his/her current educational placement for disciplinary reasons constitutes a change in placement. A change in placement shall be deemed to have occurred under any of the following circumstances ( Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations §§ 300.530(e)(i)(ii), 300.530(f)(1), and 300.536 ): 1. The removal is for more than 10 consecutive school days; or 2. The child has been subjected to a series of removals that constitute a pattern because of all of the following: a. The series of removals total more than 10 school days in a school year; b. The child’s behavior is substantially similar to his/her behavior in previous incidents that resulted in the series of removals; and c. Additional factors, such as the length of each removal, the total amount of time the child has been removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another, indicate a change of placement. If, after the manifestation determination meeting has been conducted, the team determines that the removals (suspensions) are a manifestation of the child’s disability or disabilities, the team must either conduct a FBA, unless the Charter LEA had conducted a FBA before the behavior that resulted in the change of placement occurred, and implement a BIP for the child, or if a BIP already has
BP 5006 – Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Students with Disabilities Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/16)
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