Policy – Category 5000 (Students)
BP 5004 – Instructional Planning and the IEP
c. The parent or teacher requests a meeting to develop, review, or revise the individualized education program.
d. At least annually, to review the pupil’s progress, the individualized education program, including whether the annual goals for the pupil are being achieved, and the appropriateness of placement, and to make any necessary revisions.
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Activities Prior to the Meeting
Each LEA shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that one or both parents of the student with a disability are present at the IEP meeting or are afforded the opportunity to participate. Activities include notifying the parents of the meeting early enough to ensure that they will have an opportunity to attend. When a student reaches the age of majority, the LEA shall provide notice of the IEP to both the student and the parent. Each LEA shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that one or both parents of the student with a disability are present at the IEP meeting or are afforded the opportunity to participate, including scheduling the meeting at a mutually agreed upon time and place. If neither parent can attend, the LEA shall use other methods to ensure parent participation, including individual or conference telephone calls and other reasonable accommodations. If the student is, or may be, participating in the general education environment, at least one general education teacher of the student must be included in the IEP team. The notice of IEP meeting (DM 67) shall indicate the purpose, time, and location of the meeting and who shall be in attendance. As appropriate, the student will be included in the IEP. The student’s input will be solicited if he/she is unable or unwilling to attend. The notice of IEP meeting shall inform parents of their right to bring other people to the meeting who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the student with disabilities. Each LEA shall invite a representative of any other agency that is likely to be responsible for providing or paying for services, including transition services to secondary or postsecondary programs. The invitation may be in person, by telephone, or in writing. If an agency invited to send a representative to a meeting does not do so, the LEA shall take other steps to obtain participation of the other agency in the planning of any transition services. All efforts to include participation of agency personnel will be documented. Title 34 CFR § 300.321(b)(3) indicates that the LEA must acquire written consent from the parent
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 10/18)
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