Policy – Category 5000 (Students)
BP 5004 – Instructional Planning and the IEP
• The IEP team must include the general education teacher
1. The general education teacher is specifically listed as a member of the IEP team. 2. There must be evidence that the general education teacher has contributed to the development of the IEP. These contributions may be documented as behavioral interventions, supplementary aids and services, instructional modifications, and supports necessary for the staff to be successful with the student. 3. IDEA 2004 makes provisions for the excused absence of a required member of the IEP team. If a member of the team is unable to attend, that person needs to provide to the parents written information that is relevant to the development of the IEP, prior to the IEP meeting. The parents must understand the reasons why the IEP team member is unable to attend and must consent to that person’s absence from the meeting. There are places on the signature page of the IEP (DM 68G) for documentation of such an occurrence.
• Student access to and involvement in the core curriculum must be evident
1. Present levels of educational performances must state the relationship between the child’s disability and involvement and process in the general curriculum. 2. Annual goals are to relate to assisting the child’s involvement and progress in the general education curriculum. 3. Special education and related services, supplementary aids and services, program modifications and supports for school personnel that encourage connection to the core curriculum must be identified. 4. Students must be educated with their non-disabled peers and participate in extracurricular and other nonacademic activities to the maximum extent possible. 5. A rationale for nonparticipation with general education children must be provided. • The IEP team must consider “special factors” that are unique to tha t student. These may include behavior, communication, and assistive technology needs as well as English language acquisition needs for students designated as English Language Learners (ELL).
BP 5004 – Instructional Planning and the IEP
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 10/18)
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