DMSELPA Policies and Procedures

Policy – Category 5000 (Students)

BP 5005 – Supports and Services

If a related service or services cannot be provided by a Local Education Agency (LEA) employee, the LEA may contract with a certified nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency in accordance with the requirements of a master contract and an Individual Services Agreement (ISA). For mental health services or medically necessary occupational and physical therapy, employees, vendors or contractors of the State Department of Health Services or Mental Health, or any designated local public health or mental health agency, may provide related services in accordance with procedures outlined in local interagency agreements. All special education and related services determined by the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team to be necessary for a student to benefit from education shall be listed on the student’s IEP. A LEA shall assure that each student with a disability is provided services in accordance with his or her IEP, regardless of whether the LEA or an agency or contractor is to provide the service. When an agency providing a related service fails to provide the service listed on the IEP, the LEA is responsible and shall provide the service in accordance with an IEP unless otherwise provided by law, without a disruption in service, and at no cost to the parent. Special education programs, appropriate to meet student needs, are housed on regular school campuses, as well as on leased sites, and are dispersed throughout the DMSELPA as equitably as possible to ensure that students with disabilities are served as close to home as much as possible. Each LEA shall ensure that the physical location of special education programs is selected to facilitate continuing social interaction with nondisabled students. Each LEA shall ensure that students with disabilities shall have equal access to general education activities, programs, and facilities while on the regular school site and participate in those activities as appropriate to meet their needs. The DMSELPA IEP form contains a statement of supplementary aids and services that the student with a disability may need to ensure his or her participation in the general education curriculum. Each LEA shall encourage the close cooperation of all school personnel to facilitate opportunities for social as well as academic interaction between students with disabilities and nondisabled students. Each LEA shall ensure that all students with disabilities are educated and participate with nondisabled students in academic, nonacademic, and extracurricular activities to the extent appropriate. The IEP shall contain a statement of the program modifications and/or supports for school personnel that will be provided for the student with a disability in order to be educated and participate in activities with nondisabled students. The LEA ensures that removal of students with disabilities from the general education environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in the general education program even with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. The IEP shall include an explanation of the

BP 5005 – Supports and Services

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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 10/19)

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