DMSELPA Policies and Procedures

Policy – Category 5000

BP 5006 – Student Promotion and Retention

mastery expected and achieved on the IEP goals and objectives. The IEP team may develop individual promotion standards within the context of the LEA adopted standards. Individual promotion standards should be developed before the first day of school or at the next IEP meeting. Each of the IEP team members should be aware that individualized promotion standards might not meet the LEA requirements for graduating with a diploma. Since IDEA 2004 requires that students with disabilities participate in state and district assessment to the greatest extent possible, the LEA is required to ensure that these students are involved in the core curriculum or an alternate curriculum that is based upon core curriculum. If accommodations are necessary for the student to successfully participate in the curriculum or testing, the IEP team should outline these accommodations in the student’s IEP. Further information on accommodations and statewide assessment are contained in Chapter 16.

If retention is a possibility for a student with special needs, an IEP meeting should be called as soon as possible. The following should be considered at the IEP meeting:

• Is the current IEP for the student’s academic, linguistic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs appropriate?

• Is the manner of assessment, including any accommodations and modifications, identified in the IEP appropriate?

• Were all the services required by the student to make progress in the general education curriculum appropriately identified in the student’s IEP?

• Did the student receive all the services identified in the IEP?

• Were the linguistic needs of English language learners appropriately identified?

• Was the assessment conducted consistent with the IEP?

• Was the student’s promotion standard appropriate and clarified at the IEP?

If the above questions were answered positively, the student should be required to attend the Intensive Instructional Program developed by the local school board pursuant to California Education Code § 37252.5 . If the summer school program is an option, before the end of the school year, the IEP team should document all supported and related services the student will need to benefit from that program. If the above questions were answered in the negative, the IEP team should determine why such supports were not provided, develop an alternative plan, provide the summer school option, and consider not retaining the student.

BP 5006 – Student Promotion and Retention

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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/07)

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