Policy – Category 6000 (Instruction)
BP 6001 – Transition Services
as needed. If, for some reason, the student is unable to attend, this survey ensures that the student’s interests and preferences are considered. Present levels of performance are included with the intent of documenting and considering what transition services and activities the student has previously received or in which the student has previously participated. Transition goals are intentionally written in the words of the student to emphasize the importance of making sure that these goals are goals that the student developed. These postsecondary goals must be based on vocational assessment data, and they must be measurable. Activities that lead to the attainment of each of the student’s postsecondary goals, how these activities will be measured and/or documented, and who is responsible for their completion are included for each goal. C.F.R. § 300.520. Beginning not later than one year before the child reaches the age of majority under State law, the IEP must include a statement that the child has been informed of the child’s rights under Part B of the Act, if any, that will transfer to the child on reaching the age of majority. When students with disabilities reach the age of majority, age 18, the legal rights for special education services move from the parents to the student. Parents and students are notified one year before the student’s 18th birthday of this transfer of rights. If parents or care providers determine that the student is unable to, or incapable of, making decisions about education or independent living, there are two options. A legal guardianship can be established as the broadest and most restrictive form of management. The guardian makes decisions on behalf of the student for medical care, financial management, education, and all other life situations. An alternate option is conservatorship. This less restrictive method allows a conservator to handle financial decisions only ( Transition to Adult Living, A Guide for Secondary Education, California Department of Education, 2001 ). The signature page of the DMSELPA IEP form (DM 68K) provides the mechanism for documenting that students have been advised of the rights and their attendant responsibilities they will gain when they reach the age of 18.
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Interagency Agreements
California Education Code § 56462. The transition services shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a)(3) the roles of other agencies in the transition process including, but not limited to, the scope of their services, eligibility criteria, and funding. (b)(4) the coordination of the transition planning process, including the development of necessary interagency agreements and procedures at both state and local levels. (g) coordination
BP 6001 – Transition Services
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 10/19)
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