and social relations with groups, peers and adults, are consistently completed for initial evaluations and and are placed in the student record. A review of student records SE 9 and interviews indicated that Timeline for Interviews the IEP Teams determination of school’s consistently determine a eligibility Student Record eligibility for special student’s Review education and either propose an IEP and placement or provide a written explanation of the finding of no eligibility within 45 days of receiving written parental consent. SE 11 Partially Document review and Please revise the Please provide to school’s School District Implemented interviews with administrative written policy for independent the Department Document Response to staff indicated that the educational evaluations to the revised Review school’s Parental Request independent educational include all the elements using written policy for Independent evaluation (IEE) policy offers the Administrative Advisory responding to Staff Educational the opportunity for an available at SPED 2001-3 parent requests Interviews Evaluation independent evaluation upon guidance as the basis: . for independent request for 16 months educational following a district evaluation Please provide training to the evaluations by as required. However, this IEP Team chairpersons June 7, 2013. policy does not contain regarding the revised information on the sliding fee procedures for IEEs. Please be Please provide
and social relations with groups, peers and adults, are consistently completed for initial evaluations and and are placed in the student record. SE 9 Timeline for determination of eligibility Interviews Student Record Review A review of student records and interviews indicated that the school’s IEP Teams consistently determine a student’s eligibility for special education and either propose an IEP and placement or provide a written explanation of the finding of no eligibility within 45 days of receiving written parental consent. SE 11 School District Response to Parental Request Independent Educational Evaluation Partially Implemented Document Review Staff Interviews Document review and interviews with administrative staff indicated that the school’s independent educational evaluation (IEE) policy offers the opportunity for an independent evaluation upon request for 16 months following a district evaluation as required. However, this policy does not contain information on the sliding fee Please revise the school’s written policy for independent educational evaluations to include all the elements using the Administrative Advisory available at SPED 2001-3 guidance as the basis: . Please provide training to the IEP Team chairpersons regarding the revised procedures for IEEs. Please be Please provide to the Department the revised written policy for responding to parent requests for independent educational evaluations by June 7, 2013. Please provide
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