The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act is a federal law that mandates school districts identify and evaluate children with disabilities in their schools. Part of that obligation is to create an IEP, or Individualized Education Program.
Read MoreWhen children receive special education services, the mandated services are outlined in detail on an individualized education program (IEP).
The IEP packet is typically organized into three parts:
1. Prior Written Notice (Notice of Recommendation)
2. Individualized Education Program
3. Placement Letter
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 8-0 in favor of mandating a higher standard of education for children with disabilities in the case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District.
The decision and its unanimity came as a bit of a shock, because the Court had not ruled on an IDEA issue since 1982’s Rowley v. Board of Education, in which it determined that the law required that an IEP (Individualized Education Program) be reasonably calculated to enable a child to receive some educational benefit.
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