Action Item 1. The Districts will develop/review and revise as necessary its visitation and observation policy and procedures. The policy and procedures will include, but not be limited to:
Action Item 1. The Scituate School Committee has voted to approve its XXXX configuration subcommittee’s recommendation of consolidating and closing the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Schools and building a new XXXX school to replace them (hereinafter, “the Consolidation Process”). The District, the Scituate School Committee, and the Town of Scituate (collectively, “Scituate”) have submitted Statements of Interest (SOI) to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) expressing Scituate’s intention to pursue the Consolidation Process. The SOI includes the following anticipated schedule related to the Consolidation Process:
Action Item 1. By February 1, 2016, the District will complete the evaluation of the Student, in accordance with Section 504 and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. § 104.35 and determine the Student’s eligibility for regular or special education and related aids and services.
Action Item 1. By April 8, 2022, the District will convene a meeting of a group of knowledgeable persons, as defined by Section 504, to consider whether the Student needs compensatory and/or remedial services, such as tutoring or counseling, as a result of any failure on the part of the District to provide appropriate regular and/or special education or related services to the Student during the XXXX-XXXX school year. If the group determines that the Student needs compensatory and/or remedial services, the group will develop a plan for providing timely compensatory and/or remedial services with a completion date not to extend beyond September 16, 2022. The District will provide the Student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) notice of the procedural safeguards including the right to challenge the group’s determination through an impartial due process hearing.
Action Item 1. By January 16, 2017, the District will convene a group of people knowledgeable about the Student, and will invite the Student (who may choose to invite a parent or parents), to determine whether the Student requires any remedial and/or compensatory services as a result of the District’s failure to implement provisions in the Student’s Section 504 Plan during school year 2015-2016. If the group of knowledgeable persons determines that the Student requires remedial and/or compensatory services, the District will develop a plan for providing the services, with a completion date not to extend beyond March 30, 2017.
Action Item 1. The District will conduct mandatory training for all staff, at the Metro Schools of Design, who are responsible for scheduling student evaluations, including manifestation determination hearings, pursuant to Section 504. The training will cover the District’s obligations under Section 504 and Title II and will highlight the District’s obligation to appropriately and timely conduct an evaluation prior to a significant change in a student’s placement, including conducting manifestation determination hearings prior to disciplinary actions that constitute significant change in a student’s placement (i.e., 10 + days), pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 104.35(a).The training will be conducted by a person(s) knowledgeable about the requirements of Section 504/Title II.
Action Item 1. By February 15, 2016, based on the University’s approval of the Complainant’s XXXXXXX Project on December 29, 2015, the University will provide the Complainant with her diploma for the Master of Education in Counseling program.
Action Item 1. 1. Within ten (10) business days of the execution of this Agreement, the Law School will send the Complainant a written invitation to a meeting with the newly appointed Director of Student Services and another employee or representative of the Law School as it deems appropriate to occur at a mutually agreeable time and place prior to the start of the 2022–2023 academic year. The invitation will state that the meeting agenda will include a discussion of the Complainant’s previous 2021–2022 academic year and ways that the Law School can support the Complainant and improve communication between the Complainant and Student Services going forward. The invitation will note that the Complainant has the option to convert all of the Complainant’s course letter grades from the 2021–2022 academic year to pass/fail, but if the Complainant exercises this option, the Law School will not calculate a Grade Point Average (GPA) for the Complainant until after the Complainant’s grades from the first term of the 2022– 2023 academic year are finalized, at which point the Complainant’s GPA will incorporate all non-pass/fail letter grades on the Complainant’s transcript. If the Complainant’s grade for any 2021–2022 academic year course converts to a failing letter grade (i.e., a letter grade of “F”), the Complainant will have the option to withdraw from and retake the course during the 2022–2023 academic year. The invitation will note that the Director of Student Services and/or other employee or representative of the Law School in attendance will endeavor in good faith to answer any questions the Complainant may have about the advantages or disadvantages of converting all of the Complainant’s course letter grades from the 2021–2022 academic year to pass/fail. The invitation will also state that, if the Complainant opts for all of the Complainant’s course letter grades to be converted to pass/fail for the 2021–2022 academic year, the Law School will provide, at the Complainant’s written request to the Xxxx of the Law School, a written communication confirming for any or all of the Complainant’s courses from the 2021– 2022 academic year the grade the Complainant would have received in that class if the Complainant had not converted the grades the Complainant earned from the 2021–2022 academic year to pass/fail. The invitation will also include a clear written statement of the Complainant’s approved academic adjustments.
Action Item 1. By June 15, 2017, the District will convene the Student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team to determine compensatory and/or remedial services for the Student to remedy the denial of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) regarding provisions in the Student’s Individualized Health Care Plan (IHCP)/IEP pertaining to XXXXX, drinking fluids, and resting/breaks, during the 2015-2016 school year; The District will take reasonable steps to obtain parental participation in the meeting, including communicating through multiple methods (by letter, phone, and email) and ensuring that the meeting is held at a time and place convenient to the parents. The District will provide the Student’s parents with a meaningful opportunity to provide input into the determination, as well as notice of the determination made, and notice of the procedural safeguards available to them under 34 C.F.R. § 104.36, including their right to challenge such determinations through an impartial due process hearing should they disagree. The District must ensure that it meets the requirements of the regulation implementing Section 504, at 34 C.F.R. §§ 104.34, 104.35 and 104.36.
Action Item 1. After providing proper written notice to the Student’s parent(s), the District shall evaluate the Student for eligibility for services under Section 504 and Title II. The District will invite XXXXX to participate in its evaluation process to determine if the Student is eligible for services. To determine eligibility, the District will consider if the Student has a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, and if so, whether the Student needs special education or regular education and related aids and services. If the Student is found eligible, the District will develop a plan based on the evaluative data, information from a variety of sources, and the individualized needs of the Student. The District will ensure that the team includes a group of persons—including XXXXX XXXXX —who are knowledgeable about the Student and her disability, the meaning of the Student’s evaluation data, and the placement options.
