Special Education Compliance. Contractor shall implement MPS’ Special Education policies. Information shall be provided to MPS in the form and format determined by the MPS Office of Contracted School Services utilizing the district’s Encore Database, SSIMS, and/or other business systems to be determined by the district.
Special Education Compliance. The Charter School shall not discriminate against students with disabilities.
Special Education Compliance. A program that provides services to children in accordance with their Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in the least restrictive environment, in compliance with federal and state law, will be deemed acceptable for the purposes of the initial evaluation as well as the third party evaluation. Compliance will be based on, but not limited to: (1) monthly assessments of student data; (2) IEPs; and (3) instruction. The Charter School will be expected to sustain continuous improvement and to cooperate with the BCPS Office of Special Education to revise, as necessary, any of the aforementioned assessment areas.
Special Education Compliance. All special education procedures including child find, evaluations, re-evaluations, and IEP meetings are expected to be followed on-time regardless (unless guidance from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction provides new guidelines). In-person testing will follow state and local health guidelines. Child find, evaluation, and IEP meetings may continue to take place in a virtual format. In-person meetings may occur at parent request and will follow social distancing guidelines. Progress Monitoring and data collection should take place using PowerSchool special programs in compliance with normal special education data collection procedures (every two weeks minimum). At the IEP meeting prior to the beginning of the school year, both a remote learning plan and a hybrid plan may be developed and discussed. When the model shifts from remote to face to face or visa versa, Prior Written Notice will be given and the previously agreed upon plan will also be sent and parent approval documented. Case manager will confer with each member of the IEP team to include all services that the plan (s) encompass(es). Due to the requirement that IEPs be amended to fit the instructional minutes in the remote learning environment and potentially again if the district moves to an in-person/hybrid model of instruction, for every teacher or related service provider that has more than 20 IEPs that must be amended, employees shall be provided up to two days, at the teacher or related service provider’s discretion, of release time for case management. In lieu of utilizing release time, the teacher or related service provider may choose to receive two days of substitute pay. For every teacher or related service provider that has more than 20 IEPs that must be amended during the switch from remote learning to hybrid/face to face format, two additional days, at the teacher or related service provider’s discretion, will be provided. As a result of the COVID Closure, there may be additional recovery services offered to students on an individualized basis. If recovery services result in workload beyond the contract limit for a staff member the topic will be discussed at Labor Management. Related services providers will continue to provide services in accordance with each student’s IEP. If students are not able to receive services as written an IEP meeting with parents will be held to determine how services will be delivered. Service options include push-in services, pull-out serv...
