La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LV-701

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LV-701 - Responsibilities and Timelines

A. A LEA is required to initiate and conduct IEP meetings periodically, but not less than annually, to review each student's IEP in order to determine whether the annual goals for the student are being achieved and to revise the IEP as appropriate. The LEA must notify parents of the review IEP meeting or the review/reevaluation IEP meeting in accordance with the same procedures as the initial IEP.

B. An additional IEP/placement review meeting is not required when a LEA elects to move the student to another school site within the agency when all of the information on the IEP remains the same and the effect of the program has not been changed.

C. The IEP team should:

1. review the student's progress toward achieving the annual goals and objectives/benchmarks;

2. review the student's progress in the general education curriculum;

3. discuss any lack of expected progress toward the annual goals and in the general education curriculum;

4. review the results of the student's performance on any State or district-wide assessment;

5. review the results of any reevaluation;

6. review information about the child provided to, or by, the parents;

7. discuss the student's anticipated needs;

8. review the student's special educational needs; for the preschool-aged child, address his or her developmental needs;

9. make updated decisions about the student's program and placement;

10. in making decisions for location of instruction/services, refer to pages 12-14 of this handbook for guidance;

11. any other concerns.

D. A review meeting must be conducted in addition to the required annual review when:

1. a student's teacher feels the student's IEP or placement is not appropriate for the student; or

2. the student's parents believe their child is not progressing satisfactorily or that there is a problem with the student's IEP; or

3. the LEA proposes any changes regarding program or placement, such as to modify, add, or delete a goal or objective; to add or delete a related service; or

4. either a parent or a public agency believes that a required component of the student's IEP should be changed; or

5. the LEA must conduct an IEP meeting if it believes that a change in the IEP may be necessary to ensure the provision of FAPE; or

6. a hearing officer orders a review of the student's IEP/placement document;

7. an out-of-district placement or referral is being proposed.

NOTE: A review IEP meeting must be conducted as part of the reevaluation process.

E. In the cases listed above, it may not be necessary to rewrite the entire IEP/placement document. However, the following documentation must be provided:

1. signatures of the team members;

2. the date of the meeting;

3. the changes made in the IEP; and

4. the dated signatures of the official designated representative of the system and the parent who authorized the change.

F. In the case in which the IEP/placement document is entirely rewritten, the date of that meeting shall become the anniversary date for the next annual review meeting.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LV-701

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 28:770 (April 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:1941 et seq.