La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LVII-525

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

Section LVII-525 - Employment

A. Students to be Considered

1. All students with disabilities enrolled in special education ages 16-22 who are employed by the screening date.

B. Definitions

Paid Employment-that the student is paid commensurate/minimum wage or has an alternate wage certificate from the Department of Labor to be paid at a reduced level. In cases in which the student is paid a stipend (e.g., JTPA funds, cleaning tables in the teachers' lounge for $0.25), the student is not eligible for the ESYP.

a. The student is employed at a job site, prior to the screening date, and that employment is expected to continue throughout the summer months.

b. There are vocational or employment goal(s) and objective(s) on the student's current IEP.

c. There is documented evidence that the student is in need of support in order to maintain paid employment.

C. Steps to Applying Employment Criterion

1. Annual IEP. The IEP team determines that the student may qualify for the ESYP via the employment criterion. This criterion is applied to students who are 16-22 years old and who are engaged in paid employment prior to the ESYP screening date. The job is expected to continue through the summer months.

2. Ongoing Data Collection/Screening. The student's performance on goals and objectives on the IEP is monitored on an ongoing basis throughout the school year. The data collected on the vocational/employment goal(s) and objectives may take the form of task analyses, job performance checklists, information from job coach/supervisor, etc.

3. Is the student eligible for ESYP?

a. Questions

i. Does the student's current IEP address vocational/employment goals and objectives?

ii. Did the student begin paid employment prior to the ESYP screening date?

iii. Do the performance data indicate that the student will need support to maintain the paid employment throughout the summer?

b. Review Student Performance/Progress

i. What do the data indicate? How is the student's performance on the job? Is the student able to perform the job with or without support? What type of support is needed?

c. Decision Making

i. If the data indicate the need for support for the student to maintain the paid employment, then the student is eligible for ESYP.

4. Required Documentation

a. Documentation (i.e., job performance data) that the student is in need of support to maintain the paid employment;

b. written statement from the employer indicating the intention to employ the student throughout the summer months;

c. a current IEP with vocational/employment goals and objectives;

d. Employment Criterion Documentation Form found on file at the department.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LVII-525

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 30:2003 (September 2004), amended LR 31:916 (April 2005).

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