La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LVII-531

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

Section LVII-531 - Late Entry Into School

A. Students to be Considered

1. Students who enroll after January 1st and prior to the screening date and have insufficient records/documentation to determine eligibility; there is usually insufficient time to collect all instructional data necessary to determine eligibility via other criteria.

B. Definitions

1. Late Entry. The student enrolls between January 1st and the ESYP screening date.

C. Steps to Applying Late Entry Criterion

1. Annual IEP

a. The IEP team discusses:

i. the student enters special education between January 1st and the ESYP screening date;

ii. whether the student has accompanying records/performance information;

iii. whether the student is expected to be enrolled for insufficient time for the IEP team to collect adequate data to make an eligibility decision; and

iv. in the event the student fails to make the progress projected on the IEP, the student may qualify for ESYP.

2. Ongoing Data Collection

a. If possible, accompanying records from the previous instructional setting are secured.

i. Data are collected on an ongoing basis (e.g., grades, behavior checklists, task analyses, teacher observation logs).

3. Is the student eligible for ESYP?

a. Questions

i. Did the student enter the program between January 1st and the screening date with insufficient time and data necessary to determine eligibility via any of the other criteria?

ii. Is the student failing to make the projected progress on his or her high priority goals and objectives?

iii. Is there evidence that the ESYP could have a significant impact upon the student's ability to master high priority (i.e., objectives/skills essential to overall functioning and continued educational progress) goals and objectives?

b. Review Student Performance/Progress

i. Data indicate the student has adapted and is making progress in the program or data indicate that the student is having trouble adjusting and is not making progress.

c. Decision Making

i. If the student is not making the progress expected and/or there was insufficient time to collect data to determine eligibility for ESYP and the teacher/instructional personnel feels that the ESYP could have a significant impact on the student being able to meet high priority goals and objectives, then the student is eligible for the ESYP.

4. Required Documentation

a. Documentation that the student entered between January 1st and the screening date (indicated by the date of the IEP);

b. description of the student's inability to make the progress projected;

c. description of the impact of providing and withholding the ESYP on the student's ability to master high priority goals and objectives;

d. Excessive Absences/Late Entry Documentation Form found on file at the department.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LVII-531

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

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