MASSE Conference Midwinter Legal Conference Heather Burleson SPED
MASSE Conference Midwinter Legal Conference Heather Burleson SPED 6410 Dr. Alice Hoekstra
My Summary Day 1 • There a lot of supervisors and directors in the State of Michigan! • I hope to be one of them some day soon! • I was familiar with most of the topics! • Topics I have dealt with in the last few years! Especially the behavior topic! • I liked going through the case studies • Not surprised about the compliance trends/issues • New things I learned • Learned more about the law behind the issues deal with on a daily basis • Learned more about the Due Process at the State Level • Learned more about 504 and IHP Plan Laws
Legal Issue 1 Pre-Determination and Notice • IDEA requires districts to provide parents the opportunity for meaningful participation in IEP team decision making. • Consequence: Compromises FAPE • Opportunity for participation should be documented in a number of ways • Denial of Meeting looks like: • Pre-determination- IEP content is decided prior to meeting • Failure to facilitate
Legal Issue 1 Pre-Determination and Notice Continued • Notice • Most essential and important part of the IEP document and process • District must provide notice for the IEP Process • IEP and Notice Form are designed to talk to each other • Use the Notice Form to • Capture items that considered at meeting but not selected • Must put reason for non-selection • Should provide a reason that is backed by evidence and data based.
Legal Issue 2 Behavior • Hot Topic Issue • Eligible Student vs Not yet Eligible Student • Not yet eligible student • Are Child Studies being implemented • Did other teacher or personnel express concern? • Was it followed up? • Should look at before behavior • Did parent make request for evaluation
Legal Issue 2 Behavior Continued • Always Exception to the rules! • Pattern of Exclusion • No bright line • Use the pattern of exclusion worksheet like a running record • Manifestation Reviews • Make sure to ask right questions • What was the behavior
Wrap Up • Technical Difficulties • I liked having the information about the different bills that impact education • I thought there would be more information • Informational Day • Good to sit and network/talk with other colleagues within my district who are supervisors
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