EFFECTIVE CSE MEETINGS
Parents may claim a CSE team has made this if their concerns are easily dismissed or not thoroughly considered at the meeting.
What is a Predetermination?
All students with disabilities are entitled to this.
What is a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
A suspension or removal of a student with a disability constitutes a disciplinary change in placement whenever the suspension or removal exceeds this many consecutive or non-consecutive days.
What is 10 days?
This is when a student is parentally placed in a private school and also in a public school, but only for purposes of receiving special education programming.
What is Dual Enrollment?
Speech-language pathology, interpretation, physical and occupational therapy, assistive technology, social work, counseling and mental health, etc.
What are Related Services?
This document outlines proposed goals, provides a guideline for discussions during the CSE meeting, and allows CSE members to come to CSE meetings well-informed.
What is a Draft IEP?
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
Whenever proposed discipline of a student with a disability constitutes a change in placement, this must occur.
What is a Manifestation Determination?
A request for special education services for parentally placed private school students is reviewed by this team within the school district where the private school is located.
What is the Committee on Special Education (CSE)?
This is a school district's obligation to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities who reside within the district or attend a private school within the district who are in need of special education services.
What is Child Find?
These meetings are usually considered preparatory activities to develop a proposal or response that will be discussed at a later meeting.
What is a Pre-Meeting or Team Meeting?
The Committee on Special Education (CSE) must develop this for all students with disabilities who are homeschooled.
What is an Individualized Education Services Program (IESP)?
Whenever a student with a disability receives a suspension for longer than 10 days or receives a series of shorter-term suspensions throughout the year, this has occurred.
What is a Disciplinary Change in Placement?
Parents of private school students must submit a written request for services on or before this date of the preceding school year.
What is June 1?
These federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and provide for a more expansive definition of disability?
What are Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act?
This document identifies how the program will be changed and the options that the CSE team considered while making decisions.
What is a Prior Written Notice?
These two evaluations must be conducted if a manifestation team makes a pattern determination.
What are a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?
Whenever a parent expresses concern in writing to the district or requests an evaluation of a student, or whenever teachers express concerns about a specific pattern of behavior, a student may be classified as this.
What is a Student Presumed to have a Disability?
A parent may seek this whenever he or she unilaterally places a student in a private school and FAPE is at issue.
What is Tuition Reimbursement?
According to recent updates from NYSED and the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, a school district's obligation to provide services should end at this age?
What is the day before the student turns 22?
After a CSE meeting for initial eligibility is held, this must be obtained before a school can start special education instruction and services.
What is Parental Consent?
Parents are entitled to this only after a district has conducted its own but the parents have disagreed with the district's outcome.
What is an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)?
This can occur after a parent disagrees with the outcome of the MDR or if the District seeks to place a student in an Interim Alternative Educational Setting because the current placement is considered dangerous.
What is an Expedited Due Process Hearing?
The 2nd Circuit recently ruled that federal courts are not required to give this to state administrative agencies when considering equitable factors for tuition reimbursement claims.
What is Deference?
This refers to the status of the educational placement of a student with a disability during proceedings regarding the provision of a free appropriate public education to the student.
What is a Pendency Placement or Stay-Put?