IDEA
Important Special Education Cases
Student Rights
School Discipline and Classroom Inclusion
IEP Services
100

What does IDEA stand for?

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

100

In Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, 580 U.S. ___ (2017):, what was the school's stance on no letting the dog come to school?

What is she already had a human aide to assist her in school

100

True or False: Parents are always required to be members of the IEP team?

What is true

100

What is it called when the school team reviews data and information when looking to remove a student from a learning environment who has a disability?

What is a Manifestation meeting

100

How often must and an IEP be reviewed?

What is at least once a year but parents or the team can request more than annually

200

What term refers to education and related services being provided to students and at no cost to families?

What is FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education)

200

In the case of T.M. v. Cornwall Cent. Sch. Dist., 752 F.3d 145 (2d Cir. 2014), do schools have to provide on site services when it comes to private schools?

What is no but they must consult with families, consider needs of the students, and meet IDEA requirements

200
Do students and families have the option to opt out of special education services even when the student qualifies?

What is yes, the family has the final decision

200

True or false: Students with disabilities can never be disciplined at school due to current case law?

What is false

200

What is it called when something is given the changes how a student learns without changing the academic rigor or standard?

What is accommodations

300

This concept requires that students with disabiliites must be educated with peers without disabiliites whenever it is deemed appropriate

What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

300

Why did the Miener v. Missouri (800 F.2d 749 (8th Cir. 1986) case matter before and now?

What is it became significant when thinking about if families can receive compensatory education in certain cases

300

What is the acronym for when schools must provide records to parents? (Hint: it is a privacy law)

What is FERPA

300

What is the plan called for students that have behaviors that are interfering with learning?

What is a BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan)

300

Who is the person who generally leads the IEP meeting and who is the person who ensures that there is IDEA compliance at the school level?

What is a case manager

What is a district representative or special education coordinator

400

Under IDEA guidelines, what is it called when parents give permission to conduct evaluations for special education services?

What is informed consent

400

In Timothy O. v. Paso Robles Unified School District, 822 F.3d 1105 (2016), did the school district violate IDEA and why so?

What is yes because when there is a reason to suspect a disability an evaluation must occur, and they evaluated for a speech impairment but not an Autism screener

400

What is it called when parents disagree with a school's evaluation and want further evaluation?

What is an Independent Educational Evaluation

400

How long can students with disabilities be suspended before a manifestation meeting needs to occur? (School days)

What is 10 school days

400

Speech therapy, Occupational therapy, Vision, Hearing, and transportation are all considered what on an IEP under IDEA?

What are related services

500

What is the main difference between having a 504 plan and an IEP?

What is there are a lot of differences but the main one is that 504 is giving students access to accommodations in the general education setting whereas an IEP is when specialized instruction is being delivered to the student on top of the accommodations 

500

What is the name of the case that refers to Pennsylvania and how their public schools are funded? What were they most worried about?

What is William Penn School District et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. (2023)

What is the discrepancies between the wealthy and low income districts

500

True or False: Are schools required to guarantee employment for students with disabilities after graduation?

What is false... they can help but they are not required to guarantee it

500

Which comes first, the BIP or the FBA? And how do you know?

What is FBA (Functional Behavioral Assessment) because it is the assessment the evaluates students and the BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan) is the plan that is set in place according to the results from the FBA.

500

What does PLOP mean on an IEP and who measures this?

What is present level of performance and the IEP case manager takes monthly data on this
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