Chelsea: If a student moves from one state to another and brings an IEP with them. Does the new district have to meet the previous schools IEP temporarily until they meet and establish/create a new IEP?
Transfers: WHICH IEP IN NEW DISTRICT?
Special Education Law and Advocacy
Chelsea: You’ll find answers to your question in our Q and A Database under “Transfers”. Click the T topic link and scroll down to “transfers”. https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/helpline-topics-t/
More answers here: https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/database-questions-topics-l-z/#tra
For even more information, go to the main website http://www.wrightslaw.com and use the search box on any page to search for terms like “transfers” “changing schools” “transfer IEP”
Here’s what the law says: https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.change.schools.htm