{"id":11586,"date":"2014-07-03T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=11586"},"modified":"2014-07-03T10:22:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:22:49","slug":"school-ends-iep-disability-no-longer-affects-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-ends-iep-disability-no-longer-affects-education\/","title":{"rendered":"School Ends IEP: &#8220;Disability No Longer Affects Education&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"School%20Ends%20IEP%3A%20%22Disability%20No%20Longer%20Affects%20Education%22%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float: right; margin-left: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/mother.son.smile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"157\" \/>I have an 8 year old in second grade who can now walk around after 80 different corrective surgeries. He has popliteal pterygium syndrome with his knees in a contracted position. His left leg is much shorter than the right. He is extremely tired when he walks for a long period of time. He also has a cleft plate and cleft lip so his speech can be difficult to understand.<\/p>\n<p>The school removed him from an IEP because they said his physical disability no longer affects his educational performance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Change of Placement<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Removing your child from the IEP is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5769\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">change of placement<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The school cannot unilaterally change placement without the entire team agreeing to it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=394\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Parents must be involved in placement decisions<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;\">\n<p>Your child\u2019s disability category or label or severity of the disability &#8211; See more at: https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5769#sthash.kVZJ6U9r.dpuf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;\">Your child\u2019s disability category or label or severity of the disability &#8211; See more at: https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5769#sthash.kVZJ6U9r.dpuf<\/div>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;\">Your child\u2019s disability category or label or severity of the disability &#8211; See more at: https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5769#sthash.kVZJ6U9r.dpuf<\/div>\n<p>Did you sign the IEP? You don&#8217;t have to.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You can disagree with the IEP. The school needs to provide you with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/pwn.refusal.martin.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">prior written notice<\/span><\/a> letter explaining why they want to do this. 34 C.F.R. \u00a7 300.503.<\/p>\n<p>IDEA 2004 requires the IEP team to formally and logically accept or reject any suggestions that a member of an IEP team makes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Written Documentation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you request an evaluation in writing (including your consent to evaluate) or sign the school&#8217;s consent form?\u00a0 Once you have given consent, the school has to perform the evaluation in 60 days. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=130\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Starting the Clock on School Evaluations<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fatigue and speech do impact educational performance. Collect your data. Get documentation from your physicians that will help your cause.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure you provide this information to the school.\u00a0 Document when this was done.<\/p>\n<p>Write a letter to Special Ed Director and\/or school board.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Time for a Complaint?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you get no response from the school district, you may want to consider filing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=9374\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">State Complaint<\/span><\/a> or, as a last resort, requesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/dp.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Due Process<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an 8 year old in second grade who can now walk around after 80 different corrective surgeries. He has popliteal pterygium syndrome with his knees in a contracted <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-ends-iep-disability-no-longer-affects-education\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,122],"tags":[1181,1299,41,67,1317,1182],"class_list":["post-11586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ieps","category-placement","tag-change-of-placement","tag-ieps","tag-parental-rights","tag-parental-role","tag-placement","tag-terminating-ieps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11586"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11596,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586\/revisions\/11596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}