{"id":132,"date":"2009-01-07T17:07:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2019-07-22T15:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T19:28:17","slug":"transitional-programs-on-college-campuses-or-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/transitional-programs-on-college-campuses-or-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitional Programs on College Campuses or in the Community"},"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=\"Transitional%20Programs%20on%20College%20Campuses%20or%20in%20the%20Community\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>My daughter, 19, has Down syndrome. The district wants to keep her in high school. I do not feel it is appropriate. I have signed her up at a community college, paid for the courses and for a support person.<\/p>\n<p>I need the district to do some evaluations (assistive technology, vocational, etc.) to help me move forward in designing a transition plan for her. The district refuses, stating she is no longer a student in the district. I disagreed. She is still a student of the district, but she does not attend the high school.<\/p>\n<p>Does the school have the right to deny my daughter evaluations?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-24667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/girl.teen_.college2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/girl.teen_.college2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/girl.teen_.college2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/girl.teen_.college2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Questions that need to be answered.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Has your child previously had an IEP?<\/li>\n<li>Does the school want to provide an IEP at the high school?<\/li>\n<li>Can you prove that the program at the Community College is more appropriate?<\/li>\n<li>If yes, what is your proof?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A quick tutorial:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> In IDEA 2004, read 20 USC 1412(a) (1) and (3).<\/p>\n<p>It makes it clear that <strong>all<\/strong> children with disabilities are entitled to FAPE (subsection 1) and to be &#8220;identified, located, and evaluated&#8221; (subsection 3).<\/p>\n<p>(In <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law<\/a>,<\/span> that section is at page 71-72.) <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\">(https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Then, go through Section 1414, subsections a, b, c. Pay close attention to (c)(5)(A) and (B).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Next, you will also want to look at Regulation 300.102 (begins on page 204) about eligibility for services and when services end. Services end when a child graduates with a regular high school diploma, or ages out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Part B Funds for Transitional Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may be entitled to reimbursement, or have the cost of the community college program paid for by the school district.<\/p>\n<p>See Footnote 86 on page 101 of <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\">Special Education Law <\/a> (<a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm<\/a>)<\/span> relating to IEPs (1414(d)) which notes that<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Part B funds can be used for student &#8216;participation in transitional programs on college campuses or in community-based settings. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See the <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/commentary.htm\">Commentary<\/a><\/span> in the Federal Register, page 46668.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/commentary.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Commentary<\/span><\/a>, go to: <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/commentary.htm\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/commentary.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Sometimes state statutes may also provide guidance. Review your state statutes, guidelines, and special education regulations.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to do some homework before you can lock it up.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter, 19, has Down syndrome. The district wants to keep her in high school. I do not feel it is appropriate. I have signed her up at a community <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/transitional-programs-on-college-campuses-or-in-the-community\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24667,"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":[3,35,57,5,18,63,64,136,1367,76],"tags":[257,31,1313,258,256],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-eligibility","category-fape","category-idea-2004","category-ieps","category-independent-evaluations","category-special-education-regulations","category-strategies","category-assessments-tests","category-transition","tag-down-syndrome","tag-evaluations","tag-transition","tag-tuition-reimbursement","tag-vocational-assessments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","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=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24669,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/24669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}