{"id":22174,"date":"2018-03-15T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22174"},"modified":"2018-03-14T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T15:15:39","slug":"school-says-teacher-cannot-see-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-says-teacher-cannot-see-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"School Says Teacher Cannot See IEP"},"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%20Says%20Teacher%20Cannot%20See%20IEP\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>I have students with special needs who are fully included in my classroom. Every year, the school tells me that I cannot have access to a student&#8217;s IEP &#8211; only the accommodations and modifications pages.<\/p>\n<p>These students are with me more than they are with the special education teacher.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t understand how a student can be with me all day, yet I cannot see what her goals and objectives are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/class.tchr_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That is bizarre and absurd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not only should you have access to the IEP, you should also have input into the development of the document.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three things you need to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> If you want to know what the law actually says, rather than what someone is &#8220;telling&#8221; you that it says &#8211; get a copy of the statute and regulations for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>The federal law about IEPs is located in 20 USC 1414(d) on pages 99-104.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> You will also want to read the implementing regulations from the U.S. Department of Education about IEPs. You&#8217;ll find those in your law book on page 245.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Download your state special education regulations about IEPs and read them carefully. You can find these on your state Department of Education website on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Yellow Pages<\/span><\/a> for Kids. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Portions of the state regulations will most likely be quite similar to and identical to the federal 1414(d) statute.<\/p>\n<p>The federal statute is supreme over state statutes and regulations, per the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>FERPA, i.e., the confidentiality statute, is also in your law book (page 307).<\/p>\n<p><strong>FERPA does not prohibit your access to IEPs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) deals with educational records, privacy and confidentiality, parent access to educational records, parent amendment of records, and destruction of records. The purpose of this statute is to protect the privacy of parents and students.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/ferpa.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">FERPA<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IEP Confidentiality<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your school administrators may incorrectly believe the IEP is \u201cconfidential.\u201d If so, the administrator thinks he cannot release it to teachers and other staff members. <strong>This is not true.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/does-your-childs-teacher-ever-see-the-iep\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Does Your Child&#8217;s Teacher Ever See the IEP?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/denying-access-to-ieps-for-regular-ed-teachers\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Denying Access to IEPs for Regular Education Teachers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/shouldnt-a-sub-have-access-to-ieps\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Shouldn&#8217;t a Sub Have Access to IEPs?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/aaieps.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cover.300dpi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/aaieps.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Wrightslaw: All About IEPs<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is the regular education teacher&#8217;s role at the IEP meeting?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Page 11) The regular education teacher knows the curriculum and what students are expected to learn and do.\u00a0 This teacher should participate in decisions about how to teach a child.<\/p>\n<p>With input from the regular education teacher, the team can determine what accommodations, supplementary aids and services, and modifications a child needs to learn and make progress. She can also initiate discussion of appropriate behavioral interventions, supports, and strategies.<\/p>\n<p>(Page 103) All teachers and service providers of a child must have access to the IEP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have students with special needs who are fully included in my classroom. Every year, the school tells me that I cannot have access to a student&#8217;s IEP &#8211; only <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-says-teacher-cannot-see-iep\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[195,5,18],"tags":[1067,1324,1299,1493],"class_list":["post-22174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-confidentiality","category-idea-2004","category-ieps","tag-access-to-ieps","tag-confidentiality","tag-ieps","tag-regular-education-teachers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22174","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=22174"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22774,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22174\/revisions\/22774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}