{"id":3911,"date":"2010-11-22T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2010-11-22T13:01:03","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T17:01:03","slug":"establishing-exit-criteria-for-a-20-year-old-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/establishing-exit-criteria-for-a-20-year-old-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing Exit Criteria for a 20 Year Old Student"},"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=\"Establishing%20Exit%20Criteria%20for%20a%2020%20Year%20Old%20Student\";<\/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=\"margin: 5px; border: 1px solid black;float:right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/kids\/boy.read.windowseat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" \/>The school wants to transition a\u00a0 20 year old high school student to post secondary services. What documents establish the exiting criteria?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are no clear, specific documents to establish exit criteria for a 20 year old student, except for a regular high school diploma.\u00a0 Absent that, <em>exiting is not an option<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, a part of an IEP and a transition plan can include attending and taking courses at a community college or vocational program or education in a &#8220;community-based&#8221; setting.\u00a0 IDEA 2004 does authorize the payment of public school special education Part B funds for the child&#8217;s tuition at the other facility.<\/p>\n<p>Find more information here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=132\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Transitional Programs on College Campuses or in the Community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under IDEA 2004 the child with a disability is entitled to special education services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> until reaching his 22nd birthday, or<\/li>\n<li> graduating from high school with a regular high school diploma,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>whichever occurs first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IDEA:<\/strong> 20 USC 1412(a)(1)(A)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Regulations:<\/strong> 34 CFR 300.101 and 102.<\/p>\n<p>See the discussion on p. 71 and 204 in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">law book<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some states may provide more specificity than what is described in both the IDEA statute and the federal regulations.<\/p>\n<p>You will also want to check your state&#8217;s special education regulations on this. Find your state regulations on the website of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">state Department of Education<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The school wants to transition a\u00a0 20 year old high school student to post secondary services. What documents establish the exiting criteria? There are no clear, specific documents to establish <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/establishing-exit-criteria-for-a-20-year-old-student\/\">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":[76],"tags":[660,661,545,1313],"class_list":["post-3911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transition","tag-exiting-special-ed","tag-post-secondary-education","tag-regular-diploma","tag-transition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911","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=3911"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4352,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions\/4352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}