{"id":7447,"date":"2012-07-30T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2012-06-25T16:36:23","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T20:36:23","slug":"yee-haw-howdy-amen-when-schools-make-up-their-mind-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/yee-haw-howdy-amen-when-schools-make-up-their-mind-in-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Yee Haw, Howdy, Amen&#8221; &#8211; When Schools Make Up their Mind in Advance!"},"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=\"%22Yee%20Haw%2C%20Howdy%2C%20Amen%22%20-%20When%20Schools%20Make%20Up%20their%20Mind%20in%20Advance%21%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Special education services, especially ABA services for children with autism, are expensive. In most states, <strong>demand is increasing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, for many programs, local <strong>funding is decreasing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is this problem causing more schools to make up their mind in advance?<\/li>\n<li>Are districts developing unofficial policies of pre-determining what programs they will use based on cost?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IDEA requires\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=394\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Parent Involvement in Placement Decisions<\/span><\/a> and developing an IEP for your child. <em>Pre-selecting<\/em> programs violates this right.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=394\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=394<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We can\u2019t afford it<\/em> just isn\u2019t a defensible reason for not providing a necessary support for a student in special education.&#8221; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If school personnel make up their mind in advance of the ARD meeting \u2026 <strong>the school is committing a violation of federal law<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Be careful, partner!<\/strong><\/em> advises the Texas School Administrators&#8217; Legal Digest Online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/parkplacepubs.biz\/wordpress\/yee-haw-howdy-amen-avoiding-claims-of-predetermination-in-special-ed-cases\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yee Haw, Howdy, Amen. Avoiding Claims of Predetermination in Special Ed Cases<\/span><\/a> cites a Tennessee case where &#8220;The court held that the school district impermissibly had engaged in <em>predetermination<\/em>\u2014violating the rights of the parents to meaningfully participate in the development of their child\u2019s IEP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the complete article here. <a href=\"http:\/\/parkplacepubs.biz\/wordpress\/yee-haw-howdy-amen-avoiding-claims-of-predetermination-in-special-ed-cases\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/parkplacepubs.biz\/wordpress\/yee-haw-howdy-amen-avoiding-claims-of-predetermination-in-special-ed-cases\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special education services, especially ABA services for children with autism, are expensive. In most states, demand is increasing. At the same time, for many programs, local funding is decreasing. 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