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A Response to Intervention Cannot Be Used To Delay Or Deny An Evaluation For Special Education Services
According to the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), in its 1.29.19 Letter to Zirkel, “IDEA does not define RTI . . . RTI is only mentioned in IDEA when determining eligibility for specific learning disability. 20 U.S.C. § 1414(b)(6)(B) and 34 C.F.R. § 300.307(a)(2).”
However, the United States Department of Education has stated that, “States and LEAs have an obligation to ensure that evaluations of children suspected of having a disability are not delayed or denied because of implementation of an RTI.”
VDOE Finds Prince William County Public Schools in Noncompliance with IDEA
The complainant alleged PWCPS’ noncompliance related to IEP content and implementation, parent request for an IEP meeting, transportation, and denial of FAPE.
Accommodation Breakdown: Testing to Completion
What’s the Accommodation?
How is the Accommodation Supposed to be Implemented?
What Could Go Wrong?
Class-Action Lawsuit Continues Forward; Related Service of Transportation at Core of Suit Against District of Columbia’s OSSE
Virginia Dept. of Education Opens Complaint Against Chesterfield County Public Schools; Investigation to Focus on Systemic Noncompliance Related to Transportation
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) – Transportation
Individualized Education Program (IEP) – Implementation
What are Related Services?
What are related services?
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