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FERPA and IDEA
This is St. George's Church in Old Cairo. There is a dungeon under the church we toured. Very dark, cramped, stuffy. Not a place I'd want to be.The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is...
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What Constitutes an Educational Record?
Another pyramid/camel pic...So,what constitutes an educational record under FERPA?Educational records are records directly related to a student and maintained by an educational agency or institution or...
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Surrogate Parent Information
That's me in the sunglasses with my daughter (blue scarf) and our friend Ai. Yes...that is the Sphinx between the two pyramids.Here are some surrogate parent tips:Each public agency must ensure a...
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Who is Considered to be a Parent?
A view of Cairo from the plane...34 C.F.R. Section 300.30 defines the term "parent":Parent includes a biological or adoptive parent; a guardian; a foster parent; an individual acting as a parent in...
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What About Step-Parents?
Another view of Cairo from the plane...A letter from the Family Policy and Compliance Office dated August 20, 2004 clarifies the term "parent" includes natural parents, a guardian, or an individual...
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What About a Guardian Ad Litem?
This is a random picture I took while traveling from the Cairo International Airport to our hotel. Notice all the sand on the road...Page 46566 of the comments to the IDEA 2004 regulations explains...
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Parental Consent for the Initial Provision of Special Education and Related...
This is a picture of my daughter standing on the balcony of our hotel (Dusit Thani) in New Cairo. There was an "oasis" outside our window but beyond that is it mostly sand and new construction...
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Yes...it has been a long time since my last post. I've been working feverishly on my research to finish my dissertation. What a sweet day it will be when it is said and done! My daughter came home...
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Yes...my daughter is still in Cairo. She took this picture of a father and son riding on a burro. I believe she still prefers a cab.In Johnston County (NC) Schools , 56 IDELR 305 (OCRXI, D.C. (NC)...
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Under What Circumstances Must An IEP Team use FBAs and BIPs?
My daughter took this picture of a friend's gazebo in Cairo. Pursuant to 34 CFR section 300.530(f), FBAs and BIPs are required when the LEA, the parent, and the relevant members of the child's IEP...
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Transition Services and Individual Graduation Plans
My daughter sent me this photo of her friend's courtyard in Cairo. When I visited a couple summers ago someone told me that taxes are not paid on homes and buildings under construction. I guess that...
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Responding to Allegations of Disability Harassment in Schools--Advice for...
I highly recommend that administrators investigate all incidents of reported harassment. This practice protected a school district from having to make a private school placement at parental request...
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Preparing for On-Site Monitoring from the Office of Exceptional Children
The School District of Oconee County will welcome on-site monitors from South Carolina's Office of Exceptional Children on December 4th and 5th, 2013. Our local educational agency was selected for...
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What Will On-site Monitoring Look LIke in SDOC?
According to training provided by South Carolina's Office of Exceptional Children, the school district of Oconee County can expect a team of about 8 members to visit our district on December 4th and...
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How Should Special Education Teachers Prepare for On-site Monitoring at the...
Special education teachers should prepare for school level on-site monitoring by doing the following:1) Organize individual student IEP folders chronologically with the newest information on top....
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What Records Will Schools Need to Make Available to the On-site Monitoring...
For the on-site visit, schools will need to provide the following records to the monitoring team for each student selected: 1. Complete special education file2. Attendance records for the past year3....
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Review of Records: Student Selection for Participation in On-site Monitoring
The School District of Oconee County completed the pre-collection data submission process for on-site monitoring on October 31, 2013. Therefore, we are expecting our list of participating schools and...
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Day 2 of On-site Monitoring
Today is the second day of on-site monitoring in the School District of Oconee County conducted by South Carolina's Department of Education, Office of Exceptional Children. Yesterday, the team...
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Suspension of Students without Disabilities
According to IDEA 2004, within 10 school days of any decision to change the placement of a child with a disability because of a violation of a code of student conduct, the local educational agency...
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I am happy to write that our district's on-site monitoring event is complete. Of course, we have some areas we need to improve upon, but that is to be expected. The monitoring team from the Office of...
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I was surprised and honored to receive an email from the editor of the Special Ed Connection publication. I learned he was writing an article about how blogging can be useful to Special Education...
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I hope all of our special educators are enjoying a well-deserved summer break! I wanted to post an update on where our district is with regard to moving toward the production environment of Enrich...
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What Happens When an IEP Team Cannot Reach Consensus?
The public agency, or local education agency (LEA), is ultimately responsible for ensuring the provision of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with disabilities enrolled in...
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IEP Minute Tips
In some cases, the staffing minutes taken during an IEP meeting could be the clincher to demonstrating the implementation of a legally defensible IEP. It is where the team can explain exactly how...
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When are LEAs Required to Provide a Copy of the Notice of Procedural...
My daughter and I had a lot of fun on a Northern European cruise this past summer. Here is a picture of the canal in Nyhavn, Copenhagan. To ensure that parents have knowledge about their rights...
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