MID-CYCLE REPORT
District: Pioneer Valley Regional School District
MCR Onsite Date: 11/20/2012
Program Area: Special Education
Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D.
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
COORDINATED PROGRAM REVIEW
MID-CYCLE REPORTSE Criterion # 7 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority and student participation and consent at the age of majority /
Rating:
Implemented
Basis for Findings:
Record review and documentation indicated that one year prior to the student reaching age 18, the district informs the student and parent/guardian of the rights that will transfer from the parent/guardian to the student upon the student’s 18th birthday.
Upon reaching the age of majority, students are signing their IEPs, unless the parent has received guardianship, or the student chooses to share decision-making or delegate decision-making to another adult.
SE Criterion # 8 - IEP Team composition and attendance /
Rating:
Implemented
Basis for Findings:
Student record review and interviews indicated that members of the IEP Team attend meetings unless the district and the parent agree, in writing, that the attendance of the member is not necessary because the member's area of the curriculum or related services is not being modified or discussed.
When the district and the parent agree, in writing, to excuse a required Team member's participation, the excused member provides written input into the development of the IEP to the parent and the IEP Team prior to the meeting.
SE Criterion # 18A - IEP development and content /
Rating:
Implemented
Basis for Findings:
Record review and interview indicated that for students identified with a disability on the autism spectrum or when the IEP Team evaluation indicates that a student's disability affects social skills development, or when the student's disability makes him or her vulnerable to bullying, harassment, or teasing, the IEP Team does address the skills and proficiencies the student needs to avoid and respond to bullying, harassment, or teasing and document such interventions on the student’s IEP.
SE Criterion # 25 - Parental consent /
Rating:
Implemented
Basis for Findings:
Document review indicated that the district has procedures for when a parent/guardian revokes consent for special education services in writing, which ensures that the district acts promptly to provide written notice to the parent/guardian of the district´s proposal to discontinue services, as well as to provide the parent with information on how they may obtain a copy of his/her right to procedural safeguards. The district procedures also include notice of a reasonable time before the district intends to discontinue the services and that the district may not use mediation or request a due process hearing to obtain agreement or a ruling requiring the continuation of services, consistent with federal regulation. At the time of the review no parent had revoked consent to a student's special education services during the period of one year prior to the mid-cycle review.
SE Criterion # 26 - Parent participation in meetings /
Rating:
Implemented
Basis for Findings:
The district provided the student roster documentation required by the
Department.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education – Program Quality Assurance Services
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