North Middlesex Regional School District 5424

Date

5/14/21

LEA

North Middlesex Regional School District

5424

Category

IEP MEETING

NOTICE

TIMELINES

EVALUATION  

Issue

(1) Annual Review meeting was not held during 2019-2020 school year;

(2) District delayed three year reevaluation meeting and did not respond to evaluation request;

(3) Delays in IEP meetings and evaluations have resulted in a lack of effective progress and denial of FAPE

Finding

Noncompliance:

(1) District should have sent written notice and procedural safeguards if there was revocation of IEP services as district believed (outside of 1 year statute of limitations for PRS);

(2) District did not respond to request for reevaluation in a timely manner and delayed IEP Team meeting

Compliance:

(3) District implemented all services on student’s IEP for 20-21 school year

Corrective Action

District must review requirements re: responding to reevaluation requests and timely convening of IEP meetings and submit documentation to DESE.