Framingham Public Schools PRS 3659

Date

6/8/2020

LEA

Framingham Public Schools

3659

Category

IEP IMPLEMENTATION

Service: Chromebook; tutoring

LANGUAGE ACCESS

TIMELINES

NOTICE

EVALUATIONS

Issue

(1) District did not provide home tutoring after a physician’s statement was provided;

(2) District did not provide IEP progress reports;

(3) District did not provide written notice of IEP meeting;

(4) District verbally responded to request for evaluation;

(5) District is not providing student a Chromebook as prescribed in the IEP

Finding

Noncompliance:

(1) District has not provided tutoring sessions

NOTE:

(1) District contends it has tried to provide tutoring but has been unable to due to student’s primary language 

(2) District responded to evaluation request but not in a timely manner, and it is not the parents’ responsibility to locate an evaluator;

(3) District needs to determine placement

Compliance: District provided IEP progress report

Corrective Action

Provide DESE with Corrective Action report

Must develop a compensatory services plan with parents in a way that adequately addresses language barrier, including documentation of an attempt to hire a tutor who speaks the language.

Provide memo to staff responsible for evaluation responses and names to DESE.

Provide DESE with names of organizations that received enrollment packets on the student