Nashoba Regional School District 5825

Date

10/15/21

LEA

Nashoba Regional School District

5825

Issue

(1) District did not timely conduct all required assessments in all areas related to student’s suspected disabilities by qualified personnel and send parent assessment summary reports prior to the Team meeting.

(2) District failed to conduct evaluations; convene a Team meeting; develop an IEP; and provide parent copies within 45 days of receiving parent’s consent for evaluation.

(3) District did not revise student’s IEP to address student’s lack of progress towards annual goals; did not update goals and benchmarks; did not address results of additional assessments; and did not include student information provided by parents in the IEP.

(4) District failed to wait until the IEP was fully developed to determine student’s educational placement and thus, did not properly determine student’s placement.

(5) District did not fully implement student’s IEP.

(6) District failed to describe student’s progress toward meeting each annual goal in student’s progress report.

(7) District did not properly provide written notice after parent requested ABA services, ESY support services, and an Assistive Technology Evaluation.

(8) District failed to respond to parent’s request for a district-funded Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) or file for due process within 5 school days.

(9) District did not make/document multiple efforts to contact parent for the required consent to conduct a reevaluation.

(10) District did not provide all information important to the educational process after parent requested student’s record.

(11) District failed to convene a Team meeting to determine the need for compensatory services.

Finding

Noncompliance:

(2) District did not provide parent a copy of the proposed IEP immediately following the Team meeting, but 2 weeks after.

(7) District only responded to the request for Assistive Technology (and not the request for ABA and additional ESY support services) in their notice (parties resolved these issues subsequently).

(9) District did not document multiple efforts to contact parent when District had not received a response to the notice requesting consent.

(10) District’s evidence shows that parent did not have access to student records until more than 10 days after the initial request.

Compliance:

(1) District had qualified personnel conduct the evaluations; extensive assessments were completed; and evaluation summary reports were provided 48 hours prior to the IEP meeting.

(3) District provided evidence that all completed assessments were reviewed and considered. District updated information in the IEP.

(4) District developed the IEP and determined placement during a Team meeting. District provided the placement and reasons for recommending the placement in the Notice of Proposed School District Action (N1).

(5) Student’s Remote Learning Plan shows that district implemented student’s IEP services.

(6) District provided learning opportunities, followed the remote Learning Plan; student only accessed a limited amount of opportunities available remotely but district continued to follow-up with parent and student about student’s participation in remote learning.

(8) District responded to parent’s request for a district funded IEE.

(11) District followed DESE’s COVID-19 advisory by discussing student’s need for compensatory services.

Corrective Action

District must hold staff development for staff responsible for implementing requirements regarding timelines for developing IEPs; documentation of multiple attempts to receive parental consent; notice for proposals (or refusals) to change services; and promptly providing access to student records. District must send DESE evidence of training and participants by 11/8.