Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.320

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 8, October 30, 2024

Rule 281-41.320 - Definition of individualized education program

(1)General. As used in this chapter, the term "individualized education program" or "IEP" means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with these rules, and that must include:

a. A statement of the child's present levels of academic achievement and functional performance, including:

(1) How the child's disability affects the child's involvement and progress in the general education curriculum (i.e., the same curriculum as for nondisabled children); or

(2) For preschool children, as appropriate, how the disability affects the child's participation in appropriate activities;

b. A statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals designed to meet:

(1) The child's needs that result from the child's disability to enable the child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum; and

(2) Each of the child's other educational needs that result from the child's disability;

c. For children with disabilities who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate academic achievement standards, a description of benchmarks or short-term objectives;

d. A description of:

(1) How the child's progresstoward meeting the annual goals described in paragraph 41.320(1)"b" will be measured; and

(2) When periodic reports on the progress the child is making toward meeting the annual goals, such as through the use of quarterly or other periodic reports, concurrent with the issuance of report cards, will be provided;

e. A statement of the special education and related services and supplementary aids and services, based on peer-reviewed research to the extent practicable, to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child, and a statement of the program modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided to enable the child:

(1) To advance appropriately toward attaining the annual goals;

(2) To be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum in accordance with paragraph 41.320(1)"a," and to participate in extracurricular and other nonacademic activities; and

(3) To be educated and participate with other children with disabilities and nondisabled children in the activities described in this rule;

f. An explanation of the extent, if any, to which the child will not participate with nondisabled children in the regular class and in the activities described in paragraph 41.320(1)"e";

g. A statement of any individual appropriate accommodations that are necessary to measure the academic achievement and functional performance of the child on state and districtwide assessments consistent with Section 612(a)(16) of the Act; and, if the IEP team determines that the child must take an alternate assessment instead of a particular regular state or districtwide assessment of student achievement, a statement of why the child cannot participate in the regular assessment and why the particular alternate assessment selected is appropriate for the child; and

h. The projected date for the beginning of the services and modifications described in paragraph 41.320(1)"e" and the anticipated frequency, location, and duration of those services and modifications.

(2)Transition services. Beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the child turns 14, or younger if determined appropriate by the IEP team, and updated annually, thereafter, the IEP must include:

a. Appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills; and

b. The transition services, including courses of study, needed to assist the child in reaching those goals.

(3)Transfer of rights at age of majority. Beginning not later than one year before the child reaches the age of majority under state law, the IEP must include a statement that the child has been informed of the child's rights under Part B of the Act, if any, that will transfer to the child on reaching the age of majority under rule 281-41.520 (256B, 34CFR300 ).

(4)Construction. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to require:

a. That additional information be included in a child's IEP beyond what is explicitly required in Section 614 of the Act; or

b. The IEP team to include information under one component of a child's IEP that is already contained under another component of the child's IEP.

(5)Special considerations. The IEP, or an associated document, must contain the answers to the questions contained in subrule 41.116(4).

(6)Prohibited practices. An IEP shall not include practicesthat are precluded by constitution, statute, this chapter, or any other applicable law.

(7)Clearing classrooms. An IEP or a behavioral intervention plan shall not include provisions for clearing all other students out of the regular classroom in order to calm the child requiring special education or the child for whom a behavioral intervention plan has been implemented except as provided in Iowa Code section 279.51A.

If a student whose behavior caused a classroom clearance has an IEP or a behavioral intervention plan, the classroom teachershall call for and be included in a review and potential revision of the student's IEP or behavioral intervention plan by the student'sIEP team. The AEA, in collaboration with the school district, may, when the parent or guardian meets with the IEP team during the review or reevaluation of the student's IEP, inform the parent or guardian of individual or family counseling services available in the area. The public agencies must provide those services if those services are necessary for a FAPE.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.320

ARC 8387B, lAB 12/16/09, effective 1/20/10

Amended by IAB December 16, 2020/Volume XLIII, Number 13, effective 1/20/2021

Adopted by IAB April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective 5/22/2024