Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-40-17

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024

Section 91-40-17 - IEP team meetings and participants

(a) Each agency shall take steps to ensure that one or both of the parents of an exceptional child are present at each IEP team meeting or are afforded the opportunity to participate. These steps shall include the following:

(1) Scheduling each meeting at a mutually agreed-upon time and place and informing the parents of the information specified in subsection (b) of this regulation; and

(2) except as otherwise provided in K.A.R. 91-40-37, providing written notice, in conformance with subsection (b) of this regulation, to the parents of any IEP team meeting at least 10 days in advance of the meeting.

(b) The notice required in subsection (a) of this regulation shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The notice shall indicate the purpose, time, and location of the IEP team meeting and the titles or positions of the persons who will attend on behalf of the agency, including, if appropriate, any other agency invited to send a representative to discuss needed transition services.

(2) If the meeting is for a child who has been receiving special education services under the infant and toddler provisions of the federal law but is now transitioning to the provisions for older children, the notice shall specify that the parent may require that a representative of the infant and toddler program be invited to attend the initial IEP team meeting to assist with the smooth transition of services.

(3) The notice shall indicate the following information, if a purpose is to consider postsecondary goals and transition services for the child:

(A) The agency will invite the child to attend.

(B) One of the purposes of the meeting will be to consider the postsecondary goals and needed transition services for the student.

(4) The notice shall inform the parent that the parent has the right to invite to the IEP team meeting individuals whom the parent believes to have knowledge or special expertise about the child.

(c) If a parent of an exceptional child cannot be physically present for an IEP team meeting for the child, the agency shall attempt other measures to ensure parental participation, including individual or conference telephone calls.

(d) An agency shall take action to ensure that parents understand the discussions that occur at IEP team meetings, including arranging for an interpreter for parents who are deaf or whose native language is other than English.

(e)

(1) An agency may conduct an IEP team meeting without parental participation if the agency, despite repeated attempts, has been unable to contact the parent or parents or to convince them that they should participate.

(2) If an agency conducts an IEP team meeting without parental participation, the agency shall have a record of the attempts that the agency made to contact the parents to provide them notice of the meeting and to secure their participation. The record shall include at least two of the following:

(A) Detailed records of telephone calls made or attempted, including the date, time, and person making the calls and the results of the calls;

(B) detailed records of visits made to the parent's home, including the date, time, and person making the visit and the results of the visit;

(C) copies of correspondence sent to each parent and any responses received; and

(D) detailed records of any other method attempted to contact the parents and the results of that attempt.

(f)

(1) An agency shall invite a child with a disability, regardless of the child's age, to attend any IEP team meeting for the child if a purpose of the meeting is consideration of the child's postsecondary goals and transition services needs.

(2) If the child with a disability does not attend the IEP team meeting, an agency shall take other steps to ensure that the child's preferences and interests are considered.

(g) If a purpose of any IEP team meeting for a child with a disability is consideration of the postsecondary goals of the child and the transition services needed to assist the child to reach those goals, the agency, with the consent of a parent or the child if the child is at least 18 years old, shall invite a representative of any other agency that is likely to be responsible for providing or paying for transition services.

(h) A regular education teacher of an exceptional child, as a member of an IEP team, shall participate to the extent appropriate in the development, review, and revision of the child's IEP. This participation shall include assisting in making the following determinations:

(1) The appropriate positive behavioral interventions and strategies for the child;

(2) the supplementary aids and services needed by the child; and

(3) the program modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided to assist the child.

(i) If qualified to do so, an agency member of the IEP team may serve in the role of two or more required members of a child's IEP team.

(j) In asking individuals with knowledge or special expertise about a child to be members of the child's IEP team, the party asking the person to participate shall have the sole discretion in determining whether the invited person has knowledge or special expertise regarding the child.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-40-17

Authorized by K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-963; implementing K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 72-987; effective May 19, 2000; amended May 4, 2001; amended March 21, 2008.