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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 651797" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>In our district, an unsigned IEP means unfinished. We work toward settlement of the disputed parts of the IEP. Until a new IEP is signed, there is a "stay put" clause, meaning all aspects of the last signed IEP are still in force. Those goals have to still be worked on, the agreed-upon accommodations honored, services delivered, etc.</p><p></p><p>For example, I have a student whose parents haven't signed an IEP for two years. We can't work on any new goals, so we are stilling working on the same ones. The same services have to be delivered, even though they aren't really appropriate anymore. The district and the parents cannot come to an agreement (although my district is usually extremely flexible, unless they really feel the students needs won't be met at all if the parents get their way--although they usually do). So, if there are specific goals and accommodations that aren't being honored, you have a good case against the district. And once you do a little research and can figure out how many hours of services your child has missed out on (like speech, Occupational Therapist (OT), APE, behavioral support or whatever), they owe those hours to you--compensatory services--until everything is caught up.</p><p></p><p>The school cannot cherry pick and remove parts of the IEP that they don't like after it's been signed. On the last IEP, did an administrative designee sign it? You signed it? (I'm talking about the last annual or triennial that you did and signed and have supposedly been operating off of). If those signatures are on there, that is a legal binding contract and they are seriously out of compliance if they aren't providing the services they signed off on. Can you get an advocate? They're free and just by their presence, can put a little scare into administrators. And don't sign an IEP that you don't agree with, or let them let it slide. Such BS. There are timelines to be observed and if they can't be observed for one reason or another, there are forms to be filled out and signed. I've got a foot in both camps, and you are in the right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 651797, member: 13260"] In our district, an unsigned IEP means unfinished. We work toward settlement of the disputed parts of the IEP. Until a new IEP is signed, there is a "stay put" clause, meaning all aspects of the last signed IEP are still in force. Those goals have to still be worked on, the agreed-upon accommodations honored, services delivered, etc. For example, I have a student whose parents haven't signed an IEP for two years. We can't work on any new goals, so we are stilling working on the same ones. The same services have to be delivered, even though they aren't really appropriate anymore. The district and the parents cannot come to an agreement (although my district is usually extremely flexible, unless they really feel the students needs won't be met at all if the parents get their way--although they usually do). So, if there are specific goals and accommodations that aren't being honored, you have a good case against the district. And once you do a little research and can figure out how many hours of services your child has missed out on (like speech, Occupational Therapist (OT), APE, behavioral support or whatever), they owe those hours to you--compensatory services--until everything is caught up. The school cannot cherry pick and remove parts of the IEP that they don't like after it's been signed. On the last IEP, did an administrative designee sign it? You signed it? (I'm talking about the last annual or triennial that you did and signed and have supposedly been operating off of). If those signatures are on there, that is a legal binding contract and they are seriously out of compliance if they aren't providing the services they signed off on. Can you get an advocate? They're free and just by their presence, can put a little scare into administrators. And don't sign an IEP that you don't agree with, or let them let it slide. Such BS. There are timelines to be observed and if they can't be observed for one reason or another, there are forms to be filled out and signed. I've got a foot in both camps, and you are in the right. [/QUOTE]
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