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If appropriate, the child may also participate in IEP team meetings. If the student is over fourteen, they should be invited to become a part of the IEP team. Additionally, when the student is sixteen years of age, a statement of post-secondary goals and a plan for providing what the student needs to make a successful transition is required. [6]
At the age of 16, students are required to be invited to IEP meetings to discuss transition services with the IEP team. Transition services can be started earlier if the IEP team deems it necessary, but the student must be invited to the meeting, or appropriate measures must be taken to account for student preference. [24]
Because the law does not clearly state to what degree the least restrictive environment is, courts have had to interpret the LRE principle. In a landmark case interpreting IDEA's predecessor statute (EHA), Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education (1989), it was determined that students with disabilities have a right to be included in both academic and extracurricular programs of general education.
As of the 2022-2023 school year, there were approximately 219,000 students with disabilities (20.9% of the student body) being educated in the NYC school system. [60] The most prevalent disability classifications are learning disabilities (40%) and speech or language impairments (32%).
A large percentage of BOCES programs and services are instructional; that is to say, they serve students with classroom programs and services. Examples of instructional programs are vocational-technical programs for high school students, physical, speech and occupational therapy for students with disabilities, and literacy programs for adults.
MANHATTAN, N.Y. – A preschool in New York City’s Upper West Side faces questions after a substitute teacher, who’s transgender, read a children’s book about trans inclusivity to a class of ...
Students with disabilities may not be suspended for more than 10 days or expelled from school if the behavior problem is caused by the student's disability. If a student with special needs is suspended or expelled from school, then the school district normally must continue to provide educational services (for example, through a home study ...
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