Re: moving school districts and IEP question--who's responsible?

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The school district and the school attending is responsible for IEP. Just a fyi Step Center located in Strongsville is working on opening up a High School for Childern with Autism.

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Hi Amy,

The minute you move and register into a new school district that district becomes responsible for your childs IEP. You should communicate with that districts pupil personel department. Start asking questions. The new district is not responsible until you move into the area.

Feel free to e-mail me for further questions.

Sharon

From: Amy <basketdeals4u@...>Subject: [ ] moving school districts and IEP question--who's responsible?asagreaterakron , "autism ohio" <autismohio >, , gc-as Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 2:58 PM

We are going to be building a home in a new school district. Est. date of completion (closing date) is Aug. 2011. We are currently on scholarship with local LEA. We are trying to decide to go off scholarship or stay on for '11-'12 school year. Who is responsible for my son's IEP? I want the school district doing it that he may be attending, not the current one. Our IEP is in May. Any guidance on this issue? Thanks.

Amy

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Amy,Do you mean the Autism scholarship? What is local LEA?As I understand it, the district that you will be living in this September will be responsible for your son's IEP. I believe your current district is required by law to help him transition the IEP into the new district. It would be a good idea to contact your both districts right now, and let them know he will be there in the Fall and may be off the scholarship. The New district should have an IEP team for your son, and review the current IEP , ETR, and other assessments before the June, and offer you what services and placement they will provide if your son was enrolled in the district. You could get an idea if the new district will give you what for your son before deciding on continuing the scholarship or not. As you may know, autism scholarship funding is withheld from the district the child resides in, so It would be to the new district's advantage to give you it's best, or lose an extra $20,000 per year. You may have a temporary IEP during this transition until the district gets to know your son better. You can always go back on the scholarship if you are unhappy with the new district.I hope this helps. Best of luck!- [ ] moving school districts and IEP question--who's responsible?

We are going to be building a home in a new school district. Est. date of completion (closing date) is Aug. 2011. We are currently on scholarship with local LEA. We are trying to decide to go off scholarship or stay on for '11-'12 school year. Who is responsible for my son's IEP? I want the school district doing it that he may be attending, not the current one. Our IEP is in May. Any guidance on this issue? Thanks.Amy

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,This is Amy (Drew's mom from MEEC)--we have begun the building process & are only moving one city over. scholarship, yes I mean the autism scholarship. LEA=local education agency=your district of residence. I will contact the school district where we are moving to see what they have to say. I didn't know if the issue on this was unclear due to the fact that we don't just intend to move we are actually in the process of constructing a home. I think maybe I will call Ohio Coalition to see if they can shed any light on this. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts so far.AmyFrom: TM McKenna <tmmckenna@...>Subject: Re: [ ] moving school districts and IEP question--who's responsible? Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 7:54 PM

Amy,Do you mean the Autism scholarship? What is local LEA?As I understand it, the district that you will be living in this September will be responsible for your son's IEP. I believe your current district is required by law to help him transition the IEP into the new district. It would be a good idea to contact your both districts right now, and let them know he will be there in the Fall and may be off the scholarship. The New district should have an IEP team for your son, and review the current IEP , ETR, and other assessments before the June, and offer you what services and placement they will provide if your son was enrolled in the district. You could get an idea if the new district will give you

what for your son before deciding on continuing the scholarship or not. As you may know, autism scholarship funding is withheld from the district the child resides in, so It would be to the new district's advantage to give you it's best, or lose an extra $20,000 per year. You may have a temporary IEP during this transition until the district gets to know your son better. You can always go back on the scholarship if you are unhappy with the new district.I hope this helps. Best of luck!- [ ] moving school districts and IEP question--who's responsible?

We are going to be building a home in a new school district. Est. date of completion (closing date) is Aug. 2011. We are currently on scholarship with local LEA. We are trying to decide to go off scholarship or stay on for '11-'12 school year. Who is responsible for my son's IEP? I want the school district doing it that he may be attending, not the current one. Our IEP is in May. Any guidance on this issue? Thanks.Amy

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Amy,What you asked was clear to me. Talk to at the Ohio Coalition, or try Sandy Kaufman of Procedural Safeguards at ODE. [ ] moving school districts and IEP question--who's responsible?

We are going to be building a home in a new school district. Est. date of completion (closing date) is Aug. 2011. We are currently on scholarship with local LEA. We are trying to decide to go off scholarship or stay on for '11-'12 school year. Who is responsible for my son's IEP? I want the school district doing it that he may be attending, not the current one. Our IEP is in May. Any guidance on this issue? Thanks.Amy