Discipline, Expulsion, and IDEA
There are many rights and responsibilities to consider in education. Students with disabilities have the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and all students have the right to a safe learning environment. Likewise, school administrators have the responsibility to ensure those rights are achieved, follow strict guidelines to ensure the behaviors are not the manifestation of a child’s disability, while recognizing those situations where removal from the learning environment or alternate placement may be necessary. Educators and administrators must be given the behavioral modifying strategies and tools to accomplish those responsibilities
Expulsion
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During this time the student must be given the educational supports to continue toward their IEP goals ( idea.ed.gov,2006).
Behavior that result in the breaking of rules of conduct, which result in a change of placement (removal from education setting for more than 10 days) require the school to conduct a manifestation determination within 10 days. The manifestation determination meeting is attended by the LEA rep, the parents, and the relevant members of the students IEP team. The meeting determines if the behavior was the result of the LEA’s failure to implement the IEP, or a direct and substantial relationship to the student’s disability. If it is determined the cause is the failure to implement the IEP, the LEA must immediately begin to rectify the deficiencies. If it is determined that the behavior was a manifestation of the disability, the IEP team must:
Conduct a functional behavioral assessment(FBA) and implement a behavior intervention plan (BIP)
There are many rights and responsibilities to consider in education. Students with disabilities have the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and all students have the right to a safe learning environment. Likewise, school administrators have the responsibility to ensure those rights are achieved, follow strict guidelines to ensure the behaviors are not the manifestation of a child’s disability, while recognizing those situations where removal from the learning environment or alternate placement may be necessary. Educators and administrators must be given the behavioral modifying strategies and tools to accomplish those responsibilities
Expulsion
It is a generally accepted notion that exclusionary …show more content…
During this time the student must be given the educational supports to continue toward their IEP goals ( idea.ed.gov,2006).
Behavior that result in the breaking of rules of conduct, which result in a change of placement (removal from education setting for more than 10 days) require the school to conduct a manifestation determination within 10 days. The manifestation determination meeting is attended by the LEA rep, the parents, and the relevant members of the students IEP team. The meeting determines if the behavior was the result of the LEA’s failure to implement the IEP, or a direct and substantial relationship to the student’s disability. If it is determined the cause is the failure to implement the IEP, the LEA must immediately begin to rectify the deficiencies. If it is determined that the behavior was a manifestation of the disability, the IEP team must:
Conduct a functional behavioral assessment(FBA) and implement a behavior intervention plan (BIP)