QCSD Special Education
April 12, 2012
Lenny Greaney, Director of Pupil Services Shirley Moyer, Supervisor of Special Education
Anthony Carty, Teacher
IDEA
• EVERYTHING WE DO IS
GOVERNED BY THE LAW
PDE Compliance Monitoring Feedback
• QCSD is commended for its high degree of personnel development activities and for its commitment to continuous improvement.
• QCSD is commended for providing and
encouraging the high amount of collaboration, cooperation, and co-planning evidenced
between general and special education staff to support the inclusion and progress of students with disabilities.
February 17, 2012 PDE BSE Report to Dr. Andrejko
ALPHABET SOUP
• ER = Evaluation Report
• RR = Re-evaluation Report
• IEP = Individual Education Program
• NOREP = Notice of Recommended Educational Placement
• FAPE = Free Appropriate Public Education
• LRE = Least Restrictive Environment
• LEA = Local Education Agency
History of Special Education in Public Schools:
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (P.L.
94-142)
– Guaranteed a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for children with disabilities.
– The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the corner stone of this legislation and it sets out specific instructions and services to be provided to a student with a disability. It is a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed and revised at a meeting in
accordance with regulations set out in the law.
There have been 4
reauthorizations to the law since its inception:
Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L.
99-457)
Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990 (IDEA-P.L. 101-476)
Reauthorization of IDEA 1997 (P.L. 105-17)
Reauthorization in November, 2004
Reauthorization of IDEA 1997 (P.L. 105-17)
• Preserves the guarantee of FAPE
• Students must be educated in the Least Restrictive
Environment (LRE): We must first consider placements that provide opportunities to interact with typical peers.
• New IEP requirements and content, provision for parent participation
• IEPs must be linked directly to regular education standards
• Students with disabilities are required to participate in state and/or district wide assessment with appropriate accommodations or modifications where necessary
Six principles of IDEA
• Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
• Appropriate Evaluation
• Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
– Gaskins Case
• Parent and Student Participation in Decision Making
• Procedural Safeguards
Eligibility Criteria for Special Education
Documentation of:
1. Disability (13 categories)
2. Need for “special education”
13 Disability Categories in Pennsylvania School Code
1. Autism
2. Deaf-blindness 3. Deafness
4. Emotional disturbance 5. Hearing impairment
6. Mental retardation
7. Multiple disabilities
13 Disability Categories
in Pennsylvania School Code continued
8. Orthopedic impairment 9. Other health impairment 10.Specific learning disability
11.Speech/language impairment 12.Traumatic brain injury
13.Visual impairment
WHAT is an IEP?
A program/plan that identifies goals, objectives, specially designed instructions, amount of
related service and supports to staff that a child needs in order to access the general curriculum.
Levels of service includes (but are not limited to):
• Life Skills: could be students with moderate mental retardation.
• Learning Support: could be students who are able to learn academic material but max. out at a significantly younger grade level.
• Emotional Support: students who have significant underlying social and emotional needs that impact their ability to function in a regular
classroom environment.
• Autistic Support: students who have a diagnosis that places them on the Autism spectrum.
• Hearing Support: students who have an identified hearing impairment.
• Speech and Language Support: students who have identified communication needs.
• Vision Support: students who have an identified vision impairment.
• OT: students identified with fine motor and/or sensory processing disorder.
• PT: students identified with gross motor delay.
A Notice Of Recommended Educational Placement (NOREP) is issued that indicates the program.
• This is the most legal piece of paperwork that is generated because it holds the district
accountable for implementing the program as it is stated in the IEP.
• This document is issued when placement of the student changes and demonstrates agreement with the parent and district with regard to the proposed placement.
Total Tuition to Other LEAs in PA
$0.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
$80,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
*2011-12 Through February 1, 2012
Total Tuition to Non-Public Schools
$0.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
$80,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
*2011-12 Through February 1, 2012
Total Tuition to Approved Private Schools
$0.00
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
$150,000.00
$200,000.00
$250,000.00
$300,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
*2011-12 Through February 1, 2012
Total Tuition to PRRI’s
$0.00
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
$400,000.00
$500,000.00
$600,000.00
$700,000.00
$800,000.00
$900,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
*2011-12 Through February 1, 2012
Total Tuition to Ombudsman
$0.00
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
$150,000.00
$200,000.00
$250,000.00
$300,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
*2011-12 Through February 1, 2012
Total Tuition to BCIU #22
$0.00
$500,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$3,000,000.00
$3,500,000.00
$4,000,000.00
$4,500,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
*2011-12 Budgeted
Total Tuition for Placements
Number of Students Tuition Costs
0 50 100 150 200 250
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
$0.00
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
$400,000.00
$500,000.00
$600,000.00
$700,000.00
$800,000.00
$900,000.00
*2011-12 Through February 1, 2012
Students vs. Costs (Transportation)
Total Student Numbers Total Cost
0 50 100 150 200 250
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
$0.00
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
$400,000.00
$500,000.00
$600,000.00
$700,000.00
$800,000.00
$900,000.00
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12*
Some Thoughts from the Community
• “It was a mutual decision between us and the school.”
• “Our child has always been a part of the normal school community…”
• “We never thought about our child not being in the regular classroom.”
Fall 2011 BSE Cyclical Monitoring Survey Summary Results
