Responsive to this request, following discussions to clarify the records sought as those including “general guidance/direction/instruction, etc., that was provided to HCPSS staff,” please find records attached below which include special education. Outside the guidance provided below, staff indicates any specific actions related to redistricting for students with IEPs/504s would have been handled on a case-by-case basis for individual students.
HCPSS MPIA Request #2021-069
Requestor
Lisa TyeWright
Requested Information
Requesting all documents, including but not limited to emails, correspondence, memos, and calendar items (including attachments), regarding meetings for or the establishment of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or 504 Plans for students who were redistricted. Search period is August 26, 2019 to March 31, 2020.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive Documents
This presentation was used with Principals and Assistant Principals in December 2019, as well as shared with many other groups, including counselors, secretaries, liaisons and some special educators.
This presentation was an updated version of the above record used with administrators in January 2020.
This presentation was used with administrative professionals staff in December 2019.
Redistricting Questions.pdf
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This document includes frequently asked questions shared based on feedback from the staff presentations given above. The record was shared with all staff talking to parents regularly about redistricting, and evolved as new questions arose.
This memo to the Board of Education references exemptions for students with IEPs and 504 Plans.
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