Requesting memos or other documents regarding IEP or 504 plan meeting requests, requests for testing/evaluation, or establishment of plans. Search period is 9/1/2019 to 1/31/2020.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, and per clarification you are seeking “general information, including but not limited to, instructions, guidance, or direction to HCPSS staff regarding handling student requests for IEP and 504 or plans. This includes requests for meetings to discuss plans, requests for testing, and guidance regarding the establishment of such plans. Again this should not be student specific and limited to only general staff guidance," please find the following records attached/linked below. Please note, where the training and guidance documents contained links to further resources, we have included those materials as provided during such training. Other/reference links, many within internal systems, would require additional review for release. For reference, recurring guidance that would have been in place but not specific to the timeframe requested include HCPSS Policy 9060 – Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Compliance: Section 504: https://www.hcpss.org/policies/9000/9060-section-504-compliance/, HCPSS Guidelines and Procedures for 504: https://www.hcpss.org/f/special/section-504-guidelines-procedures.pdf, (as well as 504 compliance training required of case managers as noted in many of the above records and these guidelines), the HCPSS Special Education Handbook: https://www.hcpss.org/specialeducation/handbook/, and all state and federal statutes related to IDEA and 504 compliance.
This collection of records are those identified by our 504 staff as training and guidance provided to staff that address requests for reevaluations, requests for meetings and establishment of plans during the timeframe requested. Under MPIA GP § 4-338, which requires a custodian to deny inspection of information about the security of an information system, we have redacted unique identifiers such as login and password information.
This collection of records are those identified by our Special Education staff as training and guidance provided to staff that address requests for Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) reevaluations, requests for meetings and establishment of plans during the timeframe requested.
Under this previous MPIA response we provided general guidance/direction/instruction provided to HCPSS staff regarding the
establishment of IEPs or 504 Plans specific to students who were redistricted.
*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's
specific document requests and legally protected information (such as
personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory
and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school
system.
**Responses containing legally protected information available
only to the person of interest are omitted from the above
report.
***Howard County Public Schools reserves the right to remove
erroneous or outdated documents from this site.
