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This identifies the document as the Statewide IEP form/format developed by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services for use by each public agency for students with disabilities requiring an Individualized Education Program (IEP).
If a local school system has determined a parentally placed private school student with a disability is to receive services, an IEP team is to develop a Service Plan. See Appendix C for additional information relative to parentally placed private school students with disabilities.
Type of Document
Three options are available. Only those sections that are pertinent to the student should be completed and only those sections need to be included in the final (APPROVED) document. The three options identify the document are as follows:
Draft — A proposed program for development, review, or revision by the IEP team at an IEP team meeting.
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Consistent with Education Article §8-405 of the Annotated Code of Maryland ”Provision of Accessible Copies of Documents to Parents” requires school personnel to provide parent(s) with an accessible copy of each assessment, report, data chart(s), draft Individualized Education Program (IEP), or other document the IEP team or other multidisciplinary team plans to discuss at that meeting, at least five (5) business days before the scheduled meeting (Ed. Art. §8-405 and Appendix H Technical Assistance Bulletin 20 Provision of Accessible Copies of Documents to Parents).
Approved — A document that has been developed, reviewed, and or revised by an IEP team that delineates a student’s program of services.
NOTE:
School personnel are also required to provide the parent(s) an accessible copy of the completed IEP not later than five (5) business days after the scheduled IEP or other multidisciplinary team meeting. If the IEP has not been completed by the fifth business day after the IEP team meeting, the parent(s) is to be provided an accessible draft copy of the IEP not later than five (5) business days after the scheduled IEP or other multidisciplinary team meeting (Ed. Art. §8-405 and Appendix H Technical Assistance Bulletin 20 Provision of Accessible Copies of Documents to Parents).
Amended — Changes to the IEP may be made by creating an addendum that revises the student's IEP since the last approved document. Amendments to the IEP may be made either:
- By the entire IEP team, or
- As provided in 20 U.S.C. §1414(d)(3)(D) and 34 C.F.R. §300.324(a)(4) if the student's parent and public agency agree not to convene an IEP team meeting, but instead develop a written document to amend or modify the student's IEP rather than redrafting the entire IEP.
The purpose of an addendum is to make minor changes to the student’s IEP with the approval of both the parent and the public agency. Only those sections pertinent to the changes the parents and public agency agree to make are completed and only those sections need to be included with the previously approved document.
In making changes to a student’s IEP after the annual IEP team meeting for a school year, the parent of a student with a disability and the public agency may agree not to convene an IEP team meeting for the purposes of making such changes, and instead may develop a written document to amend or modify the student's current IEP. [20 U.S.C. §1414(d)(3)(D); 34 C.F.R. §§300.324(a)(4)] COMAR 13A.05.01.08B(4)]
The public agency must ensure that the student's service providers are informed of the amendment or modifications. The student's parent must be provided a revised copy of the IEP with the amendments incorporated. [20 U.S.C. §1414(d)(3)(F); 34 C.F.R §300.324(a)(6)]
When the student's IEP is amended, a public agency is required to maintain documentation reflecting the amendments and the agreement of both parties in accordance with local policies and procedures.
[34 C.F.R. §§300.324(a)(4) and 300.324(a)(6)] COMAR 13A.05.01.08B(6)]
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34 C.F.R. §300.324(a)(6), consistent with 20 U.S.C. §1414(d)(3)(F) requires the public agency to, upon request of the parent, provide the parent with a revised copy of the IEP with the amendments incorporated.
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School personnel are also required to provide the parent(s) an accessible copy of the completed IEP not later than five (5) business days after the scheduled IEP or other multidisciplinary team meeting. If the IEP has not been completed by the fifth business day after the IEP team meeting, the parent(s) is to be provided an accessible draft copy of the IEP not later than five (5) business days after the scheduled IEP or other multidisciplinary team meeting (Ed. Art. §8-405 and Appendix H Technical Assistance Bulletin 20 Provision of Accessible Copies of Documents to Parents).
Heading
The heading on this page and all subsequent pages identifies the document as a student’s IEP using the Statewide IEP form abd format. The heading includes:
- Student’s Name;
- Agency the student currently attends; and
- IEP team Meeting Date when the document was developed, reviewed, or revised by the student’s IEP team. The most recent date on which the IEP team approved an IEP date to be provided to Online Special Services Information System (SSIS) as “IEP Date.”
