Planning Committee

9-18-97

Park City, Utah

Handout-OSEP presented to Montana

1. MAE's report from a recent LRP Conference

Official OSEP discipline guidelines will be available by the end of this week. These guidelines will serve as draft regulations until the September draft regulations come out

The draft regulations will be printed in the federal register for a period of 60-90 day timeline at which time, verbal and written feedback will be accepted.

5-6 or six regional meetings will be held across the country. Denver is the closest meeting to provide feedback.

Federal regulations will be in final form in April

We need to issue our draft regs in time for 1998-1999 school year

We can start our regs as soon as we get the draft regs

The EDLAW document is incorrectly numbered

2. National Monitoring Conference Report

IEP provisions are still scheduled to be in effect on 7-1-98

We are pushing on that issue to get them to go in effect for IEPs conducted on 7-1-98 and after.

3. Link to home page osep homepage-www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP
  1. Steve reminded the group of the purpose of this group as it was discussed during the first meeting

    2. If we are keeping the end in mind, that means that the end is to implement the Utah agenda not to implement PL 105-17.

    Steve talked about the State Improvement Grant activities.

  2. OSEP On-site visit is scheduled for the Week of October 20th-------

OSEP has directed states to continue monitoring this year as they are continuing to monitor. However, OSEP's monitoring activities will consist of helping states develop IDEA '97 Reauthorization Implementation Plans. Similarly, USOE will help districts develop implementation plans.

Proposed schedule for the OSEP Visit

OSEP Representatives- -Sheila Friedman and Chuck Laster

20th--Meeting with state staff

21st-- 9:30-USBEACH

1:00 Meeting with Planning Committee

22nd-10-2 Meet with SEA Finance Task Force part of the time

2-4 IEP taskforce

23rd -nothing yet hope they will leave

 

(Each Task Force is asked to meet during that week in Salt Lake City)

Before October 1st, each Task Force needs to draft a set of questions they would like to ask OSEP to answer during the week of October 20th.

Send note to cochairs

  1. The Planning Committee is concerned about emphasis in the new statute regarding the reduction of paperwork. There was some discussion regarding the idea of not going beyond federal requirements and also the idea of using state-wide forms.
  2. The SEA requirements Task Force was discussed. Four mini-task forces were setup. Margaret Lubke and Bruce Schroeder will facilitate the Task Force and the Mini-Task Forces. Members of the planning committee signed up for the Mini-Task Forces which inlcude CSPD and State-Wide Improvement Plan, Monitoring,
  1. The Discipline and IEP Task Force Reports

The Discipline and IEP Task Force co-chairpersons briefly reported on the progress of the two task forces. Issues discussed include:

Whether the state rules will come out of the work of the task forces

How the term "general curriculum" should be defined.

How the general curriculum apply to students with severe disabilities?

Steve reminded all of the Task Forces to keep in mind how their discussions and recommendations impact student with disabilities at the preschool level.

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