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Board discusses special‑education numbering, IEP language and child‑find policy
Summary
The board reviewed draft policies on special education, individualized education programs and child‑find, and discussed renumbering and clarifying language to group related rules.
The board reviewed several connected special‑education policies at the Sept. 15 work session and debated organizational and wording changes that would help district staff and the public find related rules.
Miss Dillard said the draft 6172 special‑education policy was largely the district’s existing language and that she had intentionally placed it adjacent to the IEP policy for discussion. Trustees pressed for consistent numbering: "So if 61 72 is special ed... then I would say keep that number and... renumber the other two to be in con[cert]," said Mister Dorn. Dillard and other administrators noted the district had been aligning its manual to AASB model policy numbering but could renumber locally if the board preferred.
Board members also raised operational points. Mister Dorn questioned where current law stood if parents refuse services for a child who needs them; Miss Hall answered, “We cannot provide special education services without expressed written consent from parents,” and said the district does not assume liability in that scenario. Trustees asked that child‑find policies be collated with IEP procedures so readers and staff do not have related rules scattered across the manual.
On procedural safeguards and complaints, Dillard said the draft aligns with the district’s due‑process language and uses AASB model wording. The board agreed to consider numbering changes that group special‑education items (special ed, IEPs, procedural safeguards, child find) into a cohesive subchapter.
No formal motions or votes occurred. The board directed administration to: consider renumbering to group related special‑education policies, confirm statutory language on parental consent and liability, and return revised drafts for first reading and legal review.
