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Policy committee holds changes to student-assignment rules, asks for clearer IEP language
Summary
The Upper Dublin School District policy committee delayed final action on proposed changes to student-assignment rules, directing administrators to tighten IEP-based placement language, clarify transportation and grandfathering, and craft an exception form for superintendent review.
The Upper Dublin School District policy committee on a March policy-committee meeting deferred final action on proposed changes to Policy 206 governing student assignments and variance requests, directing administrators and the solicitor to draft clearer language limiting non-IEP exceptions and to develop an exception form.
Administrator Speaker 4 presented historical variance data, saying the district saw between 17 and 46 variance requests in recent years and noted 33 requests this year. "We tried to break them out...school preference requests are really where the majority of our requests are," Speaker 4 said, giving the committee an example that 12 students who live in…
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