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Riverview SD policy committee debates homework policy, agrees to add IEP guideline language
Summary
After a lengthy debate, the Riverview SD policy committee agreed to add explicit language to homework guidelines to ensure students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) receive accommodations for graded summer or out-of-term assignments, while resisting highly prescriptive rules that administrators said would micromanage teachers.
The Riverview SD policy committee on March 4 debated revisions to the district’s homework policy and reached consensus to add a guideline affirming that IEP accommodations must be honored for assignments that affect students’ grades.
The discussion centered on whether summer or out-of-term assignments that are graded should trigger the same accommodation requirements as in-term work. Board member Antonio Perez, who raised the issue in the policy session, argued that courts have treated graded summer work as part of a student’s educational record and therefore subject to IEP protections. "If I'm doing a piece of homework or something that is then used as…
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