State Of Vermont Special Education Rules
State of VermontSpecial Education RulesAdopted June 1, 2013
STATE OF VERMONTGOVERNORPeter ShumlinVERMONT AGENCY OF EDUCATIONSECRETARYArmando VilasecaVERMONT STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION2013Stephan Morse, ChairNewfaneSean-Marie Oller, Co-chairBenningtonLachlan Francis, Co-ChairPutneyLaura HarrisWillistonKrista HulingJeffersonBonnie Johnson-AtenMontpelierMargaret MacLeanPeachamWilliam MathisBrandonStacy WeinbergerBurlingtonMark PerrinMiddleburyThe Vermont Agency of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, creed,marital status, gender, disability, age or sexual orientation in its programs or activities.Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 2 of 169
Table of ContentsStatutory Authority. 10Introduction . 10Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 . 10General Provisions of Vermont’s Special Education Rules . 112360 Special Education in Vermont . 112360.1 Statement of Purpose . 112360.2 Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) (34 CFR §300.101) . 112360.2.1 FAPE for children beginning at age 3 . 112360.2.2 FAPE for students who have graduated. 122360.2.3 FAPE for students who have dropped out of school . 122360.2.4 FAPE for children advancing from grade to grade . 122360.2.5 FAPE for students who are incarcerated in adult correctional facilities . 122360.2.6 Residential Placement (34 CFR §300.104) . 132360.2.7 Assistive technology (34 CFR §300.105). 132360.2.8 Extended School Year Services (34 CFR §300.106) . 142360.2.9 Non-academic services (34 CFR §300.107) . 142360.2.10 Physical education (34 CFR §300.108) . 152360.2.11 Program options (34 CFR §300.110) . 152360.2.12 Special Education Services. 152360.2.13 Personnel Qualifications . 182360.2.14 Required Forms . 192360.2.15 Use of Insurance . 192360.2.16 Related Services. 212360.2.17 Individual Education Programs (IEP) (34 CFR §300.112) . 25Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 3 of 169
2360.2.18 Routine checking of hearing aids and external components of surgicallyimplanted medical devices (34 CFR §300.113) . 252360.3 Child Find (34 CFR §300.111) . 252360.4 Reserved . 28Part C – Vermont Rules Governing Services to Children Birth up to Age Three . 282360.5 Part C Early Intervention Services . 282360.5.1 Part C and CIS/EI Definitions. 282360.5.2 Public Awareness and Child Find (CFR §303.300-303.303; 303.311) . 352360.5.3 Screening (CFR §303.320, 303.421, 303.420(a)(1)) . 372360.5.4 Evaluation of the Child and Assessment of the Child and Family (34 CFR§303.321) . 392360.5.5 Eligibility (34 CFR §303.21) . 412360.5.6 Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP/One Plan) (34 CFR §303.340303.346) . 432360.5.7 Notifications of Transition at Age Three (CFR §303.209) . 472360.5.8 Late Referral Procedures . 482360.5.9 Transition Conference (CFR §303.209 (c) (d)) . 492360.5.10 Eligibility for EEE Services at Age Three . 502360.6 Records . 522360.7 Procedural Safeguards . 53Part B – Vermont Rules Governing Services to Children Ages Three through Twenty-One . 532361 Part B – Serving Children/Students Ages Three Through Twenty-One. 532361.1 Part B Definitions . 532361.2 Essential Early Education (EEE) Eligibility of Children Age Three Years Up To the .Sixth Birthday . 642361.3 Educational Placement in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) . 662361.4 Transition for Children Moving into Kindergarten . 66Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 4 of 169
2361.5 IEP Content . 672362 Eligibility for Children Ages Six Years through Twenty-One (34 CFR §300.306) . 602362.1 Categories of Disability . 692362.2 Procedures for Evaluation and Determination of Eligibility-Definition andPurpose . 762362.2.1 Initial Evaluations (34 CFR §300.301) . 762362.2.2 Evaluation Planning Team (EPT) – Membership . 782362.2.3 Re-Evaluation Requirements (34 CFR §300.303) . 792362.2.4 Evaluation Procedures . 792362.2.5 Additional Procedures for Identifying Children With Specific LearningDisabilities (34 CFR §§300.307-300.311) . 842362.2.6 Evaluation and Planning Team Report . 862362.2.7 Students Who Are Determined to Have a Disability, But Are Not Eligible forSpecial Education . 882362.2.8 Independent Educational Evaluation (34 CFR §300.502) . 892363 Individualized Education Program (IEP) (34 CFR §300.320) . 902363.1 Timelines (34 CFR §300.323) . 912363.2 Responsibility of LEAs for IEPs . 912363.3 Individualized Education Program Team (34 CRF §300.321). 912363.4 Parent Participation in IEP Meeting (34 CFR §300.322). 932363.5 Notice About IEP Meeting (34 CFR §300.322(b)). 952363.6 Development, Review, and Revision of IEP (34 CFR §300.324) . 952363.7 Content of IEP (34 CFR §300.320) . 972363.8 Consent for Initial Provision of Special Education Services (34 CFR §300.300(b)) . 1002363.9 Distribution and Explanation of the IEP Document (34 CFR §300.323(d)) . 1022363.10 IEP Requirements for Placements by LEAs in Independent Schools or TutorialPrograms (34 CFR §300.325) . 102Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 5 of 169
2363.11 IEP For A Student Moving Into The LEA When The Student Has Been Eligible Or WasBeing Evaluation For Special Education In Another State Or In Another Vermont LEACFR §300.323(e) and (f)) . 1032363.12 IEP Accountability . 1042364 Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). 1042364.1 General LRE Requirements (34 CFR §300.114) . 1042364.2 Continuum of Alternative Placements (34 CFR §300.115) . 1052364.3 Placements (34 CFR §300.116) . 1052364.4 LRE for Non-Academic and Extra-curricular Activities (34 CFR §300.117) . 1062364.5 Technical Assistance, Training and Monitoring Activities for LRE (34 CFR§300.119-120) . 1062364.6 Instruction for Homebound or Hospitalized Special Education Students . 1072365 Parental Rights and Confidentiality of Information . 1072365.1 Parental Rights . 1072365.1.1 Notice: Content of Notice (34 CFR §300.503) . 1072365.1.2 Procedural Safeguards Notice (34 CFR §300.504) . 1082365.1.3 Parental Consent . 1102365.1.4 Mediation . 1112365.1.5 Administrative Complaints . 1132365.1.6 Due Process Complaint Procedures . 1162365.1.7 Impartial Hearing Officer . 1302365.1.8 Finality of A Due Process Hearing Decision; Appeal . 1312365.1.9 Civil Action . 1312365.1.10 Attorneys’ Fees . 1322365.1.11 Child’s Status During Proceedings. 1342365.1.12 Transfer of Parental Rights at Age Majority . 1342365.2 Confidentiality of Information and Student Records . 135Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 6 of 169
2365.2.1 Notice to Parents . 1432365.2.2 Access Rights to Records . 1362365.2.3 Record of Access . 1372365.2.4 Records on More than One Child . 1372365.2.5 List of Types and Locations of Information . 1372365.2.6 Fees. 1372365.2.7 Amendment of Records at Parent’s Request . 1382365.2.8 Opportunity for a Hearing . 1382365.2.9 Result of Agency’s Hearing . 1382365.2.10 Hearing Procedures . 1392365.2.11 Consent . 1392365.2.12 Safeguards . 1402365.2.13 Destruction of Information . 1402365.2.14 Children’s Rights. 1412365.2.15 Disciplinary Information in Student Records . 1412366 State Funding for Special Education . 1422366.1 Special Education Service Plan . 1422366.2 Allowable Special Education Expenditures for State Formula Reimbursement . 1422366.2.1 Instructional Services. 1432366.2.2 Related Services. 1442366.2.3 Special Education Administration . 1442366.2.4 Evaluation Costs. 1452366.2.5 Costs of Placement in Approved Independent Schools . 1452366.2.6 Unallowable Expenditures . 1462366.2.7 Transition from Residential Placement . 1462366.2.8 Special Education Administration Costs . 147Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 7 of 169
2366.3 Special Education Expenditures Defined . 1472366.4 Financial Expenditure Report . 1482366.4.1 Appealing Late Fee Penalties . 1482366.4.2 Filing an Appeal of Penalties. 1482366.4.3 Appeal Decision . 1482366.4.4 Unforgiven Penalties . 1482366.5 Corrections Education . 1492366.6 Collaborative Programs . 1492366.6.1 Collaborative Program Definition; Tuition . 1492366.6.2 Collaborative Program Accounting. 1492366.6.3 Non-collaborative Tuition . 1492366.6.4 Excess Costs Procedure . 1502366.6.5 Allowable Costs Reporting . 1502366.6.6 (Reserved) . 1502366.6.7 Allocation of Attorney’s Fees . 1512366.6.8 Schedule of Special Education Payment and Reporting . 1512366.7 Reimbursement for the Costs of Educating State-Placed Children . 1522366.7.1 “State-placed Student” is defined in 16 V.S.A. §11(a)(28) . 1522366.7.2 LEA Reimbursement for Special Education Costs . 1522366.7.3 Payments for State-Placed Students in Residential Placements andOut-of-State Public Schools . 1532366.8 State Funding for Essential Early Education. 1532366.8.1 Essential Early Education Funds . 1532366.8.2 Essential Early Education Grants Funds . 1532366.9 Residential Placements . 1542366.9.1 State-Operated Residential Schools and Day Programs. 154Vermont Special Education Rules(Revised: 2013)Page 8 of 169
2366.9.2 Individual Residential Placements .
Vermont Special Education Rules (Revised: 2013) Page 2 of 169 STATE OF VERMONT GOVERNOR Peter Shumlin VERMONT AGENCY OF EDUCATION SECRETARY Armando Vilaseca VERMONT STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 2013 Stephan Morse,
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