Sunday, October 4, 2009

May A Child Be Placed In An Interim Alternative Education Setting More Than One Time Each School Year?

According to South Carolina's Office of Exceptional Children Policies and Procedures released April 6, 2009, the answer is "yes"; however, an LEA can not order a second IAES for the same incident of behavior. A child could be placed in a short term IAES several times if the removals are not more than 10 consecutive days or if they do not constitute a change in placement. If a child brings a gun to school, the school officials could impose one 45 school day IAES, and if the school believes returning the child to his placement specified in the chiild's IEP at the end of the 45 school day period is substantially likely to result in injury to the child or others, the LEA could ask a special education due process hearing officer to order an additional 45 school days in the IAES placement.

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