The student is learning the use of a word prediction program. IEP in effect at the beginning of the school year required sign language interpreter services. There was no interpreter from the beginning of the 1994-95 school year until November, 1994. The department acknowledges that the district was trying to accommodate parental wishes when they agreed to the parents' request to return their son to the Iola-Scandinavia School District. However, the district's first priority must be the child and the child's educational progress.
Due process is available to the district and the parent to resolve disputes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code, Section PI 11.05 Individualized education program. Beginning no later than age 16 and at a younger age, if appropriate, an annual statement of the needed transition services which includes a coordinated set of activities to be provided to the child, including, if appropriate, a statement of the board's, each public agency's, and each participating agency's responsibilities or linkages, or both, before the child leaves the school setting. If appropriate, include acquisition of daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation. If a child does not need transition services in one or more of the areas under subd. In an interview with department staff, the parent stated that she has concerns around his difficulty in communicating.