Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part XXI - Interstate Compacts › Chapter 721 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN › Article V - Placement & Attendance

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A.
				Course placement-When the student transfers before or during the school year,
				the receiving state school shall initially honor placement of the student in
				educational courses based on the student's enrollment in the sending state
				school and/or educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending
				state if the courses are offered. Course placement includes, but is not limited
				to, Honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational,
				technical and career pathways courses. Continuing the student's academic
				program from the previous school and promoting placement in academically and
				career challenging courses should be paramount when considering placement. This
				does not preclude the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent
				evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the
				student in the course(s).
B.
				Educational program placement-The receiving state school shall initially honor
				placement of the student in educational programs based on current educational
				assessments conducted at the school in the sending state or
				participation/placement in like programs in the sending state. Such programs
				include, but are not limited to: 1) gifted and talented programs; and 2)
				English as a second language (ESL). This does not preclude the school in the
				receiving state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate
				placement of the student.
C.
				Special education services-1) In compliance with the federal requirements of
				the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
				20 U.S.C.A. Section
				1400 et seq., the receiving state shall
				initially provide comparable services to a student with disabilities based on
				his/her current Individualized Education Program (IEP); and 2) In compliance
				with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act,
				29 U.S.C.A. Section
				794, and with Title II of the Americans with
				Disabilities Act, 42
				U.S.C.A. Sections 12131 -
				12165, the receiving state shall
				make reasonable accommodations and modifications to address the needs of
				incoming students with disabilities, subject to an existing 504 or Title II
				Plan, to provide the student with equal access to education. This does not
				preclude the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent
				evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student.
D. Placement flexibility-Local education
				agency administrative officials shall have flexibility in waiving
				course/program prerequisites, or other preconditions for placement in
				courses/programs offered under the jurisdiction of the local education
				agency.
E. Absence as related to
				deployment activities-A student whose parent or legal guardian is an active
				duty member of the uniformed services, as defined by the compact, and has been
				called to duty for, is on leave from, or immediately returned from deployment
				to a combat zone or combat support posting, shall be granted additional excused
				absences at the discretion of the local education agency superintendent to
				visit with his or her parent or legal guardian relative to such leave or
				deployment of the parent or guardian.