MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION MID-CYCLE REPORT Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: December 5, 2012 Date of this Report: May 15, 2013 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS IN TWO SECTIONS. Required Special Education Criteria Monitored in this Mid-cycle Review Current special education criteria available by scrolling down to the special education instrument at Criterion Criterion Implemented Criterion Partially Implemented (PI) or Not Implemented (NI) Method(s) of Investigation Basis of Determination about Criterion If Partially Implemented or Not Implemented: Required Corrective Action and Timelines for Implementation (b) Progress Report Due Date(s) and Required Elements SE 7 Transfer of Parental Rights at Age of Majority Document Review Interviews Student Record Review Document review, interviews and student records demonstrated that the charter school consistently notifies parents and students of the transfer of educational decision-making rights one year prior to students reaching the age of 18. Student records confirmed that IEP Teams add a statement in the IEP documenting that parents and
and social relations with groups, peers and adults, are consistently completed for initial evaluations and and are placed in the student record. SE 9 Timeline for determination of eligibility Interviews Student Record Review A review of student records and interviews indicated that the school’s IEP Teams consistently determine a student’s eligibility for special education and either propose an IEP and placement or provide a written explanation of the finding of no eligibility within 45 days of receiving written parental consent. SE 11 School District Response to Parental Request Independent Educational Evaluation Partially Implemented Document Review Staff Interviews Document review and interviews with administrative staff indicated that the school’s independent educational evaluation (IEE) policy offers the opportunity for an independent evaluation upon request for 16 months following a district evaluation as required. However, this policy does not contain information on the sliding fee Please revise the school’s written policy for independent educational evaluations to include all the elements using the Administrative Advisory available at SPED 2001-3 guidance as the basis: . Please provide training to the IEP Team chairpersons regarding the revised procedures for IEEs. Please be Please provide to the Department the revised written policy for responding to parent requests for independent educational evaluations by June 7, 2013. Please provide
Team meeting. Conduct an internal review of student records to ensure that IEPs and placements are proposed to parents within 10 days. Please sample approximately 3-4 records per grade level from IEP Team meetings convened after all corrective actions have been implemented. *Please note that when conducting internal monitoring the district must maintain the following documentation and make it available to the Department upon request: a) List of student names and grade level for the record review; b) Date of the review; c) Name of person(s) who conducted the review, their roles(s), and their signature(s). Please submit the report of the results of the internal review of records. Please include the number of records reviewed and the number of student records in compliance. For all records not in compliance, please determine the root causes(s) of the noncompliance and submit the district’s plan to remedy the noncompliance. This progress report is due October 28, 2013. SE 22 IEP Implementation Partially Implemented Interviews Administrative staff interviews indicate that the school has no formal procedure for informing Develop a protocol and procedure for informing all teachers and related service Submit evidence of staff training, to include but not