511 IAC 7-42-5 Case conference committee meetings

Sec. 5. (a) A CCC must convene in the following circumstances: (1) In accordance with: (A) the timelines in 511 IAC 7-40-5(d) after an initial evaluation is conducted; and (B) 511 IAC 7-40-8 after a student has been reevaluated. (2) Periodically, but not less than annually, for a student previously determined eligible for special education to: (A) review the student's IEP and determine whether the student's annual goals, described in section 6(f)(2) of this rule, are being achieved; and (B) revise the IEP, as appropriate, to address: (i) any lack of expected progress, based on progress monitoring data, toward the annual goals and in the general education curriculum, if appropriate; (ii) the results of any reevaluation conducted under 511 IAC 7-40-8, including any additional data about the student described in 511 IAC 7-40-8(l)(2); (iii) the student's anticipated needs; or (iv) other matters. (3) If either the parent or the public agency believes that a required component of the student's individualized education should be changed to ensure the provision of a free appropriate public education. (4) Within ten (10) instructional days of the enrollment date of a student who has been receiving special education in another state or another district within the state. (5) Within ten (10) instructional days of a disciplinary change of placement to determine whether the student's behavior is a manifestation of the student's disability in accordance with 511 IAC 7-44-5. (6) To determine the interim alternative educational setting when public agency personnel remove a student to an interim alternative educational setting in accordance with 511 IAC 7-44-6, unless the setting has been included in the student's IEP or behavioral intervention plan. (7) At least every sixty (60) instructional days when the setting in which the student is receiving educational services is the student's home or out-of-school location determined in accordance with section 11 of this rule. (b) A CCC meeting does not include: (1) informal or unscheduled conversations involving public agency personnel and conversations on issues such as: (A) teaching methodology; (B) lesson plans; or (C) coordination of service provision; or (2) preparatory activities that public agency personnel engage in to develop a proposal or response to a parent proposal that will be discussed at a later CCC meeting. (c) When a CCC is convened, the public agency must take whatever action is necessary to ensure the parent understands the proceedings of the CCC meeting, including arranging for an interpreter for a parent: (1) who is deaf or hard of hearing; or (2) whose native language is not English.