Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part LVII - Bulletin 1872-Extended School Year Program Handbook
Chapter 5 - Eligibility Determination Procedures
Section LVII-529 - Excessive Absences
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LVII-529
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Students to be Considered
1. Students classified with a
disability who are absent during the school year for more than 25 days for
health related reasons without provision of hospital/homebound
services.
B. Definitions
1. Health-related conditions listed in
Standard 2.055.06 of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School
Administrators are as follows:
a.
extended personal physical or emotional illness as verified by a physician or
dentist;
b. extended hospital stay
as verified by a physician or dentist;
c. extended recuperation from an accident as
verified by a physician or dentist;
d. extended contagious disease within a
family as verified by a physician or dentist.
C. Steps to Applying Excessive Absences Criterion
1. Annual IEP
a. The IEP team discusses the student's
general health, past health, current health condition, etc., and in the event
they:
i. anticipate student absences because
of a diagnosed health condition in excess of 25 days without the provision of
hospital/homebound services; and
ii. believe these absences will result in the
student failing to make projected progress, he or she may qualify for
ESYP.
2.
Ongoing Data Collection/Screening
a. The IEP
team collects data throughout the school year (e.g., grades, behavior
checklists, task analyses, teacher observation logs). The data should indicate
the progress (or lack of) the student is making toward acquisition of his or
her goals and objectives.
b. The
teacher documents absences caused by a diagnosed health condition(s) (e.g.,
verification from physician, certification from child welfare and attendance
personnel that the absences were health related) or the provision of
hospital/homebound services.
3. Is the student eligible for
ESYP?
D. Questions
1. Has the student been absent for more than
25 days, because of a diagnosed health condition, without the provision of
hospital/homebound services?
2. Has
the student failed to master high priority (i.e., essential to the student's
overall functioning and continued educational progress) skills/objectives as a
direct result of the health-related absences?
3. Will failure to acquire these skills
seriously jeopardize the overall educational progress of the student?
4. Could the ESYP have a significant impact
on the student's ability to make continued progress toward the acquisition of
high priority goals and objectives absolutely necessary for his or her
continued progress in school?
a. Review
Student Performance/Progress
i. Do data
indicate lack of progress, or has the student kept up with school work in spite
of the health-related absences?
b. Decision Making
i. If the health-related absences have
negatively affected the student's educational progress and the ESYP could help
the student get back on track, then the student is eligible for ESYP.
5. Required
Documentation
a. Verification of
health-related absences;
b.
description of student's lack of progress on high priority skills/objectives
because of health-related absences;
c. description of the impact of providing and
withholding the ESYP on the student's ability to master high priority goals and
objectives;
NOTE: It is possible that excessive absences will not be indicated on the IEP as a criterion area, since the student's eligibility is based on the student having missed the days by the ESYP screening date. It is the responsibility of the teacher/instructional personnel to screen students who meet the conditions stated above for the ESYP.
d. Excessive Absences/Late Entry
Documentation form found on file at the department.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:1941 et seq.
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