Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part LVII - Bulletin 1872-Extended School Year Program Handbook
Chapter 5 - Eligibility Determination Procedures
Section LVII-531 - Late Entry Into School
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LVII-531
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Students to be Considered
1. Students who
enroll after January 1st and prior to the screening date and have insufficient
records/documentation to determine eligibility; there is usually insufficient
time to collect all instructional data necessary to determine eligibility via
other criteria.
B. Definitions
1. Late Entry. The student
enrolls between January 1st and the ESYP screening date.
C. Steps to Applying Late Entry Criterion
1. Annual IEP
a. The IEP team discusses:
i. the student enters special education
between January 1st and the ESYP screening date;
ii. whether the student has accompanying
records/performance information;
iii. whether the student is expected to be
enrolled for insufficient time for the IEP team to collect adequate data to
make an eligibility decision; and
iv. in the event the student fails to make
the progress projected on the IEP, the student may qualify for ESYP.
2. Ongoing Data
Collection
a. If possible, accompanying
records from the previous instructional setting are secured.
i. Data are collected on an ongoing basis
(e.g., grades, behavior checklists, task analyses, teacher observation
logs).
3. Is
the student eligible for ESYP?
a. Questions
i. Did the student enter the program between
January 1st and the screening date with insufficient time and data necessary to
determine eligibility via any of the other criteria?
ii. Is the student failing to make the
projected progress on his or her high priority goals and objectives?
iii. Is there evidence that the ESYP could
have a significant impact upon the student's ability to master high priority
(i.e., objectives/skills essential to overall functioning and continued
educational progress) goals and objectives?
b. Review Student Performance/Progress
i. Data indicate the student has adapted and
is making progress in the program or data indicate that the student is having
trouble adjusting and is not making progress.
c. Decision Making
i. If the student is not making the progress
expected and/or there was insufficient time to collect data to determine
eligibility for ESYP and the teacher/instructional personnel feels that the
ESYP could have a significant impact on the student being able to meet high
priority goals and objectives, then the student is eligible for the
ESYP.
4.
Required Documentation
a. Documentation that
the student entered between January 1st and the screening date (indicated by
the date of the IEP);
b.
description of the student's inability to make the progress
projected;
c. description of the
impact of providing and withholding the ESYP on the student's ability to master
high priority goals and objectives;
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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