Students with Disabilities

Some children arrive at school with disabilities that affect their participation in educational program. Sometimes, these disabilities are known; sometimes they remain hidden until a parent or teacher raises a concern. When a student is believed to have a disability, Antelope View Charter School, like any public school, initiates the procedures established by the Local Education Agency, Center Unified School District, to identify and refer the student for evaluation in a timely manner. Special Education Services makes use of the same procedures to enroll all students, including students who are known to have a disability into Antelope View Charter School.

30 Day Trial Enrollment for Students with Disabilities:

All students, including students with disabilities, who apply for enrollment at Antelope View Charter School, first participate in a 30 day trial experience. During the trial enrollment all students, including students with disabilities, must demonstrate an ability and commitment to make use of the program at Antelope View Charter School in order to continue as regularly enrolled students in the program.

Students Served by Special Education - Interim IEP:

For students served by special education, an Interim IEP Meeting will be coordinated by the Resource Specialist and a notice will be delivered via mail to the 1.) Student and parent(s), 2.) Representative(s) of the Local Education Agency (LEA) from the district in which the student resides. The date and time of the Interim IEP Meeting will be coordinated by the Resource Specialist.

The Interim IEP developed at Antelope View Charter School will include:

• Feedback and recommendations documented in the current IEP and/or as provided by a representative of the LEA from the district in which the student resides,
• The established goals and objectives of a prospective student's active IEP unless the IEP team agrees that those goals and objectives are no longer appropriate, or
• Newly developed goals for a student whose most recent IEP has expired or whose current IEP goals have been deemed no longer appropriate by the IEP team.
• A date for review of the Interim IEP will be scheduled not later than 30 days from the date of the Interim IEP.

Continued Enrollment for Students with Disabilities - Intake Review Team:

Upon completion of a 30 day trial term of enrollment, all students, including students with disabilities, who demonstrate the ability and commitment to participate according to expectations in the program at Antelope View Charter School, will participate in an Intake Review Team meeting to complete regular enrollment paperwork.

The Intake Review Team will include: the parent(s), the student, a general education teacher, a special education teacher if applicable, and an administrative representative from Antelope View Charter School.

A student who does not appear to benefit from or to be committed to full participation in the Antelope View Charter School program will not be enrolled as a regularly attending student.

A student who appears to benefit from and to be committed to full participation in the Antelope View Charter School program will be enrolled as a regularly attending student.

Interim IEP Review:

Students served by Special Education with an Interim IEP will participate in a Review IEP Meeting in order to allow the team of individuals who know the student to develop an Annual IEP.

• At the Review IEP Meeting, previous and newly collected data and anecdotal information will be considered by a team to recommend appropriate services and develop new annual goals and objectives.
• The IEP team will include: the parent(s), the student, a special education teacher, a general education teacher, an administrative representative from Antelope View Charter School. A representative from the Local Education Agency (LEA) that has primary responsibility for the education of the student based on the student's home residence will be invited and has the option to attend the meeting.
• If any required member of the team can not be present for the meeting, this person can be included via phone conference call.
• Special effort, including the following, will be made to include the Local Education Agency (LEA) that retains responsibility for the education of the student based on the student's home residence:
  • Meeting notice by mail, and
  • Ordering student confidential file.
  • Some students participating in the 30 day trial program at Antelope View Charter School with the support of special education services may not appear able to benefit from or be committed to participate in the program. The IEP team will recommend that such students remain in their district of residence and will not recommend that the student be continued as a regularly enrolled student in the Antelope View Charter School.
• Students participating in the program at Antelope View Charter School with the support of special education services who appear able to benefit from and to be committed to participate in the program will be recommend for continued enrollment in the Antelope View Charter School, the IEP team will develop a new IEP offering services and describing a program of individualized education for the coming year.