CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
SYSTEM: City of Baker School System
DATE OF SUBMISSION:
June 7, 2006
REGULATION REFERENCE: § 401.B.
DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY OF NON-COMPLIANCE: FAPE-Related Services. The school system is not providing related services to students removed to home
due to discipline problems.
GOAL # 1: Provide FAPE to all students in all settings.
BARRIERS TO GOAL: Consistency and accuracy of individual school’s tracking removal of students and forwarding the information to the Special Education
Supervisor and Staff.
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE GOAL
1.1. In order to correct the district’s failure to provide FAPE to
middle and high school students who were suspended/expelled
for over 10 days and who were identified under StudentSpecific Findings, or others whom the district has knowledge of,
the school system will offer compensatory educational
services.
DATE
ACTIVITY
BEGINS
May 3, 2006
PERSONNEL
RESPONSIBLE
Superintendent,
Special Education
Supervisor
DOCUMENTATION TO BE
SUBMITTED TO DEIA
a. Lesson plans for
compensatory education
DATE
DOCUMENTATION
IS DUE TO DEIA
September 15, 2006
b Letter, with prior approval
from DEIA, offering
compensatory services to
students/parents denied FAPE
c. A list of students qualifying
for compensatory educational
services, the number of hours
of compensatory education for
which the students are eligible,
parents’ names, phone
numbers, and decisions
regarding the students’
participation in compensatory
educational services
c. Copies of the IEPs offering
compensatory services
1.2. Contact Shawn Fleming (Shawn.Fleming@la.gov) or
Cheryl Steckley (Cheryl.Steckley@la.gov) of the Louisiana
Department of Education for technical assistance on
appropriate discipline procedures and positive behavior
interventions.
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August 2006
Superintendent,
Special Education
Supervisor
Names of LDE individuals
contacted,
Scheduled meetings for TA,
Scheduled trainings,
Other outcomes
September 15, 2006
DATE
ACTIVITY
BEGINS
PERSONNEL
RESPONSIBLE
DOCUMENTATION TO BE
SUBMITTED TO DEIA
DATE
DOCUMENTATION
IS DUE TO DEIA
1.3. Summarize the results of scheduled LDE technical
assistance meetings and technical assistance outcomes.
August 2006
Superintendent,
Special Education
Supervisor
Administrative Summary
December 1, 2006
1.4. Review and revise removal procedures of students with
disabilities to insure FAPE is provided to all students and all
procedures follow federal and state regulations.
March 2006
Superintendent,
Special Education
Supervisor
The school system’s revised
written discipline procedures
September 15, 2006
1.5. Provide professional development to regular and special
education staff, as well as Hearing Officers, on following all
federal and state regulations concerning student incidents of
misconduct.
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
Behavior
Interventionist,
IEP Facilitator,
Pupil Appraisal
Coordinator
Agenda with topics and
presenters,
Sign-in sheets,
Handouts including revised
discipline procedures
September 15, 2006
1.6. Develop a consistent and accurate Discipline Tracking
System.
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
Behavior
Interventionist,
IEP Facilitator,
Pupil Appraisal
Coordinator
Copy of Discipline Tracking
Logs reflecting that all students
subjected to
suspension/expulsion are
receiving FAPE, including
related services
September 15, 2006
1.7. Review removal procedures with administrators and
staff to ensure FAPE is provided to all students.
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
Behavior
Interventionist
Administrative summary
reflecting a monthly
administrative review of
Discipline Tracking Logs to
ensure that students removed
from regular settings are
receiving FAPE including
related services.
Turn in reviews of
September, October
and November on
December 1, 2006
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE GOAL
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CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
SYSTEM: City of Baker School System
DATE OF SUBMISSION:
June 7, 2006
REGULATION REFERENCE: § 401.B. and § 444.M.
DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY OF NON-COMPLIANCE: FAPE-Transitions Services. The system did not provide for the students beginning at age 16 or younger, if
appropriate, a coordinated set of activities that are designed within an outcome-oriented process that promoted movement from school to post-school activities that
result in meaningful and positive outcomes.
GOAL # 2: All students, ages 15 and above, will have transition plans that are individualized to the students’ future plans and needs and that focus on the courses
of study. Transition activities will be carried out through goals and objectives on the IEP.
BARRIERS TO GOAL: Teachers’ lack adequate knowledge of how to develop and implement appropriate Transition Service Pages and turnover of teachers.
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE GOAL
2.1. Correct all Student-Specific Findings of NonCompliance.
DATE
ACTIVITY
BEGINS
May 2006
PERSONNEL
RESPONSIBLE
DOCUMENTATION TO BE
SUBMITTED TO DEIA
Special Education
Supervisor,
IEP Facilitator
Copies of corrected IEPs
DATE
DOCUMENTATION IS
DUE TO DEIA
September 15, 2006
2.2. Provide professional staff development for middle and
high school special education teachers from Donna Alleman of
the Division of Family and Technical Education on “Linking
Transition Services to Students – Student Led IEPs/SelfDetermination.”
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
LDE Transition
Specialist – Donna
Alleman
Agenda with topics and
presenters,
Sign-in sheet,
Handouts
September 15, 2006
2.3. Provide professional staff development to middle and
high school special education staff concerning:
1) Reviewing the revised notification letter/procedures,
2) Identifying specific transition services based on
identified student goals and needs and writing
Transition Service Pages which accurately reflect
student needs and goals.
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
IEP Facilitator
Agenda with topics and
presenters,
Sign-in sheet,
Handouts
September 15, 2006
2.4 With the approval of LDE transition staff, revise IEP
Checklist used for internal self-review monitoring to include
post-secondary IEP transition compliance issues.
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
IEP Facilitator
Revised IEP Monitoring
Checklist approved by LDE
Transition Personnel
September 15, 2006
2.5. Use the revised IEP Checklist to conduct quarterly selfreviews of all IEPs for students 15 and older at middle and
high school sites to ensure compliance with state and federal
regulations.
August 2006
Special Education
Supervisor,
IEP Facilitator
Administrative summary of
quarterly self-review
monitoring results
December 1, 2006
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CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
SYSTEM: City of Baker School System
DATE OF SUBMISSION:
June 7, 2006
REGULATION REFERENCE: § 465.A.
DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY OF NON-COMPLIANCE: Facility Comparability: The special education resource room in one elementary school does not meet the
same standards and level of quality as do the classrooms provided to other students.
GOAL # 3: Comparable facilities for every special education class.
BARRIERS TO GOAL: None. (Resource rooms were moved after Hurricane Katrina to establish a regular education class.)
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE GOAL
3.1. Assign classrooms to special education teachers at
Baker Heights Elementary School which are comparable to
classrooms for regular education teachers.
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DATE
ACTIVITY
BEGINS
July 2006
PERSONNEL
RESPONSIBLE
Principal,
Director of
Instruction
DOCUMENTATION TO BE
SUBMITTED TO DEIA
Letter of assurance from
the Director of Instruction
that all special education
classrooms are comparable
to regular education
classrooms.
DATE
DOCUMENTATION IS
DUE TO DEIA
September 15, 2006