Salt Lake City school board members acknowledged Thursday that the school district failed to conduct annual reviews of Individualized Education Plans for some students with special needs, as required by law.
that in some instances, students’ plans had not been reviewed for nearly three years, and that some students have graduated without an IEP review.
But one parent of a second-grader in the district said her child has been waiting for 864 days for an initial IEP evaluation. Ashley Weitz said she formally requested an IEP for her child in January 2020, and despite subsequent communication with the district, said she is still waiting. The district is also creating “a plan to improve its compliance percentages through not only a system of checks and balances, but also through specific professional development,” they said. “The Board of Education feels confident that the district will be able to see this plan to completion, and that district students will continue to receive the important services to which they are entitled.”
Weitz subsequently outlined her child’s need for special accommodations, due to asthma and hemophilia, in a document called a 504 and submitted it to the district, she said. In November 2020, she asked her child’s teacher about the IEP. The teacher agreed that she had noticed some needs with the child’s speech that could be addressed in an IEP, Weitz said.
Weitz said she filed complaints with the Utah Board of Education and the U.S. Office of Civil Rights after the district declined to assess her child remotely. A specialist had recommended that her child not be around other people after being hospitalized in November 2021, she said.
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