DOE Documents for Special Education

Please be advised that when a teacher loses hislher preparation period due to attendance at an IEP conference, this conference shall not be considered an "emergency", therefore the teacher must be compensated.

"Brown Bag Briefing" for Tweed staff, Aug. 2010.

January 2005

This correspondence provides updated information regarding the evaluation and placement of students with disabilities and students suspected of being disabled and also serves as a reminder regarding current practice for evaluation processes and IEP Team meetings. UFT summary of the DOE memo is attached as page 1.

This memo, dated May 26, 2010, provides updated information regarding the frequency, duration and location of related services. It clarifies that travel time may not be included as part of the direct service time. It also clarifies that related services can be provided in a location outside of the classroom for students who receive instruction in special classes and provides new information about how location of service must be documented on the IEP.

The State Board of Regents voted to change state regulations, effective Dec. 8, 2010, to eliminate minimum service requirements for speech and language services and minimum instructional service requirements to meet the language needs of students with autism. The new state regulations also allow schools to add an additional 13th student with a disability to a collaborative team teaching (now called integrated co-teaching or ICT) class by notifying the State Education Department and to add a 14th student to a ICT class only with prior approval by the State Education Department.

June 20, 1997

DOE Division of Human Resources, Oct. 28, 2009.

February 2009