IEPs must include “a statement of any individual appropriate accommodations that are necessary to measure the academic achievement and functional performance of the student on state and district-wide assessments.”1 The IEP form used in Louisiana contains several pages of accommodations that the IEP team can select from for use in both classroom instruction and testing and in statewide assessments.2 The list of accommodations, which is not exhaustive, includes modifying the manner in which information is presented to the student; how the student’s response is collected; the timing and scheduling of instruction, tests, and assignments; and the instructional or testing setting for a student.3
Special education regulations also specify a number of supplementary aids and services that must be included in the IEP if determined to be necessary for the provision of FAPE. These supports can include a public or private residential placement, assistive technology devices and services for use at school and at home, nonacademic and extracurricular services needed to provide an equal opportunity for participation in those activities, and regular or special physical education services.4 IEPs can also include additional supports and services within attached Individual Health Plans, Parental Communication Plans, and Behavior Intervention or Support Plans. Thus, IEP teams have a wide array of modifications and supports available to ensure that special education students are receiving FAPE.
- 1La. Bulletin 1706 § 320(A)(6); 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(IV).
- 2See La. Dep’t of Educ., Individualized Education Program Form 5–11.
- 3See id.
- 434 C.F.R. § 300.104–.108; La. Bulletin 1706 § 104–108.