District Decision Tree: Cell Phone Bans & Students with Disabilities Purpose:To ensure any cell phone restriction complies with IDEA, Section 504, and ADA, preserves access to FAPE, and avoids predictable legal exposure. For every student who needs an exception, there should be a meeting. If the student is on an IEP, […]
This is part one of a two-part blog post on cell phone bans. This part talks about all the ways cell phones are used as assistive technology. Part two, which is in the process of being written, will describe a decision tree for districts on how to determine if a […]
The confusion here is far more conceptual than legal. Short answer: No. IDEA does not require that an “AT evaluation” or “AT assessment” be listed as a discrete item on a Permission to Evaluate (PTE) or Permission to Reevaluate (PTR) in every case. A district is not out of compliance simply because it uses a consultation-based, […]
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