Authority: IC 20-26-11-11.5

Affected: IC 20-26-11

Sec. 5. (a) Within five (5) business days of the school corporation's receipt of the written notice, the school corporation shall consult with the facility regarding the educational services, including any special education and related services to be provided to the medically placed student.

(b) As part of the consultation, the school corporation shall provide the facility with relevant documents from the medically placed student's education record, including the transcript of courses taken, current individualized education program (IEP) and most recent progress report or reports, and the name and contact information for the individual who will serve as the school's primary contact for the medically placed student.

(c) The facility shall immediately provide the medically placed student with the level of educational services and instruction comparable to that of a student attending the medically placed student's school corporation.

(d) For students previously identified under 511 IAC 7 as eligible to receive special education services, the facility shall do the following:

1. (1) Implement the IEP as written within three (3) business days of receiving a copy of the IEP from the school corporation.
2. (2) Provide the school with a copy of the periodic reports on the student's progress toward meeting annual goals at the same time it provides the report to the student's parent.
3. (3) Request that the school corporation convene a case conference committee meeting any time the facility believes the medically placed student's IEP needs to be modified.
4. (4) Implement any modified IEP as written.

(e) Any modifications to the IEP shall be made in accordance with 511 IAC 7-42.

(Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 1-6.1-5; filed Nov 25, 2014, 3:37 p.m.: 20141224-IR-511130561FRA; readopted filed Dec 1, 2020, 1:48 p.m.: 20201230-IR-511200548RFA)