Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IESBVI) August 17,

* Students perform at high levels * Students gain independence in areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum * Students are prepared at graduation for employment and/or post-secondary education * We continue to become more efficient 2

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Students gain independence in areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum 4

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Students who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired in Iowa * Future planning for effective and efficient services statewide * Administrative * Programmatic * Under the direction of Iowa Department of Management as required by Iowa Code 7

* Parents * Constituent Organizations * State Agency Leaders * AEA and LEA Leaders * Leaders from Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired * Leaders from Iowa School for the Deaf 8

* Study conducted summer and fall 2012 * Recommendations to the BOR by winter 2012 * Recommendations to the legislature by the Department of Management by 2013 legislative session * Planning for implementation from fall 2012 * Implementation to follow the legislative action – Phased in over two-five years. 9

* What might be the advantages and disadvantages of a regional model or centers to serve students? Regional centers may be in four or five locations in the state within an hour drive to receive services. * If Iowa had regional centers what would be the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the campuses at Council Bluffs and/or Vinton? Would their location allow for them to be used as regional centers? * What would be the advantages and disadvantages of continuing to provide services for students who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind on the campus in Council Bluffs and services for students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind from the campus in Vinton? 10

* What would be the advantages and disadvantages of providing services for students who are deaf, blind, visually impaired, hard of hearing or deafblind on a single campus? * What would be the advantages and disadvantages of a single campus being located centrally in the state? * What would be the advantages and disadvantages of a single campus located on the current Iowa Braille School campus in Vinton? * What would be the advantages and disadvantages of a single campus located on the current Iowa School for the Deaf campus in Council Bluffs? * What would be the advantages and disadvantages of centralizing the administration and coordination of services for students who are deaf, blind, hard of hearing, visually impaired or deafblind? 11

* § (a)(3)(i) IEP includes a description of how the child’s progress toward meeting the annual goals will be measured -5 non-compliant % compliant % * § (a)(2)(i)(A) IEP includes statement of goals designed to enable child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum % * § (a) IEP team membership % IEP team membership--participating agency for transition % IEP team membership-- student % 12

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