1. Midwinter Legal Conference
MASSE Conference
Midwinter Legal Conference
Heather Burleson
SPED 6410
Dr. Alice Hoekstra

2. My Summary Day 1
There are a lot of supervisors and directors in the State of Michigan!
I hope to be one of them some day soon!
I was familiar with most of the topics!
Topics I have dealt with in the last few years! Especially the behavior topic!
I liked going through the case studies
Not surprised about the compliance trends/issues
New things I learned
Learned more about the law behind the issues deal with on a daily basis
Learned more about the Due Process at the State Level
Learned more about 504 and IHP Plan Laws

3. Legal Issue 1 Pre-Determination and Notice
IDEA requires districts to provide parents the opportunity for meaningful participation in IEP team decision making.
Consequence: Compromises FAPE
Opportunity for participation should be documented in a number of ways
Denial of Meeting looks like:
Pre-determination- IEP content is decided prior to meeting
Failure to facilitate

4. Legal Issue 1 Pre-Determination and Notice Continued
Most essential and important part of the IEP document and process
District must provide notice for the IEP Process
IEP and Notice Form are designed to talk to each other
Use the Notice Form to
Capture items that considered at meeting but not selected
Must put reason for non-selection
Should provide a reason that is backed by evidence and data based.

5. Legal Issue 2 Behavior Hot Topic Issue
Eligible Student vs Not yet Eligible Student
Not yet eligible student
Are Child Studies being implemented
Did other teacher or personnel express concern?
Was it followed up?
Should look at before behavior
Did parent make request for evaluation

6. Legal Issue 2 Behavior Continued
Always Exception to the rules!
Pattern of Exclusion
No bright line
Use the pattern of exclusion worksheet like a running record
Manifestation Reviews
Make sure to ask right questions
What was the behavior

7. Wrap Up Technical Difficulties Informational Day
I liked having the information about the different bills that impact education
I thought there would be more information
Informational Day
Good to sit and network/talk with other colleagues within my district who are supervisors