1. Brielle Elementary School Special Education Monitoring Summary
Figures are considerably above the state average.

2. Pre-School

3. Parent Interviews
Many parents expressed a level of satisfaction with the district’s programs, services and staff.
Parent concerns were expressed as follows:
1. Limitations of part-time Child Study Team.
2. Difficulties with communication and scheduling meetings.
3. Additional concerns regarding provision of programs, individualized decision –making and access to general education programs (Pre-School).

4. Compliant Standards
The following standards were found consistently compliant during the on-site monitoring are as follows:
1. General Provisions
2. Transition to Pre-School
3. Discipline
4. Statewide Assessment
5. Graduation
6. Programs and Services
General Provisions- Compliance with all state and federal regulations
Transition to Pre-school- Early intervention, meeting timelines for placement
Discipline- follow all guidelines, behaviorists, manifestation determination.
Statewide Assessment- 100% participation in either the state assessment or APA
Graduation- All students are able to participate in Brielle school graduation
Programs and Services- CST are all certified staff inclusive of LDT-C, Psychologist, Social Worker, Speech and Language Correctionist, Pathologist, OT, PT. Programs are offered 5 days a week (PSD- minimum of 10 hours per week)

5. Compliant Areas
1. Oversight and implementation of Individualized Education Program (IEP).
2. Extended School Year.
3. Provision of programs.
4. Consent.
5. Implementation without undue delay.
6. Provision of notice of of a meeting.
7. Content of notice of meeting.
8. Notices in Native Language

6. 9. Interpreters at meeting.
10. Independent evaluations.
11. Child find ages 3-21.
12. Pre-referral interventions.
13. Direct referrals.
14. Health summary.
15. Educational impacts statement for students eligible for speech-language services (ESLS).
16. Standardized assessments.
17. Functional assessments.
18. Bi-lingual evaluations.
19. Written reports prepared by evaluators.
20. Re-evaluation when change of eligibility is considered for all students eligible for special education and/or related services.

7. 21. Re-evaluation timelines
22. Re-evaluation planning meeting participants
23. Re-evaluations prior to age 5.
24. Procedures and documentation efforts when parental consent cannot be obtained.
25. Eligibility meeting participants, statement of eligibility, criteria and required signatures of agreement or disagreement with rationale.
26. IEP participants, required considerations and components (ESERS), implementation dates, IEP provided to parent prior to implementation, annual meetings (or more) completed by June 30.

8. 27. Teachers informed of their responsibilities.
day timelines.
29. Documentation of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).
30. Notification of and participation in non-academic and extracurricular activities for students educated outside of the district.
31. Opportunities for all students with disabilities to access all general education programs, continuum of programs and placement decisions based on student’s individual needs.

9. Areas of Need
The district identified and corrected the provisions for written notice for ESERS prior to the on-site monitoring process.
Other areas identified by the district:
1. Provision for related services.
2. Transfer procedures for Eligible for Speech and Language Services.
3. Referral process, identification meeting timelines, identification meeting participants.
4. Copies of evaluation reports 10 days prior to meeting.
5. IEP required considerations and components (ESLS).
6. Statements of transition service needs (high school).

10. On-site monitoring- The monitor found the following additional areas of need:
1. Vision and hearing screenings (Not consistently conducted for every Initial Evaluations).
2. Multi-disciplinary evaluations (Pre-school).
3. Re-evaluation when a change of eligibility considered (ESLS).
4. Student and agency invitation to meetings.
5. IEP graduation requirements.

11. Improvement Plan
Many of the areas of need have been addressed since the monitoring took place in November. The date completed will be documented in the plan.
The Improvement Plan is currently being revised to resubmit within forty-five (45) days to the Office of Special Education Programs as per the code.

12. Contacts
If you have questions, comments or would like to review the revised Improvement Plan, please contact
Marci L. Grabelle, Director of Special Services, Brielle Elementary School, 605 Union Lane, Brielle, NJ 08730
, ext. 201