SPP Guidelines

• Indicator 11 60-day Timeline FROM Parent Consent to Initial Evaluation: STARS Data Entry

General Guidance

• Class Size Memo
• Home Schooled Children with Disabilities
• Records Transfer and IDEA Funding
• Records Transfer for Students with IEPs
• Homeless Children and Youth IDEA 2004 Requirements
• Parental Consent Memo
• Prohibition on Mandatory Medication
• Dual Discrepancy Guidance Memo
  

• Accommodations Dos and Don'ts
• Final Ruling 1.0 Percent Rule
• How to request an exemption from the 1.0 Percent Rule
• Communication Considerations for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Communication Considerations 11x17 Guidance Poster
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Memo
• Addendum.DB.HI.7_2007
• SPED Directors Meeting Presentation
• New Mexico Academy Presentation
  

Behavioral

• Use of Time-Out Rooms as a Behavioral Intervention

CEIS Guidance

• CEIS Guidance
• 2008-09 Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS Under Part B of IDEA)

Evaluations

• Changes in K-3 SLD Evaluation and Eligibility: Deadline July 1, 2009 : Dual Discrepancy Model

Guidance for STARS

• How To Calculate Service Level
• How To Calculate Related Service FTE
• How To Figure Caseload Maximums
• How To Submit Extended Contract Documentation

• Clarification of 1999 Charter Schools Act
• Local Educational Agencies Responsibilities to Charter Schools
• Special Education Services for Students Attending Charter Schools

• Students in Hospital or Residential Settings Outside the Home District Memo
• Service to Out of State Students in Residential Treatment Facilities Memo

• Length of School Day and "Instructional Time"
• Shortened School Days for Students with Disabilities"

Model Form for Parent Revocation of Consent

• Parent Revocation of Consent
• English 09-341 Revocation of Consent Attachment
• Spanish 09-341 Revocation of Consent Attachment

NM BIE Guidance on Child Find

• NM BIE Guidance on Child Find

Personnel Issues

• Educational Assistant and Paraprofessional Personnel

Preschool Issues

• ECO Clarification on State Performance Plan Indicator 7
• ECO Progress Data Guidance
• Childhood Outcomes Summary Form
• ECO Petition
  

Prohibition on Mandatory Medication

• IDEA 2004 - Prohibition on Mandatory Medication

• IDEA 2004: Children in Private Schools

Related Services

• Frequency of Service Stated on an IEP

Physical Restraints

• Use of Physical Restraint as a Behavioral Intervention

SPP Guidelines

• Indicator 11 60-day Timeline FROM Parent Consent to Initial Evaluation: STARS Data Entry
• Performance Plan Indicator 11 Q&A

Student Discipline Technical Manual

• Guidance on Specific Disabilities
• Flow Charts