My son got in trouble today at school and wanted to suspend him. Fortunately, in his current IEP, it states that the disciplinary action should not be suspension and it lists other things. Of course, they want to change the IEP to have suspension as an option!!! I told them that I did not want to change this. What can I do? That want to have a meeting next week sometime...I'm going to refuse to sign it if they changed the IEP to include suspension. Would this lead to due process?Yes, my son does have a BIP and I told them I want to have a meeting to discuss updated it. I'm just so upset about all of this. I'll let you know what comes out of it. Thank you for the replies!The school definitely has the right to suspend your child, under certain circumstances, despite what is in his IEP. I suggest you intimately familiarize yourself with your own state's regualations on the discipline of children with IEPs. Up to 10 days per year of suspension is pretty-much up to the school district. After that, the District MUST formally seek to determine whether or not a student's misbehavior is a manifestation of his disability. If it is, the past suspensions are expunged but the school can seek to change placement. They can even change placement WITHOUT the parents' permission for up to 45 days if they believe the child is likely to do substantial bodily harm to himself or others or if drugs or weapons are involved. These regulations vary to some degree from state to state and they are more detailed than what I've written here, but this gives you some idea of what is likely to occur. My STRONG recommendation is that a new FBA be done and the BIP adjusted. If the BIP were working, the negative behaviors would not be occurring. What kind of Behavior Intervention Plan do you have in place. Make sure it is
a good one. I would even ask them to have a FBA done by an BCBA. Have
the BCBA then write up a BIP. Since you didnt mention the cause of the
problem, I am going to assume that it is behavior related. Tell them that you
think that having an behavior intervention plan would benefit your child in
the long run. Tell them that Intense Behavioral Intervention such as ABA
may help your child with his behaviors. It is unfair to punish him for the
very behaviors which makes him autistic. They need to have a Behavior Intervention Plan. I won't sign it either.
Do they actually expect you to agree to something that could be harmful to him. The IEP was written that way to begin with for a reason. Request a FBA so you can get him a better BIP. No way! If you don't agree don't allow them to change it.
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