The Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) is, in brief, a comprehensive statement of the educational needs of a disabled child and the specially designed instruction and related services to be employed to meet those needs. [1] In New York State, the IEP is produced by a Committee on Special Education (“CSE”), whose members are appointed by the board of education or trustees of the school district. [2]
I like to think of it as a contract between the school district and the family. An IEP contains a student’s present levels of educational performance (“PLEP”), short-term goals, long-term objectives, management needs, and programming recommendations, related services, and accommodations.
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[1] See 20 U.S.C. § 601(14).
[2] See N.Y. Educ. Law § 4402(1)(b)(1) (McKinney Supp. 2005).