Interim Placement

Whenever a student in special education transfers from one LEA/district to another, the LEA/district receiving the student shall: 

• Request records from previous LEA/district as soon as student is enrolled in the new LEA. 
• If the previous LEA/district did not use SEIS, manually enter student information to create a new student record (SELPA minimum requirement is CASEMIS A&B tabs). 
• Complete the “Interim Placement Form” (located in the SEIS Document Library) and give it to parents. Obtain parental signature. The special education services will begin on the first day of attendance. The LEA/district will provide the student with a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), including services comparable to those described in the previously approved IEP. 
• Current information, records, and reports from the previous LEA/district will be reviewed and utilized to develop an Interim IEP. Prior to the Interim (30 day) IEP meeting, the LEA/district will determine if any additional assessment is required in order to determine student’s educational needs and make program recommendations. If an additional assessment is required, an assessment plan will be developed, and parent's signature obtained. 
• An Interim (30 day) IEP meeting is held to review the placement/offer of FAPE (including review of goals, accommodations & modifications, services and educational environment, etc.) within 30 days of the student’s first day of instruction. 
• At this Interim (30 day) IEP meeting the LEA/district will adopt the previously approved IEP or develop and implement a new IEP based on updated assessment results and/or review of records. 

Additional resources (including easy-to-follow flow charts) on Interim Placements are available in the SEIS Document Library (under “Newly Joining Partners: Change of SELPA for schools that already existed”).