In IDEA 97, the “general curriculum” is mentioned often. What does it mean that an IEP must address how the student will be involved and progress in the general curriculum?
A. IDEA ’97 emphasizes that the ARD committee must make an individualized determination regarding how a student will participate in the general curriculum, and what, if any, educational needs which may not be met through the regular curriculum should be addressed in the IEP. The IEP’s annual goals should focus on how the child’s needs, resulting from his/her disability, can be addressed so that the child can participate, at the individually appropriate level, in the general curriculum offered to all students. If the child can participate in the general curriculum with commonly used modifications in regular classes, then annual goals would not have to be developed for each area, (e.g. English, reading, math). Only the area of the student’s disability (based on assessment) would need to have goals. The state has one curriculum for all students, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Students with disabilities may be on a different grade level in the curriculum than their age-ap
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