Is an ARD still required if a student makes an F in two consecutive reporting periods?
A. An ARD is no longer required for consecutive Fs. However, teachers should be monitoring grades and adjusting teaching strategies if appropriate to assist the student toward mastery of the curriculum. If it could later be shown that a teacher did not follow appropriate modifications or that an ARD was not held to address lack of progress, the student would be eligible for compensatory services and even damages of some sort if legal action by the parent determined that instructional progress was lost because of lack of modifications. Well-documented reasons for student failure can be defended if the IEP was followed correctly. Examples of these are: absences, illness, medication changes, refusal to do work, etc .Keep in mind that an ARD must be held to address any lack of expected progress toward the annual goals and/or in the general curriculum, where appropriate. 29 USC (d)(4)(A)(ii)(l).
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