Who must attend IEP team meetings?
Federal law requires that at least one regular education teacher be a member of the IEP team (or ARD committee) if the student is or may be placed in a regular education setting. However, the law provides that members of the IEP team/ARD committee are not required to attend meetings if the parent of the student and the school district agree that the attendance of such member is not necessary because the member’s area of the curriculum or related services is not being modified or discussed in the meeting. If the member’s area of the curriculum is being discussed, the member can still be excused by submitting written input on the development of the IEP prior to the meeting. Also the law allows the parent and the school district to agree to make changes to an IEP after the annual IEP meeting without convening another meeting, but by merely making the changes in writing; by allowing the IEP team to meet via conference call or video; and by requiring school districts to consolidate IEP team
