Embedded Files
Model Policies & Procedures and Operating Standards
Operating Standards for Ohio Educational Agencies Serving Children with Disabilities
Ohio Department of Education Special Education Model Policies & Procedures
Department of Student Services Compliance Expectations
Third Grade Guarantee Decision Making Framework
The Office for Exceptional Children (OEC) updated version is posted on the OEC website A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education (previously "Whose IDEA is This?)
The translations of "A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education" are available. The translated versions are available in Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Ukrainian, and Urdu and Braille. Click here to go directly to the Ohio Department of Education website with these downloads.
Required Parent Notice of Scholarship Programs for Students with Disabilities Senate Bill 316 established a new requirement related to students with disabilities that becomes effective on September 24, 2012. Per Ohio Revised Code Section 3323.052, each time a school district completes an evaluation for a child with a disability, or undertakes the development, review or revision of the child’s IEP the district shall notify the child’s parent by letter or electronic means about both the Autism Scholarship Program, under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code, and the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program, under Sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code. Parental Notification of Scholarship Programs Click here to link to the Ohio Department of Education Scholarships program information
The "ETR Process Chart" is an excellent resource for understanding and explaining the evaluation process.
The Decision Framework for Special Transportation is used to determine when a student with a disability should be provided with “specialized transportation”, meaning curb-to-curb service. This form will now be a required part of a student’s IEP if specialized transportation will be provided instead of the student using standard transportation options. This form should be completed in EdPlan when discussing transportation.
OP-5 PARENT/GUARDIAN EXCUSAL FORM This form is an Ohio Department of Education form. This form is available in EdPlan. ODE requiresdforms are also listed at http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Special-Education/Federal-and-State-Requirements/Ohio-Required-Forms
CPS Forms (commonly used forms are available on the DSS Home page)
CPS-1 Teacher's Documentation of Interventions
Functional Behavioral Assessment
CPS-2 Referral to Intervention Assistance Team
CPS-2 Referral to Intervention Assistance Team - Spanish
CPS-4 Documentation of Academic-Behavior Intervention
CPS-14 Request for Interpreter is no longer used. The Interpreter Request Form is online.
Request for translation of an intervention or behavior plan, MFE, IEP or 504 If one of the parents or guardians speak a language other than English in the home, inform him/her of their right to have a copy of documents in English as well as translated into his/her native language by a district-approved translator. Use the following form to request translation: CPS-15 DSS Request for Document Translation
Other documents that have been translated into a variety of languages are available at Future Class Documents
CPS-7 Medical Diagnostic Evaluation Form
CPS-7V Eye Report for Children with Visual Problems
CPS-9 Request for Assignment of a Surrogate Parent
Worksheet for Determination of OHI Major or OHI Minor
Notice of Eye Examination - Parent Letter
EYE EXAM REQUIREMENTS - Ohio law (H.B. 95) requires that each student newly identified as a child with a disability must have a comprehensive eye exam at private cost. According to the law, Cincinnati Public Schools has no obligation to pay for this exam, unless the exam is required as part of an evaluation or re-evaluation. The following letter must be given to parents of newly identified students. Reporting Eye Exams Senate Bill (S.B.) 316 continues the requirement for students with disabilities to undergo a comprehensive eye examination within three months of receiving special education services for the first time.
Requesting Individual Instructor Assistant Services and/or Nursing Services
For students needing Supplemental Staffing (Interpreter Services, Individual Instructor Assistant Services and/or Nursing Services) the following form is required: Request for Supplemental Staffing Services
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