A Migrated IEP Amendment is used when a student has an existing IEP that was created before the PowerSchool Special Program application went live and that current student’s IEP requires an amendment. The IEP document was not created in PSSP to then be amended, therefore, the Migrated IEP Amendment document must be used. nd that IEP requires an amendment. Any information that has changed must also be updated in the student’s corresponding profiles to ensure compliance and accurate state reporting.
Will Sign Paper Copy
Select Will Sign Paper Copy if parental response and consent will be collected on a paper copy and not via electronic signature. If the parental response will be collected electronically, refer to “How to sign a document through digital signature”.
If there are required fields not yet completed, the system will display the following error message: Section was saved but is incomplete until all required fields (pink highlighted) are filled.
Completing the Migrated IEP Amendment
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Select Migrated IEP Amendment document and add an optional Label/Comment and click New. The system will create a draft document.
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The system will open to the cover page. The Student Name, ID, Date of Birth, English Learner, Grade and School will pull from the Student Information Profile. The student’s Disability will pull in from the Special Education Information profile and will flow to the newly created Plan History record.Once you open the ‘Draft’ version of the Migrated IEP Document, you will find the following 8 fields already pre-filled.
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The same would happen if you start by editing an existing IEP Document
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You will not be able to edit them from here.
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However, you must still verify that the information in the fields is correct.
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Pre-filled fields are Student Name, ID, Date of Birth, Age, Disability, English Learner, Grade, and School/Site.
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If the parent wants to sign a physical (non-digital) copy, check Will Sign Paper Copy. Doing so will disable any digital signature workflow later in the form.
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Select the checkbox if the IEP was amended without holding a review meeting.
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Use the date picker to fill in the Date of Amendment.
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The field “Amendment of IEP dated” auto-populates the
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The field “Annual IEP Due Date” auto-populates the
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From the displayed checkboxes, select all the options that describe all the IEP revision(s) discussed and agreed upon.
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If the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) was modified, from the drop-down list select the new LRE value. Upon finalization of the document, the system will create a new Plan History profile record with the newly selected LRE code, otherwise it will use the existing LRE value.
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If the Assessment Decision was modified, from the drop-down list select the new Alternate Portfolio value. Upon finalization of the document, the system will create a new Plan History profile record with the newly selected Alternate Porfolio code, otherwise it will use the existing Alternate Portfolio value.
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Add a detailed response to Description of the Revision(s). The text box is required.
The response to the above question can be captured in two ways:
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Rich text formatted in the textbox provided alongside the field.
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The rich-text feature also supports Spell Check (
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Voice-over narration captured as written text by clicking on the Speak Text Icon (
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Use the drop-down to select the Team members notified of the Amendment.
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Select one or more from the listed parents or guardians.
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If the Student had also participated, then select the checkbox to indicate the same. The name gets auto-populated.
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For other roles, use the Look-up or Non-Look-up feature to add relevant participants to the list.
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To add every additional entry for Team members notified of the Amendment, click the
Rearrange the sequence of the names on the ‘Others’ in the Team members notified of the Amendment list in any order.
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To move a name upwards in the list, use the
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Likewise, to move a name downwards in the list, use the
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To delete any name from the list click the
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Select Save, Done Editing.