I've had some recent questions from both ends - the home teacher sending IFSP records on to the LEA and the classroom teacher wondering what records need to be sent, kept, etc.
So, I went to the EA procedural manual:
"Since Early ACCESS is legislated through IDEA, the records are considered educational records. Any information admitted to the record, including health information becomes part of the educational record and is protected under FERPA. The child’s official educational record is maintained by the AEA due to Regional Grantee responsibilities for Part C.
Most districts do NOT want all that info as they have no where to store it and don't use it. So, we are typically sending the last/most recent IFSP to the district and AEA discipline reports. Please have conversations with your receiving teacher, legally, they can have a copy of the entire file, but through discussion come to an agreement of what records they need/want. No release of information is needed to exchange between AEA and LEA, but you do need a release to share files/records with private programs.
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