Key Secondary Transition Provisions

Student Participation - Details of requirements for student involvement in development of the IEP.

 

Agency Participation - Description of requirements for agency participation in providing agreed-upon transition services contained in the IEP.

 

Postsecondary Goals - Description of requirements for inclusion in IEP of appropriate post-secondary goals based upon age appropriate transition assessments.

 

Secondary Transition Services - Description of transition services, including courses of study, to be included in the first IEP to be in effect when the student is 16.

 

Procedural Safeguards: Transfer of Rights - Description of procedural safeguard rights associated with IDEA which transfer to the student at the age of majority.

 

Summary of Performance - Description of the requirement for a Summary of Performance provided to students graduating from secondary school with a regular diploma, or leaving due to exceeding the age eligibility for a free appropriate public education.

 

Summary of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (SOP) - School districts may use the Summary of Performance as a tool to assist Vocational Rehabilitation in determining eligibility.