eSignature Legality for Leave of Absence Agreement in United States

How to eSign a document: eSignature legality for Leave of Absence Agreement in United States

and I've done similar videos in the past covering behavior and IEP meaning procedure in an IEP meeting but I'm going to cover this again when it comes to parental participation that is all that's required is your participation in the IEP meeting in the development of the IEP of the Amendments of the IEP it does not require your agreement or disagreement that is a completely different um requirement or process that has to do with things like requesting another IEP meeting or asking for mediation or filing due process if it's something very serious where you're requiring stay put okay but as far as just a general IEP meeting your participation denotes that you are present in the development Now understand that a lot of people get confused with regards to signature page and guys I don't care what state you're in I know that there are there are some states that that you know you're supposed to sign whether you agree or you disagree but at the same time the rules the federal rules are very basic and the federal rules are what's applying okay it's not necessarily the state that you live in to where it somehow supersedes uh the the federal measure the reason some states for example or even some schools ask for your approval or your rejection of the IEP meeting and what occurred at that meeting is simply as evidence guys that's it it does not prevent that IEP from moving forward why is that because it's the school system that has a legal responsibility to provide a fape not you and so a parent cannot stop the legal duty of the public school system simply by refusing to sign the IEP or by even putting on some paper that the school provides to you that I disagree with the IEP that in and of itself is not sufficient it's just a marker it's just a marker that there's a disagreement here now how do you if there is a fundamental substance of a disagreement on your IEP team to where let's say there's a change in least restrictive environment to where your child is going to be moved to a different placement that you highly disagree with well at that point guys you have to file a due process complaint you can't just sit there and say well I disagreed on the IEP that it's just a legal marker it's just a legal marker whether consensus was achieved because that is what we're seeking in every IEP meeting is consensus consensus that means everybody agrees but at the same time let's say the school agrees but you don't agree this is where your due process rights would trigger or you have Alternatives you can file a state complaint you can ask for mediation or you can ask for another IEP meeting it doesn't mean that whatever is is put into place to be implemented tomorrow or on on the next school day Monday that it does not include the components that you disagree with why is that because the school system is the one with the legal responsibility to provide a not you and so you know I I wish it was that easy to where a parent would have some kind of veto power and all it would take is Abracadabra I'm signing that I disagree and you can't do anything until we work that out that mechanism does exist but it exists in the form of having to draft a complaint due process complaint filing that complaint having an assigned hearing officer um assigned to your case and asserting within that that you're requesting to stay put which means that the I what the current IEP would revert back to the last agreed upon because this one is in dispute now there's other mechanisms that can occur so I don't want to sit there and make anybody think that it's an absolute that you can stay put and everything's fine uh there are nuances there as well that I would need to explain in another video but by and large that is how you do it if there is a true fundamental disagreement other than that guys there can be disagreements but the IEP can continue to be implemented even with those things that you don't agree with that's why we have a two-year statute of limitations in most of the states except for North Carolina which is one year is those statute of limitations are there just in case there are aspects of the IEP that you disagree with but it's not to a point to where you absolutely believe that fape can't be provided and you know you need to sit there and file a due process complaint let's say you sit there and you go look I don't necessarily necessarily agree with you I don't necessarily think that this is what needs to happen but I'm going to give it some time and then at that point hopefully the data collection uh you know goes in your favor or in the school's favor to where fape is provided or if it doesn't and you had requested something that they had rejected then at that point here's your evidence you notated on your signature page that you disagreed there's your marker you see just like the states that that have you sign whether you agree or you disagree that is an evidentiary marker of this is where there was not consensus it is beneficial when it comes to let's say a due process case when we're trying to figure out remedial services or compensatory services and when those should be calculated but other than that the goal in an iept meeting is always consensus if that is not achieved there are mechanisms to reduce through our dispute resolution options that you can do to truly take care of it outside of that it's just a disagreement it does not prevent the IEP that you disagree with from moving forward unless you file and due process complaint and assert State put