How Are Special Education Services Refunded In Michigan

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal civil rights law that ensures eligible children with disabilities receive a gratuitous appropriate public education (FAPE) in the to the lowest degree restrictive environment (LRE). Each state must follow the Idea, and may also create boosted laws and rules. In Michigan, those rules are the Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education (MARSE).

Federal Laws and Regulations

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The Thought statutes and regulations are on the U.South. Department of Teaching's website.

Procedural Safeguards Find (PDF)
The procedural safeguards outlined in the IDEA protect the rights of parents and students. Each country must create a procedural safeguards detect for parents. The certificate is available in other languages in the Notice and Consent section of the website.

Implementing Regulations for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Michigan Laws and Rules

Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Educational activity (MARSE) (PDF)
The MARSE outlines specific requirements regarding how special education is to be implemented in Michigan.

Michigan Authoritative Rules for Special Teaching (MARSE) With Related IDEA Federal Regulations (PDF)
Michigan rules are aligned to federal regulations. This document contains the Michigan rules and relevant federal regulations.

Michigan School Code – PA 451 of 1976
The state instruction law includes specific special didactics provisions.

Policies

Policy documents provide data to aid interpret and implement the law. The documents are not laws or regulations.

Emergency Use of Seclusion and Concrete Restraint (PDF)
The Michigan State Board of Education adopted a policy for schools to comply with the state police that restricts the use of seclusion and restraint in schools.

Emergency Utilize of Seclusion and Physical Restraint Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

Seclusion and Restraint Documentation Form (PDF)
Schools must document each apply of seclusion and restraint.

Seclusion and Restraint Debriefing Form (PDF)
After each use of seclusion and restraint, schools must hold a debriefing meeting with parents and complete this form.

Michigan Criteria for Determining the Existence of a Specific Learning Inability (PDF)
The criteria describe the state-canonical options districts can use to evaluate a pupil for a specific learning disability.

Standards for Extended School Twelvemonth Services in Michigan (PDF)
The Michigan State Board of Education adopted these standards to outline what must exist considered when determining if extended schoolhouse year services are necessary.

Guidance for Extended Schoolhouse Year Services (PDF)
Individualized education program (IEP) teams must determine if extended school year services are necessary.

Providing Homebound and Hospitalized Educational Services for Michigan Public Schoolhouse Pupils (PDF)
The Country School Assist Act requires school districts to provide services to students who are homebound or hospitalized, including special education services for eligible students.

Policy for the Appointment of Surrogate Parents for Special Education Services (PDF)
The State Lath of Pedagogy adopted a policy for appointing surrogate parents to comply with the Idea. The IDEA requires that states ensure students without a parent or guardian, as defined in the Idea, have a surrogate parent to brand educational decisions for the educatee.

Surrogate Parents and Special Education Decision-Making Guidance (PDF)
Public agencies must select and train surrogate parents in compliance with the IDEA.

Research Tool

The Michigan Special Education Reference (MI-SER) provides admission to federal and state special instruction law and policy information and resources. The database includes a comprehensive search tool.

Link to Michigan Special Education Reference