They're Preferences, not Policies.
Districts are obligated to provide their gifted students with an education of 'meaningful benefit'
each year. Meaningful benefit is determined based on the needs of the student.
Your district cannot have policies
in place which preclude them from providing an 'education of meaningful benefit' to a particular gifted student. Because
of this, parents of identified gifted children should consider their district's gifted education policies more as districtpreferences during the Gifted IEP meeting.
A district may prefer to offer only gifted pull-out programs, they
may prefer to not allow for acceleration, or they may prefer to wait until third grade to offer gifted education services,
but districts cannot - by policy - prevent your child from having necessary gifted educational services. That includes
their receiving gifted services in a regular ed classroom, or their being accelerated in a subject or grade, if those
gifted services are necessary to provide the child an education of meaningful benefit, to them.
Districts have
policies. I believe parents should have policies, too. My policy as a parent of gifted children in public
education is singular and simple: I don't approve bad Gifted IEPs.
Spend time on this site, learn and understand the basics, and
that can be your policy, too. If you need help, please call. My number is (484) 831-5394.
