KRS 157.196: Individual education plan for exceptional children -- Administrative

regulations.

(1) The General Assembly declares that parents play a critical role in the education of

their students. Parents have a major responsibility to assist in the education of their

students and deserve respect and meaningful involvement in the decision -making

process related to the students' education.

(2) Each exceptional student as defined in KRS 157.200 shall have an individual

education plan that shall serve as the centerp iece of the student's educational career

and the communication vehicle between the parents and school personnel. The plan

shall enable the parents and school personnel to decide the student's educational

needs, the services needed to achieve those needs, a nd the anticipated results. The

plan shall be used as a document to monitor the student's progress. School

personnel shall provide the parents with reports of the progress toward the student's

annual goals at least as often as report cards go to nondisabled students.

(3) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations

establishing procedures for the development and monitoring of individual education

plans that are in compliance with the Federal Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act, as amended. These administrative regulations shall be written in

clear, easily understood language that is free of education jargon.