FSA 7: Periodic Review and Exit Criteria

"Presumptive Exit Date" refers to the date by which a student is expected to transition/return to the General Education Program and is based on the student's individual needs. The purpose of the Presumptive Exit Date is to ensure that AEDY placements are temporary and that students are transitioning/returning to the General Education Program as soon as a student's behavioral goals are met.

AEDY Programs must have a formal, documented process for periodic review and evaluation by the Exit Team of progress toward established exit criteria for each student with a disability to determine the student's readiness to transition back to the General Education Program. The review must be documented and kept on file in each student's record.

Within five school days of placement of a student with a disability in an AEDY Program, the LEA Supervisor, AEDY Program Supervisor, student, Parent, and AEDY General Education Teacher and AEDY Special Education Teacher -"Exit Team" must set clear exit criteria with measurable behavioral goals that can be reasonably achieved by the Presumptive Exit Date and which are clearly communicated to all AEDY staff who will implement the student's IEP.

Exit criteria will address only the behavior that resulted in the AEDY placement. Exit criteria will not include measures of academic performance, attendance, or standards that are not appropriate for a student with a disability or that differ from standards that would be expected of a student in a General Education Program.

Resources for the Formal Periodic Review

Required Uploads

• Ensure all formal periodic reviews have been uploaded in the system in the appropriate panel within the timeline

  • • If not using PDE format, confirm all components of the documents are included

    • Student goals are SMART, related to the behavior(s) of concern, and related to the behavioral assessment (provided within 5 days of student placement)

    • 45-day reviews are conducted for all students, including those students who have been expelled 

• Upload procedure for the creation, monitoring, and meeting of the formal periodic review, inclusive of team members at each step and procedure for contacting parents and families to attend 45 day review meetings

  • • A Sample Formal Periodic Review Procedure is available above

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Are we required to use the FPR form template?

A: No - however, whatever documentation is used by the program must include all required components of the template FPR (all areas which are not noted as "optional").

Q: Can we include additional goals for students?

A: Yes - however, the only goal(s) that may be required for exit from the program are behavioral goals related to the behavior of concern. Additional goals (e.g. additional behavioral, academic, attendance, etc.) may be written and included in the FPR, but should be labeled as "not required" or similar.

Q: Who must be included in the FPR meetings?

A: The review team should consist of the AEDY Program's administrators, teachers, counselors, parent(s), student and a representative from the sending LEA's school administration. In addition, the parent or student may invite other(s) to take part in this process (AEDY Guidelines, section 4).