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Title: Recommendation: Description: This confirming contract is presented to the School Board due to the lack of correspondence between this placement and the board meeting dates. The Board approved a residential placement at the Devereux School for this student on May 19, 2004. This student's guardian took the student out of the Devereux School on December 15, 2004 against medical advice and without an Individual Educational Plan (IEP) meeting. The student was subsequently arrested and court ordered to return to school. On February 15, 2005, an IEP team determined that the student should return to a residential placement. The Department of ESE inquired with several facilities before Manatee Palms Youth Services agreed to accept the student. The student was placed at Manatee Palms on March 9, 2005. The school treatment team and the IEP team recommended that the student remain at Manatee Palms Youth Services until the day prior to his eighteenth birthday, September 26, 2005 or until the Agency for Persons with Disabilities places the student as per a recent court order. Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) received a court order on May 19, 2005 to place the student in a secure residential facility. APD is working with the Legal Aid Society to complete necessary paperwork to declare the student a "crisis" and to fund the court ordered placement. The School District was made aware of this court order on June 8, 2005, and therefore did not renew the contract for placement subsequent to June 30, 2005. As the ADP did not yet find a placement for the student, the School District will continue to fund the placement and seek reimbursement from ADP for all costs subsequent to the initiation of the court order. Staff will make on-site semi-annual visits to insure compliance with federal and state guidelines. Student progress will be documented on the IEP. This cooperative agreement is in compliance with State Board Rule 6A.6-0361 "Special programs for Contractual Arrangements with Non-Public Schools". Financial Impact: For Additional Information, contact: Attachments (list):
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