To make terms clear, we Exit students from special education and we Dismiss students from services.  If a student is speech only, and we dismiss the service, then by default the student will be exiting special education.  When a student is exiting from Special Education because s/he is no longer eligible, it is not necessary to do all the pages of the IEP.  Only the Demographic and Eligibility, the IEP Eligibility, and the Consent and Signatures are required. It is also advised that you include a meeting summary using the Notes & Additional Information page of the IEP.

Exiting a student requires an assessment to determine whether the student continues to be eligible.  Therefore, any meeting where a student will be exited must be a ‘Triennial/Reevaluation’ (even if it is conducted before the three-year due date).  A student may be dismissed from a service during an annual review or other meeting if the IEP team determines that the service is no longer needed, but a student may not be exited from Special Education without an assessment.  (Check your district policy regarding dismissing from a service without an assessment.) On rare occasions it would be permissible to do an exit using a ‘Other Review’ meeting purpose if a parent wants their child removed from special education.

For All SELPAs Except Ventura and Kern: To exit a student from special education during the Triennial/Reevaluation meeting, simply click on the checkbox “Student will be exiting special education and related services”.  The Inactive Date and the Inactive Reason will be auto entered “No longer qualifies for special education’.   You can change the Exit Date if the anticipated exit date is after the Meeting Date. 

For Ventura and Kern SELPAs: To exit a student from special education during the Triennial/Reevaluation meeting, simply click Exit Student button.  This will remove the disabilities and services on the form.  This will remove the disabilities and services on the form.

IRAS will also remove the Next Review and Next Triennial dates as well as the disability and services on the IEP. The IEP page will have the information the way it needs to be for the exit IEP, but all the CALPADS data about former services will remain on the MIS Summary page for CALPADS reporting, and the student's file will be changed to ‘Inactive’ after the record has been ‘Finalized’.

After the student is exited, DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHNG FROM THE MIS SUMMARY PAGE INCLUDING SERVICES ANS DISABILITIES.  The CALPADS requires a snapshot of what the student was receiving just before they have exited.  You will NOT be able to submit the exited record if anything has been removed from the MIS Summary page.

When a student is exited and you return to the IEP Manager, all pages that are no longer “Required” for an exit IEP/IFSP will collapse (disappear) as they are no longer needed for an exit IEP.  If one of these pages had been saved previously, it will still be listed on the IEP Manager, but there will be an ‘X’ in the Action Column to the right of the form that will allow the user to delete any page that is no longer required.  Once the page is deleted, it will be removed from the list.

In all cases listed above, the District Sped Clerk can click the student Status on the MIS Summary page and enter the Exit Date and Exit Reason directly on the MIS Summary page in SIRAS.  If the student is a graduating senior, over 18 dropping out, or aging out, the Case Manager should complete an Exit Summary which will auto enter the Exit Date = Graduation date and the Inactive Reason 'Completed HS / Left school and not expected to return' Graduating with a Diploma or Certificate.  On the Exit Date/Grad Date, SIRAS will automatically change the student Status from Active to Inactive.

If the student is leaving the district and going to another district within the SELPA, enter the Inactive Date and the Type of Inactive Reason 'Moved and known to be continuing'. Request that the District Sped Clerk to transfer the student's record to the new district.