By Amy K. Onaga, Esq.

Get use-today guidance on IDEA and 504 discipline rules in the context of everyday situations! Straightforward explanations ensure you know how to distinguish short-term suspensions from long-term suspensions, determine whether a series of short suspensions constitutes a pattern of removals, identify when in-school suspensions amount to disciplinary removals, and more.

Plus, you get plenty of practical tools to guide your way to compliance:

• 33 Sample Scenarios detailing common situations and steps to comply with IDEA and 504 rules
• 2 flowcharts to help you determine if the suspension qualifies as a change in placement that requires an MDR and whether a student is entitled to receive educational services during his suspension
• Suspension Tracking Chart for counting disciplinary removals throughout the school year to help determine what disciplinary protections the student must receive
• And more