Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 9/18/2019 - 3:30 PM
Category: Consent Calendar
Type: Action
Subject: 11.9 CURRICULUM: Ratification of Out-of-State Travel Request for Dr. Rebecca Gehlke, Coordinator of Mental Health Services, to Travel Out-of-State for Evaluations, Observations, and Interviews in Accordance With Code of Federal Regulation 300.34 through 300.311 and to Fulfill the Needs and Requirements for Out-of-State Resident Students (funded through Special Education at a total cost not to exceed $14,000, not the General Fund)
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Summary: The Perris Union High School District is required to conduct a reevaluation every three years for a student who qualifies for an Individualized Education Plan (CFR 300.303). Perris Union High School District currently has three (3) students who have been placed in residential treatment centers as determined by the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) team to be the student’s least restrictive environment. As such the students reevaluations are due this school year. For the 2019-20 school year our students are currently placed at Devereux in Texas, Monarch in Ohio and TELOS in Utah.

On September 17, 2019, the Special Education Department sent the Coordinator of Mental Health Services, Dr. Rebecca Gehlke, out of state as part of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) team to complete the informal psychoeducational evaluation, as well as an Educational Related Mental Health Evaluation (ERMHS) on a student who is residentially placed there. This time frame was needed to meet compliance. The reason this item is going for ratification is due to this compliance time frame for one (1) of our students.

In addition, Dr. Rebecca Gehlke will need to travel out of state for two (2) additional reevaluations in the 2019-20 school year. Dates to be determined.
Funding: The cost for this item is included in the 2019-20 operating budget funded through Special Education, not the General Fund.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify the out-of-state travel request for Dr. Rebecca Gehlke, Coordinator of Mental Health Services, to travel out-of-state for evaluations, observations, and interviews in accordance with Code of Federal Regulation 300.34 through 300.311 and to fulfill the needs and requirements for out-of-state resident students.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Amil Alzubaidi - Director - Special Education
Signed By:
Charles Newman - Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:
Grant Bennett - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member David Nelissen Moved, Member Dr. Jose Luis Araux seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify the out-of-state travel request for Dr. Rebecca Gehlke, Coordinator of Mental Health Services, to travel out-of-state for evaluations, observations, and interviews in accordance with Code of Federal Regulation 300.34 through 300.311 and to fulfill the needs and requirements for out-of-state resident students.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 5 - 0
   
Edward Garcia, Jr.     Yes
Dr. Randall Freeman     Yes
Dr. Jose Luis Araux     Yes
Anthony T. Stafford, Sr.     Yes
David Nelissen     Yes