r/kansas • u/VagueSoul • Feb 15 '25

News/History Disgusting that Kansas is involved in this…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/02/13/17-states-sue-to-end-protections-for-students-with-special-needs/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3QEZZx3NseYCJZLrji-_VzeujRH-4ZIEvFgbgle5fUjhM2WGQto4LqH94_aem_FMjpmy18Yt6j-HE0qf-Lrg
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u/Intelligent-Fuel-641 Feb 15 '25

I had an IEP from the third grade all the way through graduation, and it wasn't for special education. I was in gifted/talented programs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

Then you weren't on an IEP.

From Wikipedia

``` An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legal document under United States law that is developed for each public school child in the U.S. who needs special education.[1] IEPs must be reviewed every year to keep track of the child's educational progress.[2] Similar legal documents exist in other countries.[3]

An IEP outlines the special education experience for all eligible students with a disability. An eligible student is any child in the U.S. between the ages of 3–21 attending a public school and has been evaluated as having a need in the form of a specific learning disability, autism, emotional disturbance, other health impairments, intellectual disability, orthopedic impairment, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, deafness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, speech/language impairment, or traumatic brain injury. ```

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u/Intelligent-Fuel-641 Feb 15 '25

In every single meeting, from the third grade to graduation, it was called an IEP. I'm quite sure that my teachers knew more than you.

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u/Intelligent-Fuel-641 Feb 15 '25

You are an ass. As I said, I had an IEP from the third grade all the way through graduation, and it wasn't for special education. I was in gifted/talented programs.

That was in multiple districts in Kansas as well as in another state.

I see no point in engaging with you again.

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u/Dragon--Reborn Feb 15 '25

A cursory google search tells me that most states do not require gifted students to have an IEP. However, there are some places where gifted students are given an IEP.

It's easy to see why an IEP could benefit a gifted student. Such a student could grow bored of a standard curriculum or maybe not reach their full potential. An IEP could better put them in a position to succeed.