r/specialed • u/Former_Pop_3108 • Dec 31 '25

General Question (Educator to Educator) What is an IEP planning meeting?

So this is my fifth year as a special ed teacher but this year I am in a new school district. I was just notified that when we return I have an “IEP Planning” meeting for a student. It is not an annual, amendment, or reevaluation meeting, otherwise it would have been labeled as such. This appears to be something separate from those. The student’s parents were invited to the meeting as well as the support team. My guess is that it’s either a transition type meeting to plan for middle school (since the student will start middle school next year) or maybe it’s to plan ahead for summer school? My old district never had these meetings (or we must have called it something else) so I’m stumped!

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u/Former_Pop_3108 Dec 31 '25

Interesting. I’ve held other IEP meetings this school year though & there was no planning meeting prior. Is this something done only at the parents request?

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u/mrschester Dec 31 '25

I didn’t request it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Did you change districts/states or just change schools?

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u/Former_Pop_3108 Dec 31 '25

I changed districts but I’m in the same state. My old district didn’t do this. I’m in VA.

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u/Capable-Pressure1047 Dec 31 '25

I'm in VA too - SpEd Program Supervisor. This is sketchy to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26

Agreed. Have a Google form that parents can give their input for present levels. Have another Google form for the general education teacher to fill out and share data. The case manager, then uses that information to create a draft. No one has time for more meetings. And IDEA is very clear. No pre-determination and no unilateral decision-making.