The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a written plan developed for each student eligible under IDEA that describes how the school district will educate the student.  The parent(s) and a team of educators develop the IEP based on the available information about the student.  IDEA requires that school districts include comprehensive information about the student on the IEP, including:

• Academic goals
• Services the student will receive
• Prescribed management of the student’s behaviors (if needed)
• Accommodations to be provided in the general education and special education classrooms
• Accommodations to be provided on statewide assessments
• Type of statewide assessment in which the student will participate
• Prescribed assistive technology (if needed)
• Transition services and post-secondary outcomes

The IEP is the tool used to determine what services a student receives and what a free, appropriate, public education (FAPE) means for that student.