Vermont § 806d - Placement and attendance — Article V A

§ 806d. Placement and attendance — Article V A

• . Course placement — When the student transfers before or during the school year, the receiving state school
  shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses based on the
  student’s enrollment in the sending state school or educational assessments conducted
  at the school in the sending state if the courses are offered or both. Course placement
  includes but is not limited to Honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement,
  vocational, technical, and career pathways courses. Continuing the student’s academic
  program from the previous school and promoting placement in academically and career
  challenging courses should be paramount when considering placement. This does not
  preclude the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent evaluations
  to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student in the courses. B. Educational program placement — The receiving state school shall initially honor placement of the student in educational
  programs based on current educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending
  state or participation or placement in like programs in the sending state. Such programs
  include, but are not limited to: 1) gifted and talented programs; and 2) English as
  a second language (ESL). This does not preclude the school in the receiving state
  from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student. C. Special education services — 1) In compliance with the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities
  Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C.A. Section 1400 et seq., the receiving state shall initially provide comparable services to a student
  with disabilities based on his or her current Individualized Education Program (IEP);
  and 2) in compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act,
  29 U.S.C.A. Section 794, and with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.A. Sections 12131-12165, the receiving state shall make reasonable accommodations and modifications to address
  the needs of incoming students with disabilities, subject to an existing 504 or Title
  II Plan, to provide the student with equal access to education. This does not preclude
  the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure
  appropriate placement of the student. D. Placement flexibility — Local education agency administrative officials shall have flexibility in waiving
  course and program prerequisites, or other preconditions for placement in courses
  and programs offered under the jurisdiction of the local education agency. E. Absence as related to deployment activities — A student whose parent or legal guardian is an active duty member of the uniformed
  services, as defined by the compact, and has been called to duty for, is on leave
  from, or immediately returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting,
  shall be granted additional excused absences at the discretion of the local education
  agency superintendent to visit with his or her parent or legal guardian relative to
  such leave or deployment of the parent or guardian. (Added 2011, No. 43, § 1.)