Can a Conference Summary be considered as a PWN?

[Jackie Murray]

Director of Special Ed refuses to fill out Prior Written Notice (PWN), saying that the ARC Conference Summary is a PWN. She relies on the following document, page 10,  to say that:

https://education.ky.gov/specialed/excep/forms/Documents/Compliance_Record_Review.pdf

Is this legal?

[Carolyn Rowlett]

That would not be my interpretation of the law referenced within this document (DISCLAIMER:  This is NOT legal advise.)  But you never know with state departments of education.  There might be a chance they would accept the heading of the document to be ARC Conference Summary IF it included everything the PWN is supposed to.  I would call someone in the special education compliance section of Kentucky's department of education and explain the situation and see what they say.  If it is not sufficient to them, then at least you have the backing of the state when you reach back out to request a PWN.

[JSD24]

This page has resources in KY for sp ed:  https://education.ky.gov/specialed/excep/Pages/FamParRes.aspx

Hopefully you can get answers from here.