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Pam: What is an ARD Committee?
An ARD Committee is an education group that makes important plans and decisions for select students. The ARM Committee, or Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee, often create Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students with specific or special education needs.
Legal Background
The goal of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is to implement improved and effective special education processes. The purpose of the IDEA is to ensure that student-children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE). In order to achieve this, these students must receive a special education with related services designed to meet their unique needs. Special education programs …show more content…

These related services include services like occupational, physical, counseling and speech-language therapies. The IDEA Act empowers parents to participate at every stage of the special education process. Schools are required to give parents a copy of official documents during certain events or stages in the special education process.
Common Questions and Answers
ARD committee meeting are necessary for initial program placement and at any time teachers or parents feel a change is needed. While IEPs must be reviewed annually, ARD committee meeting may be held many times during the year. Written notice is required for ARD committee meeting attendance, so parents generally receive these notices one week before the scheduled date. Schools can only omit sending the written notice if there is a substantiated emergency.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the ARD committee meetings and be actively involved in their child’s special education progress. If they have inflexible work schedules or other important commitments, they usually give permission to the school to proceed without them. The school in turn will most likely have a representative provide a courtesy phone call with summary of the meeting to the

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