Pennsylvania Adopts Commencement Law for Student with IEPs

Pennsylvania recently adopted a commencement law which sounds similar to Brittany's law in Illinois which was a subject of an earlier post. Under the new Pennsylvania law, students with IEPs who have completed 4 years of high school but have not accomplished their IEP can participate in graduation ceremonies with their peers and receive a certificate of attendance.  This allow allows for a normative social experience which is an important part of inclusion.

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Comments

[Kathy Ramsey]

With the goal of inclusion being to include students in what the general education population does, it is only fitting that students' with disabilities be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies without fulfilling their IEP goals. Some of my students will never fulfill their IEP goals, but they do make progress every year.