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I'm researching for my thesis on gifted IEP's and am having a hard time locating the states which give IEP's to gifted students based solely on being gifted. I think so far I have WV and Florida. Does anyone know if there are any others? Thank-you in advance for any help I can get.

LA is another.

Look in the box to the left of this message (with the Facebook, Twitter, etc. icons). There is a link that says "How gifted-friendly is your state?" That should help.

Pennsylvania does.

Thanks everyone.
It is hard to decipher the information but so far it looks like about 6 do. Not very many. Do you think it's a good idea?

With the large number of concerns voiced regularly by parents based on their lived experience, some may ask: At what cost, both financially and in terms in of a public school system wrestling control from parents, essentially screening parents out of educational decisions?

Based upon themes which come up frequently in discussion threads, how would "gifted" be defined for this purpose? How would identification take place?

Would this effort be paired with other new or existing reform efforts?

Would local control of schools remain in place, or would this represent a move toward nationalizing the education system?

Would this be publicly funded or possibly through industries such as curriculum providers, test publishers, or psychological counseling associations or organizations?

Families may want to be informed of likely implications and ramifications. It is wise not to sign a blank check.

I am in CA and my son had a "gifted" IEP in 4-6th. It was based solely on his OSTAT score taken in 3rd grade. I only remember seeing/signing the paper once at the beginning of 4th grade, and never hearing about it again. My son was enrolled in a special gifted class, and that is the only accommodation it had written on it. My older daughters had a IEP (K-11th) for LD's so I know how they are used & what they normally look like.

I can see how they can be used. It's a time to put in writing how the school will accommodate a particular child.

Not sure why others are concerned about IEP's wresting control from parents. An IEP is an Individual Educational Program, usually a student is tested and then there is a meeting with parents, counselors, teachers, principal that iron out what special accommodations a child needs. Ideally it gives a parent more control about what is going on in the classroom.

For the OP, it is probably worth emphasizing that this site tends to attract many with kids much further out and/or with additional exceptions; so, it may not be a great basis for a survey.

We have gifted IEPs in NC, but we didn't do one for DS. A engaged teacher and a school that supports individual learners seems far more powerful. I'd just as soon they do the best they can without one more paper constraint. However, in a resistant environment, I'd want one to hold folks responsible for providing appropriate progress.

I've also seen anecdotes here where an IEP is written as a negative challenge esp. regarding behavior for a student rather than a positive commitment from the school.

Florida has a EP for gifted and IEP for special ed. Twice exceptional kids who qualify for gifted get gifted needs written into the IEP.

It's a good idea for my DD9, because it's the IEP that unlocks access to the gifted services. Without it, school would not be an acceptable solution.

Her IEP contains the number of hours each week she goes to gifted pull-outs, which basically constitute half her school day. It also has some airy-fairy nonsense about how they're going to work on two of her areas of strength... stuff like "critical reasoning," "research abilities," etc. It's nonsense because it's unmeasurable, but whatever. As long as the instructional quality is up to snuff, they can pat themselves on the back at the end of the year if they want to.