Although the 2004 IDEA reauthorization revised certain aspects of the rules for disciplining students with disabilities, the core policies have remained the source of persistent questions and misconceptions among school staff and campus administrators.

In this 90-minute, recorded audio conference, school attorney and national speaker Jose Martín clearly outlines the key IDEA discipline rules so you and your staff understand your requirements and avoid the frequent confusion involving:

• The separate sets of rules for short-term and long-term removals
• Correctly applying the 10-day rule on accumulated short-term removals
• Knowing when a removal becomes a disciplinary change in placement
• Determining when a manifestation determination is required
• Using "smart" in-school suspension
• Handling the "special" offenses of drugs, weapons and serious injury