Manifestation determination
A manifestation determination is a review the school, parent, and relevant IEP team members hold within 10 school days after a decision to change a child's placement because of a code of conduct violation. They decide whether the behavior was caused by, or had a direct and substantial relationship to, the disability, or was the direct result of the school not following the IEP.
Also called: manifestation determination, MDR, manifestation determination review, manifestation meeting
Sources
- 34 CFR 300.530 (300.530(e)(1))U.S. Department of Education
“Within 10 school days of any decision to change the placement”
- 34 CFR 300.530 (300.530(e)(1)(i))U.S. Department of Education
“If the conduct in question was caused by, or had a direct and substantial relationship to, the child’s disability”