Connecting the PTP to the IEP
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It's the Law: Every IEP that is developed for a student in Wisconsin who is turning 14 or is already 14 orolder MUST have a Postsecondary Transition Plan (PTP) developed and submitted to Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WiDPI) within 30 days of the IEP meeting. Once created, the PTP must be reviewed, and revised as appropriate, at an IEP team meeting at least once per year. Consider your district policy. Is there a procedure in place to ensure that the PTP is sent with the IEP? It is required that a completed copy of the PTP must be attached to the IEP and provided to the parent/guardian. The PTP is still the I-8 and is a legally required component of the student’s IEP, even though it is completed through an on-line application, rather than your district’s IEP software. The steps to completing a PTP should be added to the scripting of the IEP process, an IEP checklist, or a step that is added to your IEP software that keeps it from archiving until you have linked a PTP report. These are ways the PTP process could be added into procedures already in place to assist staff in remembering the legal requirements of the PTP and to complete it at the IEP meeting.
