State Forms

Tennessee Special Education Forms, all forms for Special Education in printer definition file [PDF] and MSWord formats. The ones titled with the "s" are the Spanish language versions.If you don't have Acrobat Reader already loaded, you can download it using the icon above. PDF files will print out with exactly the same look and pagination as the original, paper forms. For some of the ones below, after the form is loaded to your computer, a dialog popup box may say 0001data.fdf was not found. Would you like to browse for it? Just select the "No" box.

Application for Tennessee Teaching License or Amendment to Licensure, the form for adding education credits, additional endorsements, or Praxis scores

Table of Endorsement Titles and Corresponding Codes, includes most (but not all) Tennessee Teaching License add-on endorsement codes. Link to the full list. This also lists add-on endorsement codes.

Individualized Education Program (IEP). Also see the IEPs links on the Sevier County Information Page for IEP documents that aren't forms.

Checklist for Multidisciplinary Team Meeting/IEP Creation, steps to keep in mind and their IDEA '97 and 34 CFR 300 regulatory references

Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Documentation, notice boxes 4a and 4b especially.  Sevier County's interpretation of an appropriate time period for an intervention is 6 to 12 weeks.

IEP Meeting Before and After Evaluation, especially useful for teachers new to IEP meetings

Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians

Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians (in MS Works 4)

IEP or Re-evaluation Tracking, year-at-a-glance format for tracking when students' IEPs or evaluations need to be ready

Conference Summary, the summary of concerns/recommendations addressed at the IEP or Re-eval meeting (April 2002 version). You may want to print this one on pink paper to match what is currently in the IEP files.

IEP Summary, a table for matching the students with their common IEP goals

Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records

Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records (MS Works 4 file)

Record of File Review, the page that goes on top of the left side of the IEP record, for reviewers to sign

Certification Forms enumerating the handicapping condition and giving the date of either the Psychological Evaluation, Medical Evaluation, Audiological Evaluation, Psychological Evaluation or Speech/Language Assessment, or Psychological/Medical Evaluation. These certification forms aren't required, but are used locally by Sevier County's School Psychologists. Case managers may leave them on top of the eligibility report, or just put the eligibility report (which is required) on the left side of the IEP folder atop all of its supporting documentation.

Individual Education Plan (IEP), for use in planning IEP meetings. This has on it the changes added in September 2003, to the accommodations/standardized testing planning page. You'll need MS Word 97 or later to open this one; the rest of the Word files on this site are Winword 6.0 accessible.. The blank IEP as a PDF file, for those handwriting the IEP.

Notice of Provision of Free, Appropriate Public Education, the summary page that parents/guardians receive with the IEP

PWN Initial Evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for an initial referral meeting

PWN for a 3-Year Re-evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for use during a re-evaluation meeting

Extended School Year Service Plan for use before and during the ESY placement to document goal progress

Prevocational Checklist, as an Excel 4.0 file

Parent/Professional Vision Observations Checklist, a 3-page PDF used as part of the functional vision assessment

Student/Parents' Comprehensive Vocational Assessment Questionnaire/Inventory. Vocational planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.

Parents' Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML. Transition planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.

Student's Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML

TCAP Alt Addendum, for students who will be considered 3rd through 11th grade for the year the IEP covers, when the IEP Team is recommending an alternative to the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program. The same file as a PDF.

TCAP Testing Allowable Accommodations Table as revised for the new school year

English Language Learner Accommodations for TCAP achievement, competency, writing, and Gateway testing

TCAP Testing Accommodations Instructions for the IEP as revised for the new school year

The 2003-2004 Special Accommodations table listing all nine accommodations is on page 7 of the 12 page PDF file linked above

Breakout of Calculator Use for Grades 3 - 8 by test and part

Breakout of Times Allowed for Grades K - 2 by test and part

TCAP Testing Accommodations as revised for the new school year (7 pages; print out only the one you need, as described below and retain the completed sheet with the IEP). Of the nine accommodations mentioned above, only those available for each of these six testing situations is available (as revised in June 2004). 

Page 2, TCAP Achievement Accommodations

Page 3, TCAP Writing Accommodations

Page 4, TCAP Competency Accommodations

Page 5, TCAP End-of-Course or Gateway Accommodations

Page 6, English Language Learner Accommodations

Page 7, Unique Adaptive Accommodations Request Form

IEP Evaluation Data and Procedural Safeguards Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for compliance with timing, procedures, and documentation in an IEP folder

IEP Data Sheet, a 1-page checklist to check for the presence of required documentation in an IEP

Home/Community Activities Inventory for Primary and Elementary Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. It helps parents give input prior to IEP development.

Transition Assessment Student Profile, suggested transition summary sheet from the state director of transition services

Home/Community Activities Inventory for Middle, Intermediate, and High School Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. This file also comes with a final page on which the student and parent can let the teacher know which goals they think are most important for the coming year.

Other LRE for LIFE forms and publications in MS Word. You can get copies of the two H/CAIs above and a lot of other CDC-specific documentation.