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Special education teachers and school counselors in middle and high schools are often assigned to develop IEPs for students they do not serve. Is this permissible?

No. According to federal law, the IEP team — which includes the parent and the teachers and related service providers who work with the student — is responsible for developing, reviewing and revising the IEP of a student with a disability (see the DOE's Special Education Standard Operating Procedures Manual [SOPM], IEP Overview and IEP Team Composition sections). School personnel who do not serve the student should not develop, review or revise the student’s IEP. UFT members who have been improperly directed by their administration to perform any of these tasks may ask their school’s Special Education Committee to raise the issue with the principal or file a confidential special education complaint.