Moving IEP Working Group Recommendations into Practice
October 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Moving IEP Working Group Recommendations into Practice
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Zoom Webinar)
In January 2026, the IEP Working Group—established under P.L. 2025, c. 107—issued its Final Report on IEP development, implementation, and parent involvement, including a call for statewide protocols that bring student and family voice into the IEP process. This session will look at next steps for implementing the report’s recommendations.
The session will also examine student-led IEPs and the role peer support can play in helping students prepare for and participate in their meetings. A student-led IEP puts the student at the center of their own planning: instead of listening while adults discuss them, the student presents their own strengths, challenges, goals, and progress to the IEP team. This builds self-advocacy and self-determination skills and gives students real ownership of their education.
Senate Majority Leader and Caucus Co-Chair M. Teresa Ruiz will lead the session.
About the Caucus
Since 2020, the New Jersey Legislative Disability Caucus has served as a bipartisan forum within the New Jersey Legislature for lawmakers and their staff to consider the impact on the disability community when shaping ALL public policies in the Garden State through increased awareness and a greater understanding of the complexities of the disabilities service system and issues affecting individuals with disabilities and their families.