Client has mental health disorder, what rights does he have as far as his education goes?

I work as a Case Manager. I have a 9-year-old client who has been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorder. He has minor behavioral issues (nothing violent or out of control) that now has his school stating they are going to cut his school day down to only 3 hours per day. In the state of Maine, the law states:

"An average instructional day is five hours in length, and each instructional day is a minimum of 3 hours in length. A school need not be in session the same number of hours each day provided that the total amount of instructional time in any two consecutive school weeks is an average of five hours per day."

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Does this mean that there can be SOME days in which a 3 hour day is allowed, but the average in a two week span needs to be at least 5? Am I reading this correctly? I have an IEP meeting tomorrow morning at 8 AM to act as an advocate for this child and I just need to know the right things to say, and to understand Maine Education laws in order to properly assist him and his family.

Submitted October 28, 2018 at 10:29AM by ashleylibby https://ift.tt/2z7zGM7