The LEA must arrange the initial IEP meeting to be held
on or before the child’s third birthday. The purpose of
the IEP meeting is to review the results of evaluation and
assessment information and to determine eligibility for
special education. IEP team participants must include the
child’s parents, the Early Start service coordinator at the
parents’ request, a regular education teacher, persons with knowledge of the child’s abilities and needs, persons who can interpret evaluation results, and an administrator or designee from each affected LEA. If the child is determined eligible for special education, the team develops an IEP that documents the following: