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IEP not implemented

EP not implemented refers to situations where the accommodations, supports, or strategies written in a student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) are not consistently provided in practice. This may include agreed accommodations not being followed, support staff not being available as planned, strategies being applied only occasionally, or staff being unaware of what the IEP requires. When an IEP is not implemented, the document becomes largely symbolic rather than functional, and the student may continue to face the same barriers to learning, safety, or participation that the plan was meant to address. Families often discover non-implementation when a child repeatedly struggles in situations where supports were supposed to be in place. In British Columbia, the duty to accommodate under the British Columbia Human Rights Code applies not only to writing plans but to ensuring that agreed accommodations are actually delivered so students can access education on an equitable basis.