For special education teachers + case managers

Start with the IEPyou already have.

Built for new and experienced special education (SPED) teachers and IEP case managers. Upload the current document, add the student's needs and state, then review a structured draft with citations.

Update an IEP freeSee the workflow
Privacy-first workflowCitations you can inspectBuilt for educator review
Focused drafting support—not legal advice or a substitute for the IEP team.

IEP basics

What is an Individualized Education Program?

An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the written education plan required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for an eligible student who receives special education services.

It is more than a form or a list of accommodations. The IEP explains the student's current strengths and needs, sets measurable goals, and states the special education, related services, supports, and learning conditions the school will provide. The IEP team reviews it at least annually and updates it when the student's needs change.

Learn IEP basics in order
01

Strengths and present levels

What the student can do now, where support is needed, and how the disability affects learning.

02

Measurable annual goals

What progress the team expects during the year and how that progress will be measured and reported.

03

Services and supports

Specially designed instruction, related services, accommodations, modifications, and service details.

04

A team commitment

The family, educators, school representatives, and relevant specialists develop and review it together.

Your workflow

Three clear steps. No blank-page spiral.

One focused sequence reduces re-entry, keeps context together, and makes the next action obvious.

01

Upload and extract

Bring the current IEP or paste its text. The existing document stays the starting point.

02

Add context and draft

Choose the student needs and state, then generate structured updates for the sections you need.

03

Review and finalize

Inspect citations, edit the language, and move the approved draft into your district process.

Less context switching

Start with work already completed, then review one section and one requirement at a time.

1reviewable draft workflow

A concrete example

What goes in—and what you review at the end.

This fictional sample shows the kind of change CompliantIEP helps you draft. Student data and team decisions still have to come from the real record.

Beginning

Jordan_Annual_IEP.pdf

Uploaded

Extracted text

Present level: Jordan struggles with reading and gets frustrated.

Goal: Jordan will improve reading fluency with 80% accuracy.

Accommodation: Extra time when needed.

The document is the starting point. The teacher adds current data, student needs, and state context.

End result

Structured draft ready for educator review

Texas + federal context

Present levels

Across three fourth-grade oral-reading probes, Jordan read 72–76 words correct per minute with 91% accuracy. Jordan uses context to self-correct but needs explicit support decoding multisyllabic words.

Measurable annual goal

By the annual review date, given a fourth-grade passage, Jordan will read 105 words correct per minute with at least 95% accuracy on three consecutive weekly probes.

Accommodation

Provide 1.5× the standard time for classroom reading assessments when reading speed is not the skill being measured.

Citations and review flags sit beside the draft so the educator can verify, edit, and move it into the district's IEP process.

Try the workflow

The four signals

A clear place for every part of the work.

Each step has one job, one status, and an obvious next action—so the interface supports focus instead of competing for it.

Extract

Start from the source

Upload the current IEP or paste its text. Key sections become working context instead of another blank page.

Check

See what needs attention

Review federal and state-aware compliance signals without treating a model response as a legal decision.

Draft

Work section by section

Build goals, present levels, notices, and progress language through one predictable writing workflow.

Review

Keep the evidence visible

Inspect the requirement behind a recommendation, revise the language, and keep professional judgment in control.

Citation-backed drafting

Know what is ready, what needs review, and why.

CompliantIEP separates source material, draft language, compliance checks, and educator decisions. That makes a long document easier to scan without hiding important context.

Original context stays visibleRequirement citations sit beside recommendationsReview states are plain language

Current draft

Annual IEP update

3 of 4 ready
Present levelsSource context connected
Ready
Measurable goalsBaseline + criteria checked
Review
State requirements2 citations attached
Cited
Texas context selected · Federal IDEA baseline included

A path for beginners

New to SPED? Start here.

Get the “tell me what to do and how to do it” version first. The sequence starts with the document, then moves into the work you will do most often.

Start the beginner path

Your learning sequence

  1. 01IEP basics
  2. 02Reading an IEP
  3. 03Accommodations
  4. 04Present levels
  5. 05Goals
  6. 06Progress
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Why this exists

Built by a former special education teacher.

“The hardest part wasn't understanding the student. It was turning everything we knew—their needs, strengths, progress, and goals—into a clear, defensible plan.”

CompliantIEP was built to make that paperwork easier to navigate: fewer blank screens, clearer states, visible sources, and space for the educator to think.

Mosab AbdallahFormer SPED teacher · Founder
Read the founder story

What CompliantIEP actually is

CompliantIEP is a review layer for the IEP you already wrote — not a system of record, and not a replacement for whatever your district bought. You upload an existing IEP, and it comes back with the goals made measurable, the missing required components flagged against 34 CFR §300.320, and your state’s specific requirements applied, with a citation on every legal statement so you can verify it rather than trust it.

It is sold to the person doing the work: $7.99 per month after a 14-day free trial, on your own signup. Most special education software is priced per enrolled student and sold to a district over a procurement cycle — which is a reasonable way to buy a system of record and a terrible way to get help with the goal you are writing tonight.

Who it is and is not for

If you areWhat you needIs this it?
A teacher or case managerYour district already bought an IEP system. You need the document you wrote to be checked before the meeting.This is the fit. $7.99/month, your own signup, no procurement.
A SPED director evaluating a district systemYou need a system of record — enrollment, Medicaid billing, state reporting, district-wide compliance dashboards.Not this. Look at Frontline, PowerSchool Special Programs, SpedTrack or Embrace.
A parent or advocateYou want to understand what an IEP should contain and whether your child's is compliant.The /learn guides are free and cited. The drafting tool is built for educators writing the document.

What it does not do

Common questions

What exactly does it do to my IEP?

You upload the IEP you already have — written in Frontline, SpedTrack, a state template, or a Word document — plus whatever student context you want to add. It returns a draft with the goals rewritten to be measurable against a baseline, missing required components flagged against 34 CFR §300.320, and state-specific requirements applied for the state you teach in. Every legal statement carries the citation it came from. You review and edit it; nothing is auto-accepted.

Does it work for my state?

All 50 states. Deadline and compliance rules are traced to each state's controlling regulation rather than to a summary of one, and the public deadline calculator covers every state without a login. Where a state's own sources disagree with each other, both readings are published rather than one being silently chosen.

Is student data safe to upload?

Uploads are tied to your account and are not used to train models. That said, districts have their own rules about which tools may touch student records, and yours governs. If your district has not approved outside tools, use de-identified text — the drafting works the same way without a name in it.

What does it cost?

$7.99 per month after a 14-day free trial, billed to you rather than to a district. Cancel any time; your students and drafts stay where they are. There is no per-student pricing, no minimum, and no procurement cycle — which is the whole point of a teacher-level tool.

How is this different from a free AI goal generator?

A goal generator writes a goal. It does not check the goal against the present levels it has to trace back to, it does not know your state's timeline rules, and it does not cite anything. The compliance layer is the product; the drafting is the easy half.

Do I have to switch away from what my district uses?

No, and you should not try. This sits alongside the district system as a review layer — you paste or upload the draft, get it checked and corrected, then put the result back into whatever your district runs.

Free guides, no signup

The compliance research behind the product is published openly — over 125 cited guides covering measurable goals, state timelines, accommodations, and the procedural rules that get flagged in file reviews. Start with how to write measurable IEP goals, IEP timelines by state, or the deadline calculator for your state.

One plan for educators

Your first three drafts are free.

No card, no stripped-down demo. Run the real drafting, citation, and review workflow on your own IEP first — then decide.

$7.99/ month after that

Cancel anytime · Individual educator account

Included

  • Upload an IEP or paste its text
  • Citation-backed draft updates
  • Federal plus state-aware context
  • Goal, present-level, and progress tools
  • Saved students and recent drafts
  • Email support
Start free — no card

CompliantIEP assists drafting and review. It does not provide legal advice or replace the IEP team.

Your next draft

Bring the current IEP. Leave with a clearer place to start.

Build a structured, citation-backed update for your team to inspect, revise, and finalize.

Start free — no cardReview pricing

Three free drafts, then $7.99/month · Cancel anytime