Pay each monthly bill by its due date
When to use this goal
For young adults who pay bills on their own, or in supported living, and sometimes pay late. Measures the timing across a month, not the payment steps. Present levels decide fit, not grade.
- Baseline
- Review one month of bills with the student and family. Each bill is one opportunity, scored on time or late.
- Tips
- Late payments carry fees, so the target is every bill. The family decides which bills move to the student and when.
- Limits
- Depends on family or staff records. A balance too low to pay is a budgeting problem, not a timing one.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-pf-022.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, for each of the student's monthly bills, with a bill calendar or phone reminders set three days before each due date, the student will pay each bill on or before its due date and mark it paid independently in 6 of 6 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by direct observation collected monthly, by bill calendar review.
Baseline: 3 of 6 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Personal Finance & Money Management.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Transition & Postsecondary Skills - Personal Finance & Money Management
- Baseline
- 3 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal368 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, for each of the student's monthly bills, with a bill calendar or phone reminders set three days before each due date, the student will pay each bill on or before its due date and mark it paid independently in 6 of 6 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by direct observation collected monthly, by bill calendar review.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- For each of the student's monthly bills, with a bill calendar or phone reminders set three days before each due date
- Behavior
- The student will pay each bill on or before its due date and mark it paid independently
- Criteria
- In 6 of 6 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Monthly, by bill calendar review
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 6 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive months
- Collection schedule:
- monthly, by bill calendar review
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, for each of the student's monthly bills, with a bill calendar or phone reminders set three days before each due date, the student will pay each bill on or before its due date and mark it paid independently in 6 of 6 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by direct observation collected monthly, by bill calendar review.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.