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EmbraceIEP
Troy, Illinois, United States
What it is
EmbraceIEP helps school districts and cooperatives create state- and federally compliant special-education documentation and manage IEP processes. State-specific fields, alerts, email notifications, and due-date reminders support form and timeline tracking. A goal builder prompts for timeframe, behavior, condition, and criterion when staff formulate SMART goals. Multiple users can work on different fields of one IEP simultaneously. Districts can run built-in compliance reports, modify them, or save custom reports. The optional Parent Portal shares IEP and 504 documents during meetings and collects electronic signatures; it is a free addition to EmbraceIEP and Embrace504. Documents can be translated into dozens of languages without charge and customized. LDAP and SAML single sign-on are supported, along with listed student-information systems through SFTP or API. Embrace describes encryption in transit and at rest, secure U.S. data centers, and a completed third-party SOC 2 audit. Pricing is supplied in a district proposal after a free demonstration and depends on student population.
For and against
For
- State-specific compliance fields and reminders
- Concurrent editing of IEP fields
- Customizable compliance reporting
- Free optional Parent Portal
- Translations into dozens of languages
Against
- No free trial is available
- Pricing depends on student population
- Text fields are limited to 65,000 characters
The verdict
EmbraceIEP focuses on compliance tracking, collaborative documentation, reporting, and parent signatures in a web application. District-specific pricing and the text-field limit are important planning details.
Who it suits
It is intended for school districts and cooperatives managing special-education paperwork and IEP timelines. The listed customer range runs from a few hundred to over 80,000 students.
Plans and prices
EmbraceIEP
Unlimited users and buildings · software cost based on student population · customizations may cost extra
Read 7 Oct 2026 · embraceeducation.com
On the record
- Collaboration
- Multiple users can work on different fields of the same IEP form at the same time.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Embrace says it was founded in 1999 as A+ IEPs Database Design Studio and joined the Everway family in 2024.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance tools
- State-specific required fields, alerts, reminder emails, and due-date reminders help track forms and IEP timelines.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Embrace says it will not sell, rent, transfer, disclose, or distribute personal or student data without prior written consent.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Goal builder
- The built-in goal builder uses timeframe, behavior, condition, and criterion prompts to help staff formulate SMART goals.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- The company says implementation generally lasts 2–4 weeks, depending on district data availability and training availability.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product supports LDAP and SAML single sign-on, and the company says it works with Infinite Campus, PowerSchool, eSchool, TylerSIS, Jupiter Ed, TeacherEase, and Skyward through SFTP or API connections.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Embrace describes its customers as school districts and cooperatives, ranging from a few hundred to over 80,000 students.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Text fields are limited to 65,000 characters, and software costs are based on student population.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Parent access
- The optional Parent Portal lets districts share IEP and 504 documents during meetings and collect electronic signatures; the page says it is a free addition to EmbraceIEP and Embrace504.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- EmbraceIEP helps school districts create state- and federally compliant special education documentation and manage IEP processes.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Users can run built-in compliance reports, modify reports, or create and save custom reports for themselves or their district.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Embrace says it encrypts data in transit and at rest, uses physically and geographically secure U.S. data centers, and has completed a third-party SOC 2 audit.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Live Customer Success Specialists answer calls and emails Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. CST, with after-hours support also available.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Translations
- Embrace says users can translate documents into dozens of languages free of charge and customize the translations.embraceeducation.com · read 7 Oct 2026
