In Spanish | En español An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a written statement of the educational program designed to meet a child’s individual needs. Every child who receives special education services must have an IEP. That’s why the process of developing this vital document is of great interest and importance to educators, administrators, and families alike. … Read the rest
In Spanish | En españolParents have the right to disagree with decisions that the school system makes with respect to their child with a disability. This includes the school’s decisions about:
the identification of the child as a “child with a disability”;
the child’s evaluation;
the child’s educational placement; and
the special education and related services that the school provides to the child.
In Spanish | En españolOne of parents’ most important rights is the right to give (or not give) their consent for certain actions of the school system with respect to their child with a disability.
This short page will explain this right in detail.
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Parental rights under IDEA include the right to receive prior written notice from the school each time that the school proposes to take (or refuses to take) certain actions with respect to your child. Specifically, the school must provide parents with prior written notice each time that it:
proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of your child;
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If you, as a parent of a child with a disability, do not agree with the results of the individualized evaluation of your child, as conducted by the school system, you have the right to obtain what is known as an Independent Educational Evaluation, or an IEE (§300.502). … Read the rest
In Spanish | En españolThe right to participate in meetings related to their child is one of the most important and powerful of parent rights.
Parents have the right to participate in meetings with respect to the:
their child’s identification,
their child’s evaluation,
their child’s educational placement, and
provision of FAPE (free appropriate public education) to their child.
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IDEA and other federal laws protect the confidentiality of your child’s education records. These safeguards address the following three aspects:
the use of personally identifiable information;
who may have access to your child’s records; and
the rights of parents to inspect their child’s education records and request that these be amended to correct information that is misleading or inaccurate, or that violates the child’s privacy or other rights.
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At least one time a year, the parents of a child with a disability must receive from the school system a complete explanation of all the procedural safeguards available to them, as parents, under IDEA. This explanation is called the “Procedural Safeguards Notice.”
In this page, we’ll examine the purpose and contents of this notice, the times that parents will receive it, and other aspects of this important safeguard. … Read the rest
So–we’ve arrived at the due process hearing, a longstanding option within IDEA for resolving disputes between parents and school systems. The two parties may have reached this point after unsuccessfully trying another of IDEA’s options for dispute resolution, or they may have waived those options and gone straight to the due process hearing. … Read the rest