Exceptional Student Education - Understanding the Eligibility Process

Lecture Notes

Step 2: Your Child is Evaluated. Your school must do the following prior to any evaluation occurring on your child: 1. Provide you with a prior written notice. This means that the school must notify you in writing if they plan to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of your child or the provision of Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to your child. 2. Provide you with a copy of your procedural safeguards - this will inform you of your rights and your due process rights should you and the school disagree on the findings of the evaluations 3. Obtain written consent to do an evaluation on your child - The school has to request your permission prior to conducting any evaluations on your child. The consent should indicate which evaluations they plan on conducting on your child.