What is an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), and how do I get one?
Top of Page A An Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) is an evaluation provided by a qualified person who is not an employee of the school district. It is usually requested when the parent disagrees with the evaluation provided by the school. Parents have the right to request an IEE if they feel the districts evaluation is inaccurate or incomplete. If the evaluation is incomplete the parent should allow the district the opportunity to provide whatever tests are missing. If the district refuses, the parent should then request the IEE. The request should be in writing, and should ask for the districts list of qualified evaluators or the qualifications that the evaluators need to meet. The district has two options once a request for an IEE is made: to provide the IEE at district expense, or to take the parent to hearing to prove that their evaluation is adequate. Once the IEE is completed the IEP team is required to consider it in their decision making process. The word consider is th
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