What Procedural Safeguards are available for students with disabilities and their parents?
The Procedural Safeguards must include a full explanation of the procedural safeguards written in an understandable language/mode of communication relating to: independent educational evaluation; prior written notice; parental consent; access to educational records; opportunity to present complaints to initiate due process hearings; child’s placement during pendency of due process proceedings; procedures for students who are subject to placement in an interim alternative educational setting; requirements for unilateral placement by parents of children in private schools at public expense; mediation; due process hearings, including requirements for disclosure of evaluation results and recommendations; surrogate parents; state-level appeals; civil actions; attorneys’ fees; state complaint procedures.
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