When must a school district notify me if the district proposes to change or modify my child’s special education program?
An important first step to due process of law in special education is an adequate written notice from the school district to you of exactly what the district is proposing or refusing to do and why. Any time a school district proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of a student or the provision of a free, appropriate public education, it must provide the parent of the student with a written notification. In other words, a district must notify you any time it proposes: (1) To change your child’s special education qualifying condition or “label” (for example, learning disability) including a determination that she has no special education qualifying condition; (2) To initiate or change an evaluation of your child; (3) To change your child’s educational placement; and (4) To change a component of your child’s IEP, it must give you a written notice that contains all the information described in Question 25. [34 C.F.R. Sec. 300.503(a)(1)(i).] I
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