IEP Parent Rights - Answers to 12 Most Frequently Asked IEP Questions
- Parents
do not have to sign an IEP at the end of an IEP meeting if they disagree with the
IEP.
- Parents can sign an IEP with exception, for example “I am signing this IEP
but I disagree with the teams decision to reduce my child’s hours for speech
and I am at this time filing a request for due process”.
- Parents
who need a language interpreter to thoroughly understand everything being said/read
in the IEP, can request an interpreter (which you need to do in advance of the
IEP and I recommend you do so in writing). Parents will then be provided with
an interpreter for the IEP at no cost to you.
- Parents
have the right to request that their child be assessed for Special Education
without delay.
- Parents have the right to list all of their concerns in the
IEP.
- Parents
have the right to file complaints, including state complaints and due process
complaints, and disagree with parts or all of the IEP.
- Parents
have the right to ask for an Independent Educational
Evaluation at public
expense when they disagree with the school district’s assessments.
- Parents
have a right to request a new IEP meeting be held within 30 days of a written
request when an IEP is already in place.
- Parents have the right to participate in the IEP meeting and
have their opinions heard and noted.
- Parents have the right to bring any person to an IEP meeting
with knowledge of the child or the child’s disability including social workers,
case workers, family members, advocates and attorneys.
- Parents have the right to review and receive copies of their
child’s educational records.
- Parents have the right to consent, refuse to consent or revoke
consent for special education for their child.
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