Procedural Safeguards
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), the federal law concerning the education of students with disabilities, requires schools to provide you, the parent, with a notice containing a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available under the IDEA and IDEA regulations. A copy of this notice must be given to you one time a year and also when the following occurs:
- The first time you or the school district asks for an for an evaluation.
- You ask for a copy of these procedural safeguards.
- The first time in a school year you request a due process hearing or file a state complaint.
- A decision is made to take a disciplinary action against your child that is a change in placement.
Quick links:
Bureau of Special Education Resources
Procedural safeguards
Seclusion and Restraint
Transition Bill of Rights
Request for Mediation