This is a random picture I took while traveling from the Cairo International Airport to our hotel. Notice all the sand on the road...Page 46566 of the comments to the IDEA 2004 regulations explains "We agree that guardians with limited appointments that do not qualify them to act as a parent of the child generally, or do not authorize them to make educational decisions for the child, should not be considered to be a parent within the meaning of these regulations." What this means...there are differnt kinds of guardians who serve in different roles as authorized by the State. In South Carolina, a Guardian ad Litem is a volunteer trained to perform five important functions: investigator, reporter, spokesperson, monitor, and protector. This person would not be able to make educational decisions on behalf of the child (e.g., receive notice, give or revoke consent, file formal complaints, request mediation, file for a due process hearing, give or deny permission for release of records, etc.) unless a court authorized them to act as a child's parent. If in doubt, school officials need to ask for documentation from a court authorizing the guardian to make educational decisions.
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