Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Major Change to the Parents Rights in Special Education (Procedural Safeguards)


According to South Carolina's Office of Exceptional Children Policies and Procedures released April 6, 2009, once a child has been dismissed from special education services, any subsequent evaluation would be an initial evaluation and all requirements would apply. This is a huge deviation away from the former procedures which claimed that once a child with a disability, even though he/she may have been exited, all subsequent evaluation would be a reevaluation. This major change should prompt IEP teams to be very careful when exiting students from special education.

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