Notice of Procedural Safeguards and Parents’ Rights (PDF) English

This information provides you as parents, legal guardians, and surrogate parents of children with disabilities from three (3) years of age through age twenty-one (21) and students who have reached age eighteen (18), the age of majority, with an overview of your educational rights or procedural safeguards.

The Notice of Procedural Safeguards is required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (in English, referred to as IDEA) and must be provided to you one time per year and:

• When you ask for a copy

• The first time your child is referred for a special education assessment

• Each time you are given an assessment plan to evaluate your child

• Upon receipt of the first state or due process complaint in a school year, and

• When the decision is made to make a removal that constitutes a change of placement