The Child-Centered Special Education Process
TIMELINE DECISION TREE: The Child-Centered
Special Education Process
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Timeline | Child-Centered Special Education Process
Not later than 15 school days
Number of school days
after the day
following
written request
receipt of
for evaluation
signed
is received from parent
consent to completion
of full
individual
and initial
Number of
evaluation
school days
from parent
written
Notice and
request for
consent or
initial referral to school response
refusal to provide initial
evaluation
Full individual and initial
evaluation
completed
Number of years to reevaluation
Number of calendar days to
hold ARD meeting
1 year
Number of school days
from verification
Notice of ARD
meeting
Eligibility determination made by ARD
committee
Student transfers provide comparable services
ARD meeting for
transfer students
Response to Intervention
Prior written notice
Prior written notice
Consent for initial
placement
Prior written notice
Notice and consent for reevaluation
Annual IEP
review
must be notified five school days
before evaluation, fewer
days with parent's agreement
Dismissal/ Graduation or no longer meets age
eligibility
Three-year reevaluation
Prior written notice
Prior written notice
Parent's Guide to the ARD Process
Notice of Procedural Safeguards
Notice of Procedural Safeguards
KEY: Referral & Consent Evaluation Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee Meeting Student Transfer Transition Prior Written Notice
must be notified five school days before meeting, fewer days with
parent's
Initiation of services
if the parent signs consent for initial
placement
agreement
Notice of
Procedural
Safeguards
Transition
Notice of Procedural Safeguards
Question: When a prior written notice is given, what is the timeline for initiating or changing the:
Identification
Evaluation
Provision of FAPE
Placement
PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE 34 CFR ? 300.504(a)(1) 19 TAC ? 89.1011(b)(1)
Answer: A prior written notice must be given to the parent five school days before initiating or changing the evaluation, identification or placement of the student, and before initiating or changing provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the student.
Fewer than five school days
with parent's agreement
PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE 19 TAC ? 89.1050(h)
Question: What is the timeline for giving the Notice of Procedural Safeguards?
CONSENT FOR INITIAL EVALUATION CONSENT FOR REEVALUATION
TEC ? 29.004(c)(2) 34 CFR ? 300.504
Answer: The school must give the Notice of Procedural Safeguards annually and:
? At an initial referral; ? When refusing to evaluate; ? Upon a parent's request; ? When proposing a change of placement; and ? Upon receipt of the first special education
complaint filed with the TEA or the first due process hearing complaint filed during a school year.
Notice of Procedural Safeguards CONSENT FOR INITIAL EVALUATION CONSENT FOR REEVALUATION
TEC ? 29.004(c)(2) 34 CFR ? 300.504
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