Rights, safeguards and discipline

Count cumulative removal days for a student with an IEP: what counts, partial days, in-school and bus suspensions, the pattern test, and a worked removal log.

File a special education state complaint step by step: what it must include, the one-year limit, the 60-day decision, possible remedies and a dated example.

Run a post-suspension IEP meeting: when to hold one, a 45-minute agenda, reviewing the behavior plan and services, a re-entry plan, and a worked example.

Request an independent educational evaluation step by step: when you qualify, what to write, what the school must do next, and a worked example with dates.

What an IAES is, the three times IDEA allows one, the 45-school-day limit, who picks the setting, and how it differs from an alternative school placement.

Stay put keeps a child in the current placement while a due process case is open. What it covers, when it starts, and how it differs during discipline appeals.

When a district must assign a surrogate parent, who can serve, the 30-day target, and how a surrogate differs from a foster parent, under 34 CFR 300.519.

The meeting a district must hold within 15 days of a parent's due process complaint: who attends, the 30-day period, and how it differs from mediation.

FAPE means special education and related services at no cost to families, meeting state standards, through an IEP. What each word means, with an example.

The three kinds of parental consent in special education compared: what each one allows, what happens if you say no, and three scenarios with the answer.

Mediation, due process and state complaints compared for special education: who decides, timelines, cost, a side-by-side table and three example cases.

Rowley (1982) and Endrew F. (2017) side by side: the facts, the test each set, what Endrew F. added, and three IEP scenarios read under the current standard.

A printable manifestation determination checklist for before, during and after the meeting, with the regulation for each item and what to do if one is missing.

A fill-in alternatives to suspension plan for students with IEPs, a completed example, responses matched to behavior function, and notes on each section.

A fill-in IEP disagreement letter with a completed example, notes on each section, and what to ask for so the school answers your concerns in writing.

Yes, but with extra steps. What must happen before a student with an IEP is expelled, what the school still owes during an expulsion, and questions to ask.

What compensatory education is, when a school may owe makeup services, how the amount is worked out, and the questions to ask, with an annotated example.

How a special education due process hearing runs: the complaint, the resolution period, the 5-day evidence rule, the hearing and the 45-day decision, in order.

Your right to see your child's IEP and education records: the 45-day limit, getting copies, asking for changes, and what a full special education file holds.

What the procedural safeguards notice is, when the school must give it to you, and what each section means, read side by side with a plain-language example.

How a parent revokes consent for all special education services, what the school must do next, what your child loses, and how to come back to services later.

What a student with an IEP is entitled to at school: services, accommodations in class and on tests, clubs and sports, discipline rules and IEP meetings.

What happens to IEP rights when your child reaches the age of majority, often 18: which rights move to your child, what you still receive, and how to prepare.

What a manifestation determination is, when the school must hold one, the two questions the team answers, an annotated example, and questions to ask.

What to do when a teacher is not following your child's IEP or accommodations are missed: how to log it, who to talk to, and your formal options.

Who counts as a parent for an IEP: divorced parents, foster parents, grandparents and stepparents, and what a custody order can change about IEP rights.

Why early pickups, cooling-off days and shortened days can count as removals for students with IEPs, which ones count, and one student's month traced by date.

A topic map of 34 CFR Part 300: what each subpart covers, the sections school teams cite most, where states add rules, and one student's year through them.

Prior written notice examples for special education: when a PWN is required, the seven required parts, and filled examples of a proposal and a refusal.

How the IDEA 10-day rule works: what schools may do in the first 10 days, what changes on day 11, who decides services, and one student's removals by date.

Which staff may see a student's IEP, who needs parent consent first, and what teachers can share with paras, subs and other parents, with a school-year example.