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Who Picks the IEE Assessor?
If parents disagree with a local educational agency’s (LEA*) evaluation of their child, they have the option of requesting an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) at public expense. However, parents are sometimes faced with the district acting outside the law by offering its own assessment plan to be completed in 60 days, pre-determining the allowable cost of the evaluation, or attempting to restrict the parent’s choice of an evaluator to its preferred list.
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District Cannot Require Parents to Privately Assess or Medicate Child
A local education agency (LEA*) cannot require parents to privately assess their child nor require them to medicate their child. Regardless of how the LEA might perceive the student’s potential medical condition, their obligation to assess in all areas of suspected disability and provide appropriate special education services cannot be diminished.
In a recent due process [...]
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