Keeping Up With Students' Needs: Conducting Compliant Reevaluations Under the IDEA
Learn the legal requirements for conducting a timely reevaluation and actions you can take to ensure all steps of the IDEA reevaluation process are completed properly.
With straightforward explanations plus legal and practical tips drawn from court cases and administrative decisions, you learn compliant ways to:
- Identify red flags that indicate the need to reevaluate a student
- Secure authorization to reevaluate a student without parental consent
- Gather and document the IEP team’s review of existing data
- Complete a reevaluation that is sufficiently comprehensive
- Respond when a parent asks the district to pay for an independent reevaluation
You also get flowcharts, charts, model forms, and sample letters that guide you through the reevaluation process and help you to document IDEA compliance efforts.