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...Education's Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into...investigation into alleged IEP implementation failures and...properly trained in disability rights and restraint protocols. What...complaint with the Office for Civil Rights alleging that staff failed to...failed to implement her child's IEP and retaliated after...

...transportation to get to school and their disability requires accommodations on that transport, it must be documented in their Individualized Education Program (IEP) and provided at no cost to you. The law doesn't distinguish between "regular" transportation and "specialized" transportation. If your child uses a...

...more free appropriate public education. No more IEP. The support structure that's been there since preschool...transition planning is the section of your child's IEP that prepares them for life after high school. It's...at the latest (many states require it by 14), the IEP team must include measurable postsecondary goals...

...uniform national system. It establishes minimum rights: a free appropriate public education in the least...restrictive environment, procedural protections, and the right to an IEP. States can go further than IDEA requires,...environment, procedural protections, and the right to an IEP. States can go further than IDEA requires, but not...

...procedural safeguards notice at an IEP meeting: that dense packet...(IDEA), outlining the legal rights the federal government grants...make other arrangements. The Rights That Matter Most. The notice...Most. The notice covers many rights, but a handful will be most...child's records. You have the right to review any educational record...

Your child's IEP lists accommodations they use every day in the classroom. Extended time on assignments. A separate quiet space for quizzes. Read-aloud support for written...

Your child has an IEP. The accommodations are written....from a disconnect between the IEP as a legal document and the...as a legal document and the IEP as a set of practices that must...reasons change the legal reality: IEP accommodations are legally binding...complaint to the Office for Civil Rights. Here's how to move through...

You learn "person-first language" at your first IEP meeting. A child with autism. A person with Down syndrome. A student with...still teach person-first language as the default. It's baked into disability rights law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). For...

...early in your special education journey: FAPE and LRE. You'll see them in IEP documents, hear them in meetings, watch attorneys reference them when disputes...sound bureaucratic, but they're the foundation of your child's educational rights under federal law. Understanding them means understanding what you can ask...

...Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. They can cite IEP timelines, know what FAPE means, and understand...schools and early intervention. It gives children the right to a free appropriate public education in the least...recreational facilities. Parents who can recite IEP timelines often don't know which ADA title applies...

...at charter schools and you have a child with an IEP. Maybe you've heard mixed things about how charters...can't legally reject your child because they have an IEP. But the law and the practice don't always line...legally required to serve them. Understanding your rights and knowing what questions to ask can protect you...

You've been told your child might qualify for an IEP. Or you've heard the term from another parent and wondered if your child should...at the beginning of something with no clear sense of what comes next. The IEP process isn't a single event. It's a series of seven procedural stages, each...