Special Education
Please visit the SIFPTA Virtual Special Education Committee
blog at http://fedsped.wordpress.com
Keep checking back, I have been updating it frequently.
Please send questions, information and news items to fedsped@gmail.com
thank you,
Kathleen Boyer
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Resource Links for special needs parents:
Staten Island disabilities Council www.siddc.org
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August 2007
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TO:
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School Districts, Individuals and Organizations Interested in the
Education of Students with Disabilities
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| FROM: | James P. DeLorenzo  |
| SUBJECT: |
Revised New York State Procedural Safeguards Notice: Rights for
Parents of Children with Disabilities, Ages 3-21
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Attached is the revised mandatory New York State Procedural Safeguards Notice: Rights for Parents of Children with Disabilities, Ages 3-21. This procedural safeguards notice is similar to the notice that the U.S. Department of Education provided as a model notice, but has been modified for clarity and includes additional information specific to New York State. This notice includes the revisions required by the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in implementing federal regulations (Part 300 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations). All school districts and other agencies responsible for the education of students with disabilities must begin to use this notice effective September 1, 2007.
The procedural safeguards notice must be provided to parents of a student with a disability, at a minimum one time per year and also upon:
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initial referral or parental request for evaluation;
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request by a parent;
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the first filing of a due process complaint notice to request mediation or
an impartial due process hearing;
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a decision to impose a suspension or removal that constitutes a
disciplinary change in placement; and
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receipt of a parent’s first State complaint in a school year.
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School districts are encouraged to develop their own cover letter to parents to accompany the required notice. School districts may add an addendum of local district policies but may not change, alter or shorten the content of the State-mandated procedural safeguards notice.
This notice and updated versions will be available through the Department’s web site at: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/policy. If you have questions about this information, please contact the Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID), Special Education Policy Unit, at 518-473-2878 or your Regional Associate at one of the following VESID Special Education Quality Assurance Regional Offices:
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Central NY Regional Office |
(315) 428-3287 |
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Eastern Regional Office |
(518) 486-6366 |
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Hudson Valley Regional Office |
(914) 245-0010 |
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Long Island Regional Office |
(631) 884-8530 |
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New York City Regional Office |
(718) 722-4544 |
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Western Regional Office |
(585) 344-2002 ext.420 |
* Please note: If you would like to receive notification of our publications via e-mail, register at www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/register.htm.
Procedural Safeguards Notice: Rights for Parents of Children with Disabilities, Ages 3-21
Please note: This notice will also be available in Spanish when the translation is completed.
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