Request for Special Education Evaluation
A school professional may recommend that a child be evaluated to determine if the student has a disability. Parents/Guardians should contact the child’s teacher, principal or another school administrator to request an evaluation. This request may be verbal, but it’s best to put it in writing. Once the written or verbal request is made, within 10 days the school will either issue a “permission to evaluate” (PTE) or a Notice of Recommended Educational Placement (NOREP) to explain, in writing, why the evaluation request is denied. For questions, please contact your student’s counselor or administrator.
Request for 504 Service Plan
A Parent/Guardian can request for their student to have a 504 service plan. The request should be made in writing to the school counselor. The parent/guardian must include any relevant medical records or documentation from a licensed medical care provider along with specific services or accommodations the parent/guardian believes the student needs and/or the modifications the parent/guardian would like the school district to make if requesting a modification. These requests can be provided to the student’s teacher, the counselor, or another school administrator.
Request for Language Access
Parents/Guardians have the right to communications and information from the District and the student’s school in their preferred language. If parents/guardians speak and/or write a language other than English, an interpreter must be provided for calls and meetings with school staff, and written communications from the school must be translated into their preferred language. Teachers and school staff should use multiple resources to provide language access, such as Language Line, bi-lingual staff, and translation request forms to engage with the District’s English learners and multilingual parents/guardians. Schools must record a parent/guardian’s preferred language and provide parents/guardians information about their rights to language services and how to access resources in their preferred languages. Parents/guardians can request a call-back from an interpreter.