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Do you disagree with the results of your child's school evaluation or worry it was not thorough enough? You have the right to request an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE).
What is an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)?
As a parent, you have the right to pursue a private evaluation for your child at any time; however, if you suspect your child has a disability, you have the legal right to request a psychoeducational evaluation at your child's public school to determine if they are eligible to receive special education services.
If you disagree with the results of your child's school evaluation or worry it was not thorough enough, you have the right to request an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) at public expense. In other words, the school district would have to pay for an additional evaluation to be conducted by a professional not affiliated with the school district.
Once you request an IEE at public expense, the school district has two options: (1) Fund the IEE, or (2) File for due process. If the school district personnel believe their evaluation was comprehensive and the results were valid, they have the right to challenge your request in a due process hearing.
When to consider requesting an IEE:
The school's evaluation said your child does not qualify for special education, but you disagree.
The school's evaluation did not examine all the problems you were concerned about.
You disagree with your child's educational placement.
You think your child's identified disability is incorrect.
You think the results of the testing were not valid.
Other things to know about IEEs:
If the school district agrees to pay for an IEE, the results of the evaluation must be considered by the school's IEP team, but the law does not require them to be adopted.
If the school district's evaluation determined your child was not eligible to receive special education services, an IEE does not guarantee that this determination will change.
When you disagree with an evaluation, you only have the right to one IEE at public expense.
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