Policy – Category 2000 (Administration) BP 2004 – Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)
• The Charter LEA’s Director of Special Education will provide a Prior Written Notice (PWN) letter to the parent stating whether the Charter LEA is accepting or denying the IEE. If the IEE is denied, the Charter LEA will file for due process to determine the appropriateness of its assessment. • If the IEE request is accepted, the Charter LEA will provide the parents with a copy of the Notice to Parents Regarding Independent Educational Evaluation (Appendix A) and a non-exclusive list of qualified examiners (Appendix B). If a specific independent examiner is desired by the parents, the name and resume of the examiner must be provided so that the Charter LEA may: a. Verify the qualifications, certifications, and/or license of the examiner; b. Apply the location criteria; and c. Initiate and negotiate a contract with the examiner. Criteria for Obtaining an IEE at Public Expense The IEE must be administered by the independent examiner in the same type of location and/or setting as that used by the Charter LEA in providing similar evaluations ( Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 300.502(e) ). If the Charter LEA’s evaluation included classroom observations, the independent examiner will be given access to the classroom ( Education Code § 56327 ). Clinical psychologists selected to perform independent evaluations must base the assessment on the required eligibility criteria ( Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 300.8 and Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 3030 ) that school psychologists utilize to determine eligibility for special education and related services. While it is understood that psychological evaluations performed by clinical psychologists, who typically work outside of the school setting or in private practice, can include many of the same formal assessments as psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations in order to examine an individual’s psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning, these findings are typically intended to guide diagnosis and treatment from a medical perspective, not from an educational perspective. Therefore, independent examiners conducting psychological assessments under an IEE should align their assessment with the eligibility requirements in federal and state law that school psychologists rely on to determine eligibility for special education and related services. The examiner’s assessment should assist in determining specific areas of need, services, or supplemental aides that will support children with disabilities in educational settings. The assessment must be sufficiently comprehensive to identify all of the child’s special education and related service needs, whether or not commonly linked to the
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/21)
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