Appendix A: Notice to Parents Regarding IEEs
CRITERIA FOR OBTAINING AN IEE AT PUBLIC EXPENSE 1. Local Limitations for Independent Examiners The independent examiner must be located within an 85-mile radius of the DMCS office or within a 40-mile radius of the LEA responsible for the LEA. 2. Minimum Qualifications for Independent Examiners All assessments must be conducted in accordance with all requirements of federal and state laws including, but not limited to, observing the child in the appropriate setting (Education Code § 56327) and conducting evaluations in accordance with Education Code § 56320 . Examiners must meet the credentialing/licensing criteria listed below. All assessments must be conducted by individuals certified as competent as determined by the LEA (Education Code § 56322) . 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; Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 3030) that school psychologists utilize to determine eligibility for special education services 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 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 disability category being considered for the child and should help seek to understand the child’s learning style, and then guide the development of classroom accommodations and supports from an educational perspective. The IEE must be administered by the 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 LEA evaluation included classroom observations, the independent examiner will be given access to the classroom (Education Code § 56327) . Type of Assessment Proposed Estimate Qualifications Adaptive Behavior $500 - $1,000 Credentialed Special Education Teacher
BP 2004 – Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/21)
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