Appendix A: SELPA Form DM 77
Notice of Procedural Safeguards (Parents’ Rights)
A court or hearing officer may not reduce or deny reimbursement to you if you failed to give this notice for any of the following reasons: illiteracy and inability to write in English; giving notice would likely result in physical or serious emotional harm to the child; the school prevented you from giving notice; or you had not received a copy of this Notice of Procedural Safeguards or otherwise been informed of this notice requirement. Observation of Your Child at a Nonpublic School: If you unilaterally place your child in a nonpublic school and you propose the placement in the nonpublic school to be publicly financed, the LEA must be given the opportunity to observe the proposed placement and your child in the proposed placement. The LEA may not observe or assess any other child at the nonpublic school without permission from the other child’s parent or guardian. State Special Schools: The State Special Schools provide services to students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind at each of its three facilities: the California Schools for the Deaf in Fremont and Riverside and at the California School for the Blind in Fremont. Residential and day school programs are offered to students from infancy to age 21 at both State Schools for the Deaf and from ages five through 21 at the California School for the Blind. The State Special Schools also offer assessment services and technical assistance. Referrals for State Special Schools are part of the IEP process and parents must be referred by their LEA when considering such placements. For more information about the State Special Schools, please visit the California Department of Education State Special Schools website (http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ss/) or ask for more information from the members of your child’s IEP te am.
BP 1001 – Procedural Safeguards
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 03/13)
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