DMSELPA Policies and Procedures

Appendix G5: Sample IEE Letter to Parents

Assessor Not Qualified

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DATE

PARENT NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE

Re: Requested Assessor Not Qualified

Dear PARENT NAME:

Our office has reviewed the qualifications of INSERT NAME OF REQUESTED ASSESSOR, who you requested the District utilize for an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) for your student, INSERT STUDENT NAME. After reviewing the qualifications of the assessor, the District finds that the assessor does not meet the qualifications as stated under the Local Plan Policy. Specifically, the assessor FILL IN THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THE PARENT REQUESTED THIS ASSESSOR AND WHY ASSESSOR DOES NOT MEET SELPA QUALIFICATION (I.E. COST CRITERIA, LICENSURE/CREDENTIAL CRITERIA, ETC). The District would like to consider your request further. To that end, we ask you to explain the circumstances unique to INSERT STUDENT NAME that might justify agreeing to an assessor who is not qualified under our criteria to provide an IEE, including complex medical, educational, and/or psychological needs such that there are no other qualified evaluators. If you would like to meet with our staff to help us understand such circumstances unique to INSERT STUDENT NAME, we are available INSERT DATE/TIME/LOCATION FOR INTERACTIVE MEETING. In the alternative, you may provide the description of the circumstances unique to INSERT STUDENT NAME in writing for our review.

The District looks forward to working with you collaboratively to address your request.

Sincerely,

INSERT ADMINISTRATOR NAME INSERT ADMINISTRATOR TITLE

BP 2009 – Guidelines for Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/21)

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