Appendix G7: Sample IEE Letter to Parents
Request for Due Process Hearing
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DATE
PARENT NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Re: Request FOR Due Process Hearing and Prior Written Notice
Dear PARENT NAME:
The INSERT DISTRICT NAME has reviewed your request for an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) of your student, INSERT STUDENT NAME, which was received on INSERT DATE. The District finds that the evaluation of INSERT STUDENT NAME meets all the requirements of the Education Code and was appropriate. For this reason, the District is filing a request for a hearing to establish that the evaluation conducted by INSERT DISTRICT NAME was appropriate and it need not fund the requested IEE(s). The District is providing you with this prior written notice describing the reasons for declining to provide your student with the requested IEE. The District declines your request for an IEE in the following area(s): INSERT REQUESTED IEE ASSESSMENT(S). The District is refusing this action because it believes the assessment conducted by the District complied with all the relevant education codes and was appropriate. The District reviewed the following in making this determination: 1. INSERT ASSESSMENT REPORT TYPE AND DATE 2. Test Protocol INSERT SUFFICIENT SPECIFICS TO IDENTIFY EACH PROTOCOL 3. Assessment Plan, INSERT DATE OF PLAN 4. INSERT OTHER RELEVANT DOCS REVIEWED, AS APPROPRIATE The District considered funding the IEE requested but rejected this option as it finds the evaluations conducted by the District are appropriate. The District found no other factors relevant to the decision to decline the requested IEE. You have protection under the procedural safeguards of Part B of the IDEA. A copy of these procedural safeguards is attached for your reference. If you need assistance in understanding the provisions of IDEA, please contact your Special Education Local Plan Area at INSERT SELPA CONTACT NUMBER or the Procedural Safeguards Referral Service of the California Department of Education at 1-800-926-0648.
BP 2009 – Guidelines for Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 11/21)
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