Reevaluation for Continued Eligibility-Consider a New Path

Reevaluation

Your child will be reevaluated when you and the public education agency:

• determine continued special education eligibility at least once every three years, unless you and the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team agree that additional data isn't needed to determine continuation of special education and related services (reevaluation may not occur more than once a year, unless you and the school district agree otherwise);
• determine testing is necessary; or,
• when you, or your child's teacher, requests an evaluation.

As part of the reevaluation:

• the IEP Team, including you, must review existing data (input and evaluations you provide, assessments, and classroom observations) and then determine whether additional data is needed;
• when additional data is needed by the Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) you will give informed written consent (your child may be reevaluated without your consent, if the school district has taken reasonable, documented attempts to get your consent);
• a decision is made by the MET on whether or not to continue special education and related services
    - special education services will stop if your child is no longer eligible
    - a new IEP will be written if your child is still be eligible;
    - you will receive an explanation and copy of the results; and,
• you will receive Prior Written Notice (PWN) if the school district proposes any change to your child's identification, evaluation, placement, or provision of a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).