34 CFR §300.504
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- (a)General. A copy of the procedural safeguards available to the parents of a child with a disability must be given to the parents only one time a school year, except that a copy also must be given to the parents—
- (1)Upon initial referral or parent request for evaluation;
- (2)Upon receipt of the first State complaint under §§ 300.151 through 300.153 and upon receipt of the first due process complaint under § 300.507 in a school year;
- (3)In accordance with the discipline procedures in § 300.530(h); and
- (4)Upon request by a parent.
- (b)Internet Web site. A public agency may place a current copy of the procedural safeguards notice on its Internet Web site if a Web site exists.
- (c)Contents. The procedural safeguards notice must include a full explanation of all of the procedural safeguards available under § 300.148, §§ 300.151 through 300.153, § 300.300, §§ 300.502 through 300.503, §§ 300.505 through 300.518, §§ 300.530 through 300.536 and §§ 300.610 through 300.625 relating to—
- (1)Independent educational evaluations;
- (2)Prior written notice;
- (3)Parental consent;
- (4)Access to education records;
- (5)Opportunity to present and resolve complaints through the due process complaint and State complaint procedures, including—
- (i)The time period in which to file a complaint;
- (ii)The opportunity for the agency to resolve the complaint; and
- (iii)The difference between the due process complaint and the State complaint procedures, including the jurisdiction of each procedure, what issues may be raised, filing and decisional timelines, and relevant procedures;
- (6)The availability of mediation;
- (7)The child's placement during the pendency of any due process complaint;
- (8)Procedures for students who are subject to placement in an interim alternative educational setting;
- (9)Requirements for unilateral placement by parents of children in private schools at public expense;
- (10)Hearings on due process complaints, including requirements for disclosure of evaluation results and recommendations;
- (11)State-level appeals (if applicable in the State);
- (12)Civil actions, including the time period in which to file those actions; and
- (13)Attorneys' fees.
- (d)Notice in understandable language. The notice required under paragraph (a) of this section must meet the requirements of § 300.503(c).