We are posting a revised Parent’s Notice of Procedural Safeguards (English version) (PNPS) at: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/prb/. This PNPS includes new wording that matches the changes made under federal law about a parent’s rights to revoke their consent for services. This PNPS replaces the April 11, 2008 English PNPS. The Department will replace the current posted translations as soon as the updated translations are available.
Under IDEA 2004 school districts must give this PNPS once per year to all parents of eligible students with disabilities. The Department recommends that school districts identify a specific date each school year when the parents of every eligible student enrolled in the district, including those in out-of-district placements, will be sent a copy of the PNPS. Districts may distribute the PNPS by mail or, if the district makes information available electronically, the parent may choose that option.
In addition to the annual distribution of the PNPS, school districts must give the PNPS to parents when an initial evaluation of a student is requested by the parent or another person; upon the parent’s request for a copy; and when a student with a disability is removed from his or her placement to an interim alternative education setting as a result of discipline.
The PNPS is currently being translated into the following nine (9) languages: Spanish; Portuguese; Haitian Creole; Vietnamese; Khmer/Khmai; Chinese; Cape Verdean; Russian; and Arabic. The translated documents will be posted as soon as possible
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