22 Pa. Code § 15.5 - School district initiated evaluation and provision of services
(a) A school
district shall send a written notice to the student's parents if a school
district believes that a student meets one or more of the following conditions:
(1) Should be identified as a protected
handicapped student .
(2) Should no
longer be identified as a protected handicapped student .
(3) Requires a change in or modification of
the student's current service agreement .
(b) The school district's notice to the
parents shall be in the parents ' native language or mode of communication and
shall state the following:
(1) The school
district believes the student is a protected handicapped student or is no
longer a protected handicapped student .
(2) The basis for the school district's
belief.
(3) The proposed change or
modification in the service agreement .
(4) The parents ' right to inspect and review
all relevant school records.
(5)
The parents ' right to meet with appropriate school officials to discuss the
issues associated with evaluating or accommodating the student.
(6) The specific related aids, services or
accommodations the school district is proposing.
(7) The requirement that the parents agree to
the student's identification as a protected handicapped student and execute a
service agreement before the school district will provide the proposed related
aids, services or accommodations.
(8) The school district will not modify or
terminate the student's current service agreement without the parents ' written
consent, pending completion of the procedures in §
15.8 (relating to procedural
safeguards).
(9) The procedural
safeguards available to students and their parents .
(c) If the school district needs additional
information before it can make a specific recommendation concerning the related
aids, services or accommodations needed by the student, the district may ask
the parents to provide additional medical records which the parents may have
and to grant the district permission to evaluate the student.
(d) The school district initiated request to
evaluate a student shall specifically identify the procedures and types of
tests which it proposes to use to evaluate the student and inform the parents
that they have the right to give or withhold their written consent to these
evaluations.
Notes
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code Appendix A (relating to model memorandum of understanding).
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