No evaluation may be conducted without written parental permission. Parents who do not consent to an evaluation may be asked to attend a conference with the teacher, principal, psychologist and possibly other special education staff. Muncy School District is required by law to keep records of all students receiving special education and early intervention services. Teacher progress reports Comprehensive evaluation reports, and Routine medical records. As a child is reevaluated every two years, information is added to his or her file.
All records are confidential.
Only school personnel are permitted to see the child s file. Anyone else must have written approval of the parent to see the file or to receive copies of information in the file. Parents can review the child s file and challenge the validity of any record or report, or challenge the maintenance of information on file. All records are reviewed every summer by school personnel, and any no longer needed to plan the child s education program are destroyed. However, parents are notified first and permitted to review or copy this information.