What Parents Need to Know or Do. This table gives ideas for parents. When there are blank spaces in the box, it means the topic is explained somewhere else or that there is nothing the IEP team or parent needs to know or do. In this handbook, the term LEA is used. LEA stands for Local Educational Agency.
Most LEAs are public schools in the local community.
These are usually state facilities that have schools. Some of the information is also found in the list of procedural safeguards schools must give to parents when they send them special education forms or notices. The law has criteria for each disability to help IEP teams decide if a child has a disability. The Language of Special Education Special education has a language of its own. School staff sometimes use letters instead of longer terms.