Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 76 - Children Requiring Special Education › Section 10-76d - Conditions of instruction › Section 10-76d-8 - Notice and consent

Current through July 10, 2024
Written notice shall be sent to the parents no later than
				  five days after date of referral.
(a)
Written notice.
(1) Written
				notice that meets the requirements of this subsection shall be given to the
				parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the PPT proposes
				or refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or educational
				placement of a child with a disability or a child who may have a disability or
				the provision of a free appropriate public education to a child with a
				disability. The requirement for providing the parents of a child with a
				disability, or the parents of a child who may be eligible for special education
				and related services, with written notice occurs after the PPT meeting at which
				the PPT proposes to, or refuses to, initiate or change the child's
				identification, evaluation, or educational placement or the provision of a free
				appropriate public education to the child.
(2) The written notice required by this
				subsection shall include (A) a description of the action proposed or refused by
				the PPT, (B) an explanation of why such PPT proposes or refuses to take the
				action, (C) a description of each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or
				report such board used as a basis for the proposed or refused action, (D) a
				statement that the parents of a child with a disability have protection under
				the procedural safeguards of IDEA and, if the written notice required by this
				section is the initial referral for evaluation, the means by which a copy of a
				description of the procedural safeguards can be obtained, (E) sources for
				parents to contact to obtain assistance in understanding the procedural
				safeguards of IDEA, (F) a description of other options the PPT considered and
				the reasons why those options were rejected, and (G) a description of other
				factors that are relevant to the board of education's proposal or
				refusal.
(3) The written notice
				required under this subsection shall be (A) written in language understandable
				to the general public, and (B) provided in the native language of the parent or
				other mode of communication used by the parent unless it is clearly not
				feasible to do so.
(4) If the
				native language or other mode of communication of the parents is not a written
				language, the board of education shall take steps to ensure (A) the notice is
				translated orally or by other means to the parent in his or her native language
				or other mode of communication, (B) the parent understands the content of the
				notice, and (C) there is written evidence that the requirements of
				subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision have been meet.
(5) Written notice required by this
				subsection may be provided to the parents at the PPT meeting where such PPT
				proposes to, or refuses to, initiate or change the child's identification,
				evaluation, or educational placement of the child with a disability or the
				provision of a free appropriate public education to the child with a
				disability. If such notice is not provided at the PPT meeting, it shall be
				provided to the parents of the child with a disability, or to the parents of a
				child who may be eligible for special education and related services, not later
				than ten days before the PPT proposes to, or refuses to, initiate or change the
				child's identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the
				provision of a free appropriate public education to the child.