Parent’s Guide to Special Education
Parent’s Guide to Special Education
Procedural Safeguards
The procedural safeguards notice must be provided to parents of a student with a disability, at a minimum one time per year and also upon:
- initial referral or parental request for evaluation;
- request by a parent;
- the first filing of a due process complaint notice to request mediation or an impartial due process hearing;
- a decision to impose a suspension or removal that constitutes a disciplinary change in placement; and
- receipt of a parent’s first State complaint in a school year.
ACCES-VR (formerly, VESID) is available at: http://www.acces.nysed.gov/vr