- Alignment with the No Child Left Behind Act
- Discipline
- Disproportionality
- Early Intervening Services (EIS)
- Evaluation and Reevaluation
- Funding
- Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT)
- Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
- Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Monitoring and Enforcement
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
- Part C Option
- Private Schools
- Procedural Safeguards
- Secondary Transition
- Statewide and Districtwide Assessments
- Regulations
- Preamble - Major Changes in the Regulations
- Preamble - Analysis of Comments and Changes
- Assistance To States For The Education Of Children With Disabilities
- A General
- B State Eligibility
- C Local Educational Agency Eligibility
- D Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized Education Programs, and Educational Placements
- E Procedural Safeguards
- F Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information
- G Authorization, Allotment, Use of Funds, and Authorization of Appropriations
- H Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities
- Regulations Appendices
- Statute
- Training Materials
- Model Forms
- Video Clips
- Webcast
- Presentations
- Dialogue Guides
- Q&A Documents
(b) Parental consent for services.
(1) A public agency that is responsible for making FAPE available to a child with a disability must obtain informed consent from the parent of the child before the initial provision of special education and related services to the child.
(2) The public agency must make reasonable efforts to obtain informed consent from the parent for the initial provision of special education and related services to the child.
(3) If the parent of a child fails to respond or refuses to consent to services under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the public agency may not use the procedures in subpart E of this part (including the mediation procedures under Sec. 300.506 or the due process procedures under Sec. Sec. 300.507 through 300.516) in order to obtain agreement or a ruling that the services may be provided to the child.
(4) If the parent of the child refuses to consent to the initial provision of special education and related services, or the parent fails to respond to a request to provide consent for the initial provision of special education and related services, the public agency--
(i) Will not be considered to be in violation of the requirement to make available FAPE to the child for the failure to provide the child with the special education and related services for which the public agency requests consent; and
(ii) Is not required to convene an IEP Team meeting or develop an IEP under Sec. Sec. 300.320 and 300.324 for the child for the special education and related services for which the public agency requests such consent.