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Whose IDEA Is This? A Resource Guide for Parents - September 2005

In November 2004, the United States Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA-2004). This new version of the federal law governing special education became effective July 1, 2005. In Ohio, Whose IDEA Is This? A Resource Guide for Parents serves as the Procedural Safeguards Notice in accordance with 34 CFR 300.504.

The school district must give parents of a child with a disability a copy of Whose IDEA Is This? once a year, as well as at each of the following times:

• Upon initial referral or parental request for evaluation;
• Upon reevaluation of the child;
• Upon notification of an IEP meeting;
• Upon the filing of a due process complaint;
• Upon a change in placement for disciplinary action; and
• Upon request by a parent.

A school district may place a current copy on its Web site. However, Web site posting shall not be the sole method of providing the procedural safeguards notice.

Information presented on this WWW site (Ohio Department of Education) is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.

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