Poughkeepsie City School District

Federal laws protect the educational rights of a student with disabilities. These rights are exercised through due process of law which helps to balance decision making among various adults. The result is a legal responsibility for parents and educators to work cooperatively and to resolve disagreements for the benefit of the student. Due process in special education involves the parent's right:

 

- to be fully informed and knowledgeable about the actions to be taken

- to participate

- to consent

- to file a complaint

- to request in independent evaluation

- to challenge

- to appeal

- to request an impartial hearing