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

Please click the following links: