Written Notice of Refusal

Written Notice of a Refused or Tabled Action

Student Name: ________________________________________      Birth date: _____________

Parent(s): ____________________________________________       Date: _________________

IDEA (20 U.S.C. 1415(c)) requires "an explanation of why the agency proposes or refuses to take the action and a description of each evaluation procedure, assessment, record or report the agency used as a basis for the proposed or refused action;"

The Texas Notice of Procedural Safeguards states that "A prior written notice must describe what the school is proposing to do or refusing to do. It must explain why the action is proposed or refused. It must describe other options that were considered by the ARD committee and why those options were rejected. It must describe each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or report the school used as a basis for what it proposes or refuses, and any other factors relevant to what is proposed or refused."

Purpose of this notice:

___ An action being refused by the LEA

___ An action being tabled by the LEA             Date of next consideration: __________________

Notice:

1. A description of the action refused [or tabled] by the local education agency.

2. An explanation of why the local education agency refuses to take the action [or tables it].

3. A description of any other options the ARD team considered and the reasons for the rejection of those options.

4. A description of each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or report the local education agency used as a basis for the refused [or tabled] action.

5. A description of any other factors that is relevant to the local education agency's refusal.

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                    (Signature)                                                    (LEA Position)