We recently requested 4 separate IEE's; psycho-educational, OT, PT and ST. The district had done those evaluations already and they did approve the IEE's. However, the district is capping the total amount it will pay for all 4 of these evaluations because they are treating it as 1 comprehensive evaluation and responded as such when I asked them to provide the area of law that supports this: In accordance with IDEA 34 CFR 300.502, a parent is entitled to only one IEE at public expense each time the District conducts an evaluation with which the parent disagrees. During the evaluation process, the District is required to assess a child in all areas related to the suspected disability, including, if appropriate, health, vision, hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence, academic performance, communicative status, and motor abilities (34 CFR § 300.304(c)(4)). As a result, it is common for multiple professionals (e.g., school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, OTs, PTs, Behavioral Interventionists, etc.) to participate in the evaluation process. However, it is still only considered one comprehensive evaluation, meaning parents are only entitled to one IEE. Since the total for all 4 evaluations is going to cost more than the "capped amount", is the parent responsible for paying the difference for the capped amount and what the provider bills for the IEE's?
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We recently requested 4 separate IEE's; psycho-educational, OT, PT and ST. The district had done those evaluations already and they did approve the IEE's. However, the district is capping the total amount it will pay for all 4 of these evaluations because they are treating it as 1 comprehensive evaluation and responded as such when I asked them to provide the area of law that supports this: In accordance with IDEA 34 CFR 300.502, a parent is entitled to only one IEE at public expense each time the District conducts an evaluation with which the parent disagrees. During the evaluation process, the District is required to assess a child in all areas related to the suspected disability, including, if appropriate, health, vision, hearing, social and emotional status, general intelligence, academic performance, communicative status, and motor abilities (34 CFR § 300.304(c)(4)). As a result, it is common for multiple professionals (e.g., school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, OTs, PTs, Behavioral Interventionists, etc.) to participate in the evaluation process. However, it is still only considered one comprehensive evaluation, meaning parents are only entitled to one IEE. Since the total for all 4 evaluations is going to cost more than the "capped amount", is the parent responsible for paying the difference for the capped amount and what the provider bills for the IEE's?
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