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Carolyn, Thank you for taking the time to respond and for the very helpful information! I don't have a copy of the updated IEP (meeting was last Friday,) but I know that they have already implemented the changes. I'll definitely follow up with an e-mail stating what I don't agree with and request the PWN for the changes they made. I requested 2 new social emotional goals as well and they said that they needed to collect data; no timeframe given to collect that. His IEP states that progress reports are to be sent every 9 weeks, but I always have to send an E-mail reminder. And his second quarter progress report was almost 3 months late & indicated that he was showing progress on his goals, not mastered. They're not following some of his accommodations. His teacher, although really nice, feels that because he's bright & doing well, he'll advocate for himself. He doesn't. The IEE crossed my mind, especially when the school psychologist & OT said that they had stopped timers during testing because my son "needed to express a thought he had in his head." To me, that would indicate that his diagnoses interfered with his ability to complete the testing within the testing parameters. Not to mention, some of the scoring showed difficulties. I don't know much about IEE's, but I know that we could obtain one at public expense if the district agrees. My concern is that the district won't agree and then we're stuck because we can't afford to pay for one out of pocket. If you could point me in the direction to learn more about the IEE, that would be amazing. I appreciate the info that you have shared already. I was so worried I was overthinking what happened at the meeting. At least now I know I have reason to be concerned.

Thank you, JSD24 for replying. We moved from Florida to South Carolina last year. I met with the new IEP team in August to develop a new IEP and they now have his annual IEP set for August. The school was a little funny with the re-eval in that the person doing the Re-Eval would misplaced the docs from the OT, promised the Re-Eval report two different times & missed the deadlines given, and said that they were sick often which delayed completing the Re-Eval earlier. At our meeting last week to go over the results, they removed goals because they said he was making progress & didn't meet SLD in dysgraphia. They then combined his 3 Social Emotional goals into 1 & reduced his minutes. (The expectation is that he'll be accepted into their P/T gifted program, but I can't get the school district to respond to me.) I should add, no PWN for any of this. Unfortunately, I felt pressured to agreed to their terms due to their time constraint. Their testing showed some issues and they dismissed it as my child probably had an "off day." I'm now looking at sending my follow-up letter to them & telling them that I don't agree with the new IEP. They have consistently been late with progress reports & I haven't seen solid data from them. Something just isn't sitting right for me with all of this.

Thank you, Lisa for clarifying that for me. We moved to a new state last year and the school had a meeting in August and said they were creating a new IEP for him. But March was when his previous school initiated his first IEP.

Hello, Is there a timeline that the school district must follow when completing a triennial evaluation? I thought the school had 60 days to complete the testing and then 30 days to meet and draft the IEP. The school is telling me that isn't the case, that the 60/30 day timelines only apply to the initial testing. Unfortunately, I'm finding different answers to this online. Thank you for your time.