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    <CFRTITLE>34</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Education</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>2</VOL>
    <DATE>2000-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2000-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Procedural safeguards notice.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>300.504</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 300.504</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 34" SEQ="4">Education</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subtitle B" SEQ="3">Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education (Continued)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 300" SEQ="2">ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart E" SEQ="1">Procedural Safeguards</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Due Process Procedures for Parents and Children</PARENT>
    </ANCESTORS>
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    <SECTNO>§ 300.504</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Procedural safeguards notice.</SUBJECT>
    <P>(a) <E T="03">General.</E> A copy of the procedural safeguards available to the parents of a child with a disability must be given to the parents, at a minimum—</P>
    <P>(1) Upon initial referral for evaluation;</P>
    <P>(2) Upon each notification of an IEP meeting;</P>
    <P>(3) Upon reevaluation of the child; and</P>
    <P>(4) Upon receipt of a request for due process under § 300.507.</P>
    <P>(b) <E T="03">Contents.</E> The procedural safeguards notice must include a full explanation of all of the procedural safeguards available under §§ 300.403, 300.500-300.529, and 300.560-300.577, and the State complaint procedures available under §§ 300.660-300.662 relating to—</P>
    <P>(1) Independent educational evaluation;</P>
    <P>(2) Prior written notice;</P>
    <P>(3) Parental consent;</P>
    <P>(4) Access to educational records;</P>
    <P>(5) Opportunity to present complaints to initiate due process hearings;</P>
    <P>(6) The child's placement during pendency of due process proceedings;</P>
    <P>(7) Procedures for students who are subject to placement in an interim alternative educational setting;</P>
    <P>(8) Requirements for unilateral placement by parents of children in private schools at public expense;</P>
    <P>(9) Mediation;</P>
    <P>(10) Due process hearings, including requirements for disclosure of evaluation results and recommendations;</P>
    <P>(11) State-level appeals (if applicable in that State);</P>
    <P>(12) Civil actions;</P>
    <P>(13) Attorneys’ fees; and</P>
    <P>(14) The State complaint procedures under §§ 300.660-300.662, including a description of how to file a complaint and the timelines under those procedures.</P>
    <P>(c) <E T="03">Notice in understandable language.</E> The notice required under paragraph (a) of this section must meet the requirements of § 300.503(c).</P>
    <SECAUTH>(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1415(d))</SECAUTH>
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