Evaluations and consent, translated before the parent signs.
Under IDEA, parental consent must be informed and given in the parent's native language. We translate the documents that gate every special-education decision.
The documents
What we translate in this category.
- Initial evaluation consent forms
- Reevaluation consent forms
- Psychological, educational, and related-service evaluation reports
- Prior Written Notice (PWN) before any proposed change in identification, evaluation, placement, or FAPE
- Consent for release of records
- Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) request notices
The standard
Informed consent in a language the parent reads.
34 CFR § 300.9 defines parental consent: the parent has been fully informed of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought, in their native language or other mode of communication. 34 CFR § 300.503 requires PWN to be in the parent's native language unless clearly not feasible.
A consent signed on a form the parent could not read is, in the legal sense, uninformed — and a school district that proceeds on that consent is exposed.
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