An IEP service has not started or has stopped. What should I do?

Special education · Process and next steps

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Compare the IEP service with what your child receives. Identify start date, frequency, duration, and location, and describe the gap in writing. A recommendation still awaiting team consideration differs from an IEP service already owed.

Request a concrete solution

Ask for a start date, a coordinator, and a response concerning missed sessions. Keep the IEP, referrals, authorizations, messages, and attendance records. The agency must make services available as soon as possible after IEP development and inform implementers of their responsibilities.

Continuity and remedies

The 2002 Rosa Lydia Vélez judgment, F.3, p. 33, addresses continuation of prior-IEP related services while the dispute described there is resolved. The applicable IEP, later orders, and pending procedure still require examination.

A failure may require both starting current services and assessing compensatory education. Remedio Provisional has its own procedure and conditions; contacting a provider does not automatically authorize payment. We can review appropriate steps and remedies.

The answer for your situation depends on the facts and records. An inquiry does not suspend legal deadlines or guarantee that the office will accept the case.

Reference sources

34 C.F.R. §300.323(c)–(d) · Prestación del PEI / IEP implementation34 C.F.R. §300.320(a) · Contenido del PEI / IEP contentRosa Lydia Vélez · Sentencia 14 febrero 2002, pp. 21–22, 30–33; portal oficial DEPR34 C.F.R. §300.151(b) · Remedios por servicios inapropiados / Corrective remedies

Rules must be read in context. This explanation may require updating and individual review.

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