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Letter 8: Request to Assess in Additional Areas

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When to Use It

Send this letter when the district’s evaluation plan or consent paperwork leaves out an area where you suspect a problem. The rule is specific: the district must assess the child in all areas related to the suspected disability (34 C.F.R. § 300.304(c)(4)), and the evaluation must be comprehensive enough to identify all of the child’s special education and related service needs (34 C.F.R. § 300.304(c)(6)). An area nobody tests is an area nobody serves.

Send it to: the director of special education or the person coordinating the evaluation, with a copy to the principal.

Do not hold your consent form hostage to this letter. No clock runs until the district receives your signed consent (34 C.F.R. § 300.301(c)). Sign and return the consent form for the assessments already listed, and send this letter with it or right behind it.