Revocation of Consent | Ridgway Area School District

If the parents of a student with a disability revoke consent in writing for their child’s receipt of special education and related services, all special education programs and services cease and the child will no longer be identified as a child with a disability. The parents cannot submit a revocation for some special education programs or services. All special education and related services must be ceased.

In order for parents to revoke consent the following are required:

Parent must submit a signed, dated, written request revoking consent for special education programs and services.
The district must issue prior written notice (NOREP/PWN) within a reasonable period of time.
Reasonable notice is defined as ten calendar days.
The parents are informed that all special education programs and services will cease on the eleventh day from the receipt of the parents’ revocation letter.

If the parents revoke consent in writing for their child’s receipt of special education and related services, the public agency is not required to amend the child’s education records to remove any references to the child’s receipt of special education and related services because of the revocation of consent.

After the revocation of consent goes into effect, the following considerations now apply:

The student is considered a general education student and treated in the same manner as any other nondisabled child.
The student’s individualized education program (lEP) is no longer in effect. The district is no longer required to conduct timely reevaluations or IEP team meetings.
Child find applies to the student in the same manner as any other nondisabled student.
Regular discipline rules apply. The district would not be considered to have knowledge that the child is a child with a disability who needs special education and services and not required to determine whether the conduct was a manifestation of the child’s disability before implementing regular discipline.

If the parents change their minds and request special education programs and services, since the child is no longer considered an eligible child, the district would:

Issue a Permission to Evaluate/Consent Form;
Complete the evaluation;
Determine whether the child meets eligibility criteria;
If no longer eligible, issue the evaluation report and NOREP/PWN and
If eligible, issue the evaluation report, issue an invitation to participate in an IEP team meeting or other meeting, develop an IEP and issue the NOREP/PWN.