SPECIAL ED NETWORK

Plain language special education library and directory

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Where are you standing right now?

Pick the closest match. Each journey is a short reading order with the vocabulary you will hear, the questions worth asking, and where the official answers live.

I am a parent in Texas

You have heard the word ARD, or you are about to. Start with how the Texas process sits on top of federal law.
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I am a parent in Kansas

Kansas uses the federal IEP vocabulary. Start with evaluations, meetings, and your rights, pointed at KSDE.
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I am a parent in another state

The federal IDEA process is the same everywhere. Start there, then find your own state education agency.
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I am a teacher

Read an IEP fast, deliver what it says, and keep documentation that holds up.
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None of these is a form and none of them collects your information. They are reading paths.