{"id":1309,"date":"2010-03-21T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T16:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2015-04-20T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T20:31:17","slug":"can-i-revoke-consent-for-a-service-in-the-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/can-i-revoke-consent-for-a-service-in-the-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Revoke Consent for a Service in the IEP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Can%20I%20Revoke%20Consent%20for%20a%20Service%20in%20the%20IEP%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/teacher.boy.working.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher and student working together\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/>My son is dyslexic. He has an IEP and receives services in a special education classroom. Because he is not making enough progress, I enrolled him in the Barton Reading program. The school is implementing a new reading program that will conflict with the Barton program.<\/p>\n<p>If I refuse consent for this new intervention program, can the school terminate my son&#8217;s IEP?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No.\u00a0 You can revoke your consent for special education services in writing at any time. (<strong>Note<\/strong>: The regulations about a parent withdrawing consent for special education services changed on Dec 31, 2008.)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As the parent, \u00a0you represent your child&#8217;s interests. You are a key member of the IEP team. When you negotiate with the school on your child&#8217;s behalf, you increase the odds that your child will receive appropriate special education services that are designed to meet his unique needs.<\/p>\n<p>The school must obtain your consent before your child is evaluated, reevaluated, or placed in special education. Consent means that you understand and &#8220;agree in writing&#8221; that the school may carry out the activity for which they need your consent. Granting consent is voluntary. You may revoke your consent at any time. (see Regulations adopted on December 31, 2008 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/law\/FR.v73.n231.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/law\/FR.v73.n231.pdf<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Implementing Part of the IEP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can allow the school to implement parts of the IEP. The school may not draw a line in the sand, or force you to accept the IEP \u201call or nothing.\u201d\u00a0 The school may not use your refusal to consent to one service to deny other services, benefits, or activities in your child&#8217;s IEP. (34 C.F.R. \u00a7 300.300(d)(3)) See page 24, <a title=\"Wrightslaw: All About IEPs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: All About IEPs<\/span><\/a>, and page 239, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After you revoke consent for a service, the school may not continue to provide that service. (Regulations adopted by USDOE, effective December 31, 2008 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/law\/FR.v73.n231.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/law\/FR.v73.n231.pdf)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want your child to receive a particular special education or related service,\u00a0 and you and the school agree that your child will receive FAPE without that service, the school should remove the service from the child\u2019s IEP. Be sure to put your request in writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son is dyslexic. He has an IEP and receives services in a special education classroom. Because he is not making enough progress, I enrolled him in the Barton Reading <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/can-i-revoke-consent-for-a-service-in-the-iep\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,529,11,64],"tags":[1309,129,1299,287,41],"class_list":["post-1309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ieps","category-parent-rights-responsibilities","category-special-ed-law","category-special-education-regulations","tag-fape","tag-free-appropriate-public-education","tag-ieps","tag-parental-consent","tag-parental-rights"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12706,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions\/12706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}