The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA ‘04), the Federal law concerning the education of students with disabilities, requires schools to provide parents of a child with a disability a notice containing a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available under the IDEA and U.S. Department of Education regulations. This procedural safeguards notice must be given to parents one time a school year, except that a copy must be given to the parents:

• (1) upon initial referral or parent request for evaluation;
• (2) upon receipt of the first State complaint under 34 CFR §§300.151 through 300.153 and upon receipt of the first due process complaint under §300.507 in a school year;
• (3) when a decision is made to take a disciplinary action that constitutes a change of placement; and
• (4) upon parent request. [34 CFR §300.504(a)]

This document serves as procedural safeguards notice and includes a full explanation of all of the procedural safeguards available under §300.148 (unilateral placement at private school at public expense), §§300.151 through 300.153 (State complaint procedures), §300.300 (consent), §§300.502 through 300.503, §§300.505 through 300.518, and §§300.530 through 300.536 (procedural safeguards in Subpart E of the Part B regulations), and §§300.610 through 300.625 (confidentiality of information provisions in Subpart F).