Initial Evaluation & Eligibility for Special Education Services
Evaluation
Within 45 calendar days of receipt of the signed Consent to Evaluate, the evaluator(s) will complete the evaluation.
The evaluation is completed when each evaluator(s) has administered all test instruments, scored the test protocols, written the report, and the primary evaluator has emailed the complete report to the school’s Special Education Contact Teacher and Special Education Specialist (SES).
In the Outcome section of the Evaluation the primary evaluator will:
- Enter the End Date, which is the date the report was sent to the Special Education Contact Teacher and Special Education Specialist.
- Enter the appropriate Recommendation.
- Click Finalize
Each evaluator completes the applicable sections of the Evaluation Report by following the procedure below:
- Click “Yes” to indicate additional data was gathered in the area.
- Enter the Evaluator(s) name.
- Enter the name of the assessment.
- Enter the date the assessment was completed.
- Enter the results.
- Click Add to add an additional assessment within the same area.
Prior to the Eligibility Meeting, the Primary Evaluator should change his/her role from Team Lead to Team Member on the student's Programs tab. This will allow the Special Education Teacher to assign themselves as the Team Lead.
- Go to the student's Programs tab
- Click “Manage Team”
- Enter the Primary Evaluator’s name in the “Add Person” text box. This will remove the Primary Evaluator as the Team Lead, and assign them as a Team Member.
- Click Save.
The case manager will complete the Notice of Meeting letter within the Eligibility Determination Process in Enrich IEP. When the Notice of Meeting is created within the Eligibility Determination Process, the meeting purpose will default to "Eligibility Determination” and “IEP Development (if appropriate)”, if the IEP team may convene immediately following the Eligibility Determination Meeting. If the student will be of transition age during the effective dates of the IEP, the Case Manager will also select “Transition” as an additional item to be discussed.
All parent contacts related to Notice of Meeting must be documented in the Contact Log in EnrichIEP.
Parent Requests for Independent Educational Evaluations
Independent Educational Evaluations (34 CFR §300.502)
General
As described below, parents have the right to obtain an independent educational evaluation (IEE) of their child if they disagree with the evaluation completed by the school district.If a parent requests an independent educational evaluation, the school district must provide them with information about where they may obtain an independent educational evaluation and about the school district’s criteria that apply to independent educational evaluations.
Definitions
Independent educational evaluation means an evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner who is not employed by the school district responsible for the education of the child. If the parent disagrees with the District’s evaluation, they have a right to an independent educational evaluation, subject to the following conditions:- The parent must put the request in writing to the Director of Psychological Services for Greenville County Schools.
- The school district may ask the parent why they object to the District’s evaluation of their child. However, the District cannot require an explanation and may not unreasonably delay providing the independent educational evaluation of the child at public expense.
- Parents are entitled to only one independent educational evaluation of their child at public expense each time the District conducts an evaluation of the child with which the parent disagrees.
- The District must consider the results of the independent evaluation of the child, and if it meets the District’s criteria for independent educational evaluations, in any decision made with respect to the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the student.
To continue to the next step in the Initial Evaluation & Eligibility Process: Eligibility Determination Meeting, click Next below.