The first statutory change relates to the right of an independent educational assessor to conduct an observation of a child in his or her classroom. (Ed. Code Section 56329(b) and (c).) The second statute change relates to a school district's right to observe a child in his or her placement when the child has been unilaterally placed in a nonpublic school and the parent is requesting that the distrct fund such a placement. (Ed. Code Section 56329(d).)

Following is the CDE website where you may obtain a copy of the most recent Parent's Rights.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed

CDE's ammendments to the Parents' Rights resulted in new pages 3 and 7.
"Parents Rights Announcement"

What this means to you: We recommend that you review the Parent Rights developed by CDE and/or ensure that the notice of parent rights your school district uses is consistent with the Parents Rights developed by CDE.

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