Teaching · Special Education

Every consent, and what happens next.

Log each time the school asked a family for consent and what they said. The organizer gives the federal rule for that kind of consent and that answer, and says where the paper trail has a gap.

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The consent organizer

One record per student. The example student, family and dates are made up.

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Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with: A one-page record of every consent request for one student, with what the federal rule allows next for each answer and a list of gaps to close.
Who it is for: Special education teachers, case managers, coordinators and school psychologists who request and file parent consent.
Format: Browser organizer. One saved record per student; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV of the requests; export and import a file.
Access: $12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives: The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support: Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

Drawn for this page. Each point where the law asks for a parent’s consent is its own request, with its own answer and its own next step.

How to use it

Add a row each time the school asks for consent, even when the answer is quick.
Count every attempt: letters, calls, emails and visits.
Mark an answer given out loud as oral only until the signed form comes back.
Answer the quality checks, especially the native-language one.
Print the record before a meeting, or when a request is still open.

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What the organizer tracks

Separate consents

Consent to evaluate is not consent to start services, and one-time consent to bill public benefits is separate from both. Each request gets its own row and its own answer.

Refused or no answer

The rules differ. A school may take an evaluation or reevaluation to mediation or due process, may go ahead with a reevaluation after documented reasonable efforts, and may never override a refusal of initial services.

What it is not

This is a record of federal consent points, not legal advice. States can add consent requirements and set their own forms and timelines; follow your district’s procedures.

Sources

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.9 (definition of consent) and 300.300 (parental consent for evaluation, services and reevaluation).
34 CFR 300.154(d) and (e): consent and annual notification for public benefits or insurance; consent for private insurance.
34 CFR 300.321(b)(3) and (e): consent to invite a transition agency and to excuse an IEP team member.
34 CFR 300.322(d), 300.503, 300.520 and 300.622: records of attempts, prior written notice, transfer of rights at the age of majority, and consent before disclosing records.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Analysis of comments and changes to the Part B regulations, Federal Register, 2006 and 2008 (revocation of consent).

The example student, family and dates are made up. This page summarizes federal rules; it is not legal advice. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.