POLICY LETTER: January 19, 2011 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted)

January 19, 2011XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX:This is in response to your July 18, 2010 letter to Patricia Guard, former Deputy Director of the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education. In your letter, you ask, If a parent requests ane: 410-767-0283Based on section 607(e) of the IDEA, we are informing you that our response is provided as informal guidance and is not legally binding, but represents an interpretation by the U.S. Department of Education of the IDEA in the context of the specific facts presented.PAGE * MERGEFORMAT 2 XXXX XXXX