Section 1412 (a) (10) (C) (i)

    (i) In general

  • Subject to subparagraph (A), this subchapter does not require a local educational agency to pay for the cost of education, including special education and related services, of a child with a disability at a private school or facility if that agency made a free appropriate public education available to the child and the parents elected to place the child in such private school or facility.
  • (ii) Reimbursement for private school placement

  • If the parents of a child with a disability, who previously received special education and related services under the authority of a public agency, enroll the child in a private elementary school or secondary school without the consent of or referral by the public agency, a court or a hearing officer may require the agency to reimburse the parents for the cost of that enrollment if the court or hearing officer finds that the agency had not made a free appropriate public education available to the child in a timely manner prior to that enrollment.
  • (iii) Limitation on reimbursement

  • The cost of reimbursement described in clause (ii) may be reduced or denied—
    • (I) if—
      • (aa) at the most recent IEP meeting that the parents attended prior to removal of the child from the public school, the parents did not inform the IEP Team that they were rejecting the placement proposed by the public agency to provide a free appropriate public education to their child, including stating their concerns and their intent to enroll their child in a private school at public expense; or
      • (bb) 10 business days (including any holidays that occur on a business day) prior to the removal of the child from the public school, the parents did not give written notice to the public agency of the information described in item (aa);

    • (II) if, prior to the parents’ removal of the child from the public school, the public agency informed the parents, through the notice requirements described in section 1415(b)(3) of this title, of its intent to evaluate the child (including a statement of the purpose of the evaluation that was appropriate and reasonable), but the parents did not make the child available for such evaluation; or
    • (III) upon a judicial finding of unreasonableness with respect to actions taken by the parents.

    (iv) Exception

  • Notwithstanding the notice requirement in clause (iii)(I), the cost of reimbursement—
    • (I) shall not be reduced or denied for failure to provide such notice if—
      • (aa) the school prevented the parent from providing such notice;
      • (bb) the parents had not received notice, pursuant to section 1415 of this title, of the notice requirement in clause (iii)(I); or
      • (cc) compliance with clause (iii)(I) would likely result in physical harm to the child; and

    • (II) may, in the discretion of a court or a hearing officer, not be reduced or denied for failure to provide such notice if—
      • (aa) the parent is illiterate or cannot write in English; or
      • (bb) compliance with clause (iii)(I) would likely result in serious emotional harm to the child.
      • Severe Discrepancy, Screening
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