IEP parent input formPut what you know about your child in writing, before the meeting.

What you know that the school may not: what your child does well, what motivates them, what works at home, what worries you, what has changed since the last IEP, what you hope for this year and later, and what you want answered. Keep it to a page or two. For each concern, name the area, say what you see in a sentence, and add one example of what happened, where, and how often. If a blank box is the hard part, tap a sentence starter in the form and finish the sentence in your own words.

Before the meeting, early enough for the team to read it. Federal law sets no number of days for a parent statement. The early enough rule in 34 CFR 300.322(a)(1) is about the school's notice to you, not your letter to them. Some States and districts set their own timeline for parent input, so ask whoever sent the meeting notice. Send it in writing, ask that it be shared with every member of the team, and bring printed copies to the meeting.

No federal rule requires it. 34 CFR part 300 has no provision about attaching a parent letter to the IEP, and the word attach does not appear anywhere in the part. What it does require is that the team consider your concerns, under 34 CFR 300.324(a)(1)(ii). So ask, in writing, that the statement be attached to the IEP or kept with the meeting record, and that your concerns be carried into the parent concerns field if the IEP document has one. The form adds that request to your statement unless you switch it off.

You can make one here. Switch the tool to the blank form, pick the meeting type, press print, and choose Save as PDF in your browser's print dialog. You get a printable parent input form with that meeting's questions and lines to write on, without the rest of this page around it. A filled in statement saves to PDF the same way from the statement view.

Good examples name an area and describe something that happened. Reading: homework reading takes most of the evening, and most nights my child stops after a page. Math: on last week's homework my child finished the sums and left every word problem blank. Feelings and behavior: getting out the door for school ends in tears on most school days this month. A concern written as a label, such as reading is a struggle, is harder for a team to act on than one with an example, which is why the form nudges you for one.

Transition planning adds goals for life after high school. 34 CFR 300.320(b) requires measurable postsecondary goals related to training, education, employment and, where appropriate, independent living skills, beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the child turns 16, or younger if the IEP Team decides. The agency must invite your child to that meeting under 300.321(b)(1). Pick transition planning in the form and it asks about life after high school and adds a section for your child's own words, which matters most if your child does not attend, because 300.321(b)(2) then requires other steps to ensure their preferences and interests are considered.

Disagreement happens, and the regulation gives you a paper trail. When the agency proposes or refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of your child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education, 34 CFR 300.503(a) requires written notice a reasonable time before it acts. Under 300.503(b)(6) that notice must describe other options the IEP Team considered and the reasons why those options were rejected, and under 300.503(b)(5) it must list sources you can contact for help understanding the rules. Your written statement makes clear what you asked for. This page explains the federal regulation and is not legal advice.

No. The form runs inside your browser tab: what you write stays in the page's memory, nothing is written to browser storage or cookies, and reloading the page clears it. The form makes no request of its own, so nothing you type leaves the tab. The page around it loads the same analytics every page on this site loads, and the analytics on the page see which page was opened, never what is in the form. It asks for no name, no date of birth and no school. Copy or print your statement before you close the tab.