Why Parents Get Angry When They Learn The Truth

Recently I heard a professional educator give some information to a group of people. The professional educator said that if a parent disagrees with an evaluation completed by a District, the parent can request an Independent evaluation but if the results of the independent evaluation come back the same as the District's, then the parent would have to pay for it.

I disagree, and here is why.

First, let us look at what information my local education agency (LEA) provides on it's website:


First we go here: HCPS ESE Compliance Office

then we get here when we click on the "UCI manual" button:

proc_safe_0707.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Scroll down to page 3 and read about Independent Evaluations. It is missing a lot of information.

Now, click on this link and read the truth:

IDEA - Building The Legacy of IDEA 2004

You will find this:

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4) If a parent requests an independent educational evaluation, the public agency may ask for the parent's reason why he or she objects to the public evaluation. However, the public agency may not require the parent to provide an explanation and may not unreasonably delay either providing the independent educational evaluation at public expense or filing a due process complaint to request a due process hearing to defend the public evaluation.

If school systems want better PR, school systems need to teach the truth to their staff and the public.