Your Family'S Special Education Rights – Virginia Procedural Safeguards Notice, Virginia Department Of Education, Division Of Special Education And Student Services Page 6

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If your native language or other mode of communication is not a written language, your school
division must ensure that:
1. The notice is translated for you orally by other means in your native language or other
mode of communication;
2. You understand the content of the notice; and
3. There is written evidence that 1 and 2 have been met.
N
L
ATIVE
ANGUAGE
You have the right to have information in a language you understand.
Native language, when used with an individual who has limited English proficiency, means the
following:
1. The language normally used by that person, or, in the case of a child, the language
normally used by the child's parents;
2. In all direct contact with a child (including evaluation of the child), the language
normally used by the child in the home or learning environment.
For a person with deafness or blindness, or for a person with no written language, the mode of
communication is what the person normally uses (such as sign language, Braille, or oral
communication).
E
M
LECTRONIC
AIL
If offered by your school division, you have the right to choose to get
information by e-mail.
If your school division offers parents the choice of receiving documents by e-mail, you may
choose to receive the following by e-mail:
1. Prior written notice;
2. Procedural safeguards notice; and
3. Notices related to a request for due process.
A
UDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING
You have the right to audio record meetings involving your child’s eligibility, IEP,
and/or to review discipline matters.
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