Triennial Reevaluation

While a child is placed in special education, a reevaluation must be conducted every three years. Reevaluations can also occur annually if the school and parent/guardian agree.

How to conduct a reevaluation link

1. Send a Notice of ARD Committee Meeting. In the document, state the purpose of the meeting is to "develop an evaluation plan", to "determine eligibility for special education services", and/or to "determine reevaluation needs". Optional, best practice.
   • If you also select develop, review, and/or revise the student's IEP or determine eligibility for special education services as the meeting purpose, you will satisfy the Notice of ARD Committee Meeting deadline for the IEP review.
2. Conduct a Review of Existing Evaluation Data (REED) to decide if additional data is needed to determine the child's eligibility for special education.
   • Optionally, use the Insert from last FIE buttons to pull data into the review sections.
3. Send a Prior Written Notice to the parent/guardian.
   • If the decision was made that no additional data is needed, state the purpose is to "refuse" to "initiate" the "evaluation of the child".
   • If the decision was made that additional data is needed, state the purpose is to "propose" to "initiate" the "evaluation of the child".
4. If no additional data is needed, you may jump to step 6. If you plan to conduct another evaluation, complete a Consent for Reevaluation to obtain consent from the parent/guardian.
   • Rather than completing two separate documents, some districts choose to complete a Notice and Consent for Evaluation instead so they can notify the parent/guardian and obtain consent with one document. If you use this document, specify it is for a reevaluation (three year).
5. Complete a Full and Individualized Evaluation to determine the student's eligibility for services.
   • Optionally, use the Insert from last REED buttons to pull data into the evaluation sections.
6. Once a child has been determined to be eligible for services, the ARD Committee may begin developing the student's IEP.