A Notice of Procedural Safeguards is a document that explains the rights of children with IEPs and their parents. It also explains the IEP procedure, and how each step, from identification to IEP goals, plays out.
Procedural Safeguards should be offered to parents at every meeting: you are required to have parents sign a statement in the IEP that they have received the Procedural Safeguards. Parents may have multiple copies at home and may prefer not to take another. Be sure that you are clear when the state includes new information.
Each state is given some latitude in the special education process. The IDEA establishes the minimum that states must provide for special education students. Class action suits and state laws may change regulations from state to state. Below are links to down-loadable PDF files of procedural safeguards for California, Pennsylvania and Texas.
