The IEP can look finished and still need clearer details.
The disciplinary removal and change-of-placement record can look official while still leaving out the details a parent needs to understand what the school is promising, refusing, or measuring.
The free audit checks the language in the actual IEP against the student's documented needs so you can focus on the pages and questions that matter most.
Start with the situation you are actually in.
Open this review when removals are adding up, the school is discussing a placement change for behavior, or you need a date-based record before asking if IDEA discipline procedures apply. First pull incident packet, removal dates, IEP, FBA, BIP, MDR notice, service plan, and parent input. Do not assuming the 10-day rule, manifestation result, or stay-put answer without the actual discipline record and local help.
This page is for preparing clearer school questions, not for deciding legal claims. The strongest next step is usually a specific written request tied to the IEP page and the data behind it.
The audit can review the IEP pages you include.
It does not stop at one concern or a short checklist. When the relevant pages are included, the audit reviews major IEP sections for unclear language, missing context, documentation gaps, and issues that may deserve a written question.
Evaluations and Present Levels
Check that the IEP describes the student's needs, strengths, baseline data, and current performance.
Goals and Progress Monitoring
Confirm goals are measurable, tied to documented needs, and supported by clear progress-reporting methods.
Services and Accommodations
Look for supports that are individualized, specific enough to follow, and clear about provider, frequency, duration, and setting.
Placement and Access
Review how the plan addresses classroom access, least restrictive environment, behavior, communication, and related-service needs.
Parent Concerns and Team Decisions
Make sure parent input, school refusals, Prior Written Notice, and important meeting decisions are documented clearly.
Procedure Questions to Verify
Identify notice, timeline, refusal, or vague-commitment questions that may need local verification before a parent relies on them.
What this review pays attention to
Along with the included IEP pages above, the audit pays special attention to these issues that may be relevant to this concern. These are examples of extra scrutiny, not the limits of the review.
Check if the records show more than 10 consecutive school days of removal or a possible pattern of removals that should be reviewed carefully.
Which removals were formal suspensions, informal removals, shortened days, bus suspensions, or in-school suspensions that need fact-specific review.
Look for records showing the team is connecting the discipline record to the IEP, FBA, BIP, services, accommodations, and parent input.
Make sure an MDR notice, placement decision, services plan, or written explanation is missing.
A useful result points to a record, not a panic spiral.
This is the kind of parent-facing output the page is built around: a specific IEP section, the reason it deserves review, and one calm next step before any broader escalation.
Finding
Removal count is unclear before a placement decision
Evidence to check
The discipline packet lists eight suspension days, but parent pickup logs and in-school suspension records show additional time out of instruction.
Parent-safe next step
Ask the school to reconcile the date count and explain if the removals raise a change-of-placement question.
Upload only the records needed for this concern.
You do not need a perfect binder or every school record. Start with the current IEP pages tied to the issue, then add only the few records that explain the concern most clearly.
Removal and attendance log
Upload suspension notices, attendance records, early pickup dates, bus suspensions, in-school suspension records, and your own removal-day count.
Incident and decision notices
Include incident reports, discipline letters, MDR notices, placement-change notices, and any Prior Written Notice.
IEP, FBA, BIP, and service records
Add the current IEP, behavior plan, evaluation data, service logs, and implementation notes tied to the behavior.
First written request
"Please provide the date-by-date removal record the school is relying on, including suspensions, informal removals, shortened days, in-school suspension, bus suspension, and any MDR or placement-change notice."
Ask one question the team can answer.
"Which removal dates count in the discipline timeline, and what record shows if this is a disciplinary change of placement?"
Get clearer questions from your actual IEP.
You do not need to compare every page to a checklist. Upload the relevant pages and let the audit help organize sections that may need clarification, weak language, or possible next questions.
Review the IEP FirstWhat you get from the audit
The result is a prioritized review of the document, not another generic article.
Choose the first issue
The audit helps parents sort the concern that should be raised first from the concerns that can wait.
Anchor the concern in records
It points back to the IEP page, progress data, notice, or school message that makes the issue concrete.
Write the next request
Parents get language for a focused written ask instead of a broad complaint.
A date-based removal timeline, not just a general discipline summary.
Which records may raise a disciplinary change-of-placement question.
Which IEP, FBA, BIP, service, or implementation records should be reviewed before the team relies on the discipline packet.
Which legal, state-specific, or fact-specific questions should be verified before assuming an MDR or appeal is required.
How the free audit works
Upload the IEP you want checked
Use the current document from the school. You do not need to highlight it, organize it, or know which section is wrong first.
The audit reviews the pages you upload
When those pages are included, it reviews goals, services, accommodations, progress monitoring, parent concerns, and procedure questions for unclear language or missing context.
Get prioritized findings
See which sections may need review first, which page to ask about, and what to raise with the school.
Reasons parents run this audit
If any of these sound familiar, the written IEP deserves a closer look.
Removal days are discussed verbally but not shown in a dated record.
Request the attendance, discipline, and removal records the school is using.
The school says the 10-day rule does or does not apply without explaining the count.
Ask the school for the date-by-date calculation and if the school considered a possible pattern.
The placement conversation skips IEP implementation or behavior supports.
Ask how the team reviewed services, accommodations, FBA, BIP, and parent input before deciding next steps.
You do not have to sort through the IEP by yourself.
Start with the concern. When you want document-specific help, upload only the relevant IEP pages and the few records that explain the issue.
Review the IEP First