The IEP can look finished and still need clearer details.
Parents often have a request date but not a consent date, and schools may use different timeline language depending on state rules and exceptions.
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.
Use this page if you requested or consented to an initial special education evaluation and need to organize the date record before asking if the report or eligibility meeting is late.
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.
Which date is the request/referral date and which date is parental consent, if consent has been provided.
Confirm the state has its own evaluation timeline or exceptions that must be checked before quoting a deadline.
Look for records showing the evaluation includes all suspected areas or a refusal/narrowing record.
Make sure the next written request should ask for the date used, report status, eligibility meeting date, or PWN.
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
Timeline record is missing the consent date
Evidence to check
The parent has an evaluation request email and a school acknowledgement, but no signed consent form, assessment plan, or written refusal in the packet.
Parent-safe next step
Ask the school to confirm the evaluation status, the date it is using, and if consent or PWN is still missing.
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.
Request, referral, and delivery record
Upload the evaluation request, referral form, delivery proof, meeting note, or school acknowledgement.
Consent or evaluation plan
Include the signed consent form, assessment plan, evaluation plan, or PWN/refusal if consent was not provided.
Report and meeting dates
Add evaluation report date, eligibility notice, meeting invitation, school calendar, and emails discussing due dates.
First written request
"Please confirm the date the school is using for the evaluation timeline, if my consent has been received, the suspected areas being evaluated, and when the report and eligibility documentation will be provided."
Ask one question the team can answer.
"Which record starts the timeline under the applicable rule, and what date will the school provide the evaluation report and eligibility documentation?"
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.
Scan My IEP FirstWhat you get from the audit
The result is a prioritized review of the document, not another generic article.
Name the date to verify
The audit helps locate the request, consent, meeting, notice, or implementation date that controls the next question.
Keep state rules in context
It separates document review from deadline conclusions that need official state or local verification.
Put the request in writing for the record behind the timeline
Parents get a written question tied to the IEP, evaluation, notice, or meeting record.
Check if the initial evaluation timeline and consent-date record is specific enough for a parent to understand and the team to implement.
Which IEP page, evaluation, progress report, service log, or school notice should be checked first.
Which missing detail should become the first written question.
Which legal, deadline, consent, or state-specific issue should be verified before relying on the page.
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.
The parent has a request date but no consent form or written refusal.
Ask if the school will seek consent or provide PWN before arguing about the due date.
The school cites a deadline without identifying the date it is counting from.
Ask the school to confirm the date and record it is using for the timeline.
The evaluation is delayed and suspected areas are still unclear.
Ask for both the timeline status and the evaluation areas in writing.
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.
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