Compliance Checks

Make-Up Services Plan Review

Connect make-up services plan review back to service details, progress data, PWN, and written commitments and choose the first record-based question to raise.

30-second plan

Start with one document, one section, and one safe question.

Useful before you upload or email the school
PullUpload the missed-services and make-up-services record, current IEP, and one school record showing what happened.
CheckWhich services were missed, shortened, delayed, or delivered differently.
UseAsk the school for the missed-service record, proposed make-up plan, and team review of progress impact.
VerifyThis page organizes missed-service records. It does not promise a specific compensatory-education calculation.

Red flags that matter

  • The school says missed sessions will be made up but no schedule exists.
  • Missed services are discussed as harmless without progress data.
  • The parent assumes an exact hour-for-hour remedy from a generic page.

Fit check

Use the right record path

  • This page fits when this exact IEP record is the main concern.
  • Use /scan-my-iep when the concern is still broad and you need triage.
  • Use a dispute guide only after the written record shows the decision, dates, and data.

If you need to write before uploading

"Please provide the missed-service record and proposed make-up-services plan, including dates, minutes, provider, setting, timeline, and how the team will review any impact on progress."

This is a document-focused preparation aid. It can surface questions and weak language, but it does not decide legal claims, replace local advice, or verify state deadlines.

Student-record note: start with only the IEP pages needed for this question. Add evaluations, progress reports, or emails only when they explain the concern.

Source check

Use these official anchors to verify the rule, then check state timelines and local procedures before relying on a deadline or legal conclusion.

No specialized knowledge requiredChecks the actual documentBuilt around advocate-style review questions

The important part

You do not have to sort through the IEP alone.

A generic checklist cannot read your child's IEP. The audit reviews the pages you upload and flags sections that may be weak, unclear, missing context, or worth a written question.

Why this matters

The IEP can look finished and still need clearer details.

The missed-services and make-up-services 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.

When this fits

Start with the situation you are actually in.

Choose this review when the plan sounds official but the goals, services, progress reporting, or parent concerns may not be written clearly enough to follow. This page helps narrow the review so your next written question is specific, document-based, and easier for the team to answer.

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.

Document-focused review

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.

Review focus

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.

1

Which services were missed, shortened, delayed, or delivered differently.

2

Dates, minutes, provider, reason, make-up offer, and if the student was available.

3

Look for records showing progress data suggests the missed services affected access or goal progress.

4

Make sure the next step is records, team review, clarification, or local remedy advice.

Sample checker finding

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.

Review note

Finding

Missed sessions have no written make-up plan

Evidence to check

Several OT sessions were cancelled during a provider vacancy, but the file does not show dates, make-up schedule, or progress-impact review.

Parent-safe next step

Ask the school for the missed-service record, proposed make-up plan, and team review of progress impact.

What to upload

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.

make-up services service page

Upload the IEP page showing make-up services frequency, duration, setting, provider, group size if listed, and start date.

Delivery or attendance record

Add service logs, provider notes, schedule records, make-up notes, or school emails tied to make-up services.

Progress data

Include the progress report or work sample that shows if missed, reduced, or unclear services affected the goal.

First written request

First written request

"Please provide the missed-service record and proposed make-up-services plan, including dates, minutes, provider, setting, timeline, and how the team will review any impact on progress."

Meeting question

Ask one question the team can answer.

"What records show missed services, and what data will the team use before deciding if correction is needed?"

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.

Check the IEP Language
Your results

What you get from the audit

The result is a prioritized review of the document, not another generic article.

Check the written commitment

The audit looks for missing provider, frequency, duration, setting, baseline, or progress-reporting details.

Tie concerns to records

It keeps the focus on IEP pages, evaluations, service records, progress data, and written decisions.

Prepare one safer question

The result helps parents ask for clarification without turning a document issue into a broad legal claim.

Check if the missed-services and make-up-services 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.

Three simple steps

How the free audit works

Step 1

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.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

Get prioritized findings

See which sections may need review first, which page to ask about, and what to raise with the school.

What to clarify

Reasons parents run this audit

If any of these sound familiar, the written IEP deserves a closer look.

The school says missed sessions will be made up but no schedule exists.

Request the proposed make-up plan, provider, setting, timeline, and data review.

Missed services are discussed as harmless without progress data.

Ask the IEP team to compare missed time with goal progress and current needs.

The parent assumes an exact hour-for-hour remedy from a generic page.

Ask for records and qualified local guidance before relying on a remedy calculation.

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.

Check the IEP Language

Frequently Asked Questions

What does make-up services plan review check?
It checks if the missed-services and make-up-services record is specific, data-backed, and connected to the IEP sections that should guide services, supports, progress, or school decisions.
What should I look at first?
Start with the current IEP page tied to the concern, then compare it with the most recent evaluation, progress report, service log, school notice, or email that explains what happened.
What should I ask the school if something is missing?
Put the request in writing for the specific missing data, page, service detail, or written decision. Keep the request narrow so the school can answer it clearly.
Can this checker tell me if the school violated the law?
No. It is a document-focused preparation aid. It can surface weak language and questions to ask, but legal conclusions may depend on state rules, timelines, facts, and qualified local guidance.