When does the school have to act?
Asked the school to evaluate your child and now you're waiting? The law gives the school deadlines. Pick your state, enter the day the school got your signed consent, and see exactly when each step has to happen, with the rule behind every date. Free, no sign-up, and nothing you type leaves your browser.
Evaluation, IEP meeting, annual review and reevaluation dates Pennsylvania
Evaluation, IEP meeting, annual review and reevaluation dates California
Evaluation, IEP meeting, annual review and reevaluation dates Illinois
Evaluation, IEP meeting, annual review and reevaluation dates
Who this is for
Parents who want to know when the school has to finish an evaluation or hold the IEP meeting, and case managers, school psychologists and special education teachers who track many students' deadlines.
Why a calculator?
Some deadlines are counted in calendar days and others in school days, and some states pause the clock over summer. Counting school days by hand around holidays and breaks is easy to get wrong. This calculator applies each state's rule to the calendar you enter and shows the regulation for every date so you can check it.
Guides
- The school won't evaluate my child. What now?
- The school missed an IEP deadline. What can I do?
- Your first IEP meeting: what happens and what you can ask for
- Suspension calculator: has my child hit the 10-day rule?
More states are coming soon.