LAC 28:XLIII.1502. Opportunity to Examine Records and Parental Participation in Meetings

A. Parents of gifted and talented students shall be afforded an opportunity to inspect and review all educational records with respect to the identification, evaluation and educational placement of the student and with respect to the provision of a FAPE to the student. B. Parents of gifted and talented students shall be afforded an opportunity to participate in meetings with respect to the identification, evaluation and educational placement of the student and the provision of a free appropriate public education to the student. 1. Each LEA shall provide notice consistent with §1503 of these regulations to ensure that parents of Gifted and Talented students have the opportunity to participate in meetings described in paragraph §1502.B. 2. A meeting does not include informal or unscheduled conversations involving LEA personnel and conversations on issues such as teaching methodology, lesson plans, or coordination of service provision, if those issues are not addressed in the student's IEP. A meeting also does not include preparatory activities in which public agency personnel engage to develop a proposal or response to parents' proposal that will be discussed at a later meeting. 3. Each LEA shall ensure that the parents of each gifted and talented student are members of any group that makes decisions on the educational placement of their child (see §1322 of these regulations).