Forms
This site includes forms designed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to ensure that students with disabilities receive a free, appropriate, public education. Forms are available for the Infant-Toddler/Early Intervention, Preschool/Early Intervention, and School-age programs, and include both annotated and non-annotated versions. Forms are available as Word and pdf documents.
Bureau of Special Education Complaint Form
Access the State Complaint Form on PDE's State Complaints and Dispute Resolution page.
State Complaint Forms in other languages are also available on the State Complaints and Dispute Resolution page.
Complaint Resolution Procedures
If you need more information about the complaint process or if you are unable to print the packet and would like to receive a complaint form by mail, please contact the Special Educaton ConsultLine at 1-800-879-2301, ConsultLine@odr-pa.org or submit an online request.
Effective Date:11/1/2023 8:11:08 AM
The Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation and Request for Consent form has been separated into two forms, the Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation form and the Request for Consent for a Reevaluation form. The form was separated into two forms to ensure LEAs provide parents with prior written notice and obtain parent consent at proper times during the reevaluation process in accordance with 34 CFR 300.300 and 300.503.
Age:School Age
Language:Russian
Effective Date:11/1/2023 8:16:30 AM
The Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation and Request for Consent form has been separated into two forms, the Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation form and the Request for Consent for a Reevaluation form. The form was separated into two forms to ensure LEAs provide parents with prior written notice and obtain parent consent at proper times during the reevaluation process in accordance with 34 CFR 300.300 and 300.503.
Age:School Age
Language:Spanish
Effective Date:11/1/2023 8:21:32 AM
The Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation and Request for Consent form has been separated into two forms, the Prior Written Notice for a Reevaluation form and the Request for Consent for a Reevaluation form. The form was separated into two forms to ensure LEAs provide parents with prior written notice and obtain parent consent at proper times during the reevaluation process in accordance with 34 CFR 300.300 and 300.503.
Age:School Age
Language:Swahili
Effective Date:4/13/2023 8:04:21 AM
Age:School Age
Language:Bengali
Effective Date:3/29/2015 9:54:28 AM
This new form is effective beginning March 30, 2015 and reflects the requirement that initial evaluations are subject to the IDEA’s notice requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.503-300.504, and parental consent requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.300. Under 34 CFR Sec. 300.503(a) the local education agency (LEA) must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, and must be given to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the public agency: (1) Proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child; or (2) Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the child. This Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form includes the notice and consent requirements for the initial evaluation. This form replaces the Permission to Evaluate – Consent Form. It contains the footer, “Revised January 2015.”
Age:School Age
Language:French
Effective Date:3/29/2015 10:51:52 AM
This new form is effective beginning March 30, 2015 and reflects the requirement that initial evaluations are subject to the IDEA’s notice requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.503-300.504, and parental consent requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.300. Under 34 CFR Sec. 300.503(a) the local education agency (LEA) must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, and must be given to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the public agency: (1) Proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child; or (2) Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the child. This Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form includes the notice and consent requirements for the initial evaluation. This form replaces the Permission to Evaluate – Consent Form. It contains the footer, “Revised January 2015.”
Age:School Age
Language:Indonesian
Effective Date:3/29/2015 11:00:00 PM
This new form is effective beginning March 30, 2015 and reflects the requirement that initial evaluations are subject to the IDEA’s notice requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.503-300.504, and parental consent requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.300. Under 34 CFR Sec. 300.503(a) the local education agency (LEA) must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, and must be given to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the public agency:
(1) Proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child; or
(2) Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the child.
This Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form includes the notice and consent requirements for the initial evaluation. This form replaces the Permission to Evaluate – Consent Form. It contains the footer, “Revised January 2015.”
Age:School Age
Language:English
Effective Date:3/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
This new form is effective beginning March 30, 2015 and reflects the requirement that initial evaluations are subject to the IDEA’s notice requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.503-300.504, and parental consent requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.300. Under 34 CFR Sec. 300.503(a) the local education agency (LEA) must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, and must be given to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the public agency:
(1) Proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child; or
(2) Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the child.
This Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form includes the notice and consent requirements for the initial evaluation. This form replaces the Permission to Evaluate – Consent Form. It contains the footer, “Revised January 2015.”
Age:School Age
Language:Arabic
Effective Date:3/30/2015 12:00:00 AM
This new form is effective beginning March 30, 2015 and reflects the requirement that initial evaluations are subject to the IDEA’s notice requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.503-300.504, and parental consent requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.300. Under 34 CFR Sec. 300.503(a) the local education agency (LEA) must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, and must be given to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the public agency:
(1) Proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child; or
(2) Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the child.
This Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form includes the notice and consent requirements for the initial evaluation. This form replaces the Permission to Evaluate – Consent Form. It contains the footer, “Revised January 2015.”
Age:School Age
Language:Haitian Creole
Effective Date:3/30/2015 9:08:20 AM
This new form is effective beginning March 30, 2015 and reflects the requirement that initial evaluations are subject to the IDEA’s notice requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.503-300.504, and parental consent requirements in 34 CFR Sec. 300.300. Under 34 CFR Sec. 300.503(a) the local education agency (LEA) must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability that describes any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, and must be given to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before the public agency: (1) Proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child; or (2) Refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child or the provision of FAPE to the child. This Prior Written Notice for Initial Evaluation and Request for Consent Form includes the notice and consent requirements for the initial evaluation. This form replaces the Permission to Evaluate – Consent Form. It contains the footer, “Revised January 2015.”
Age:School Age
Language:Portuguese