Decisions about placement are to be made after the child’s IEP is developed. Parents are members of any team that develops the IEP and decides on placement.

IDEA Section 1414(e) requires that the school “…ensure that the parents of each child with a disability are members of any group that makes decision on the educational placement of their child.”

Courts have held that schools may not predetermine placement. The placement decision must be made by the team.

Read more. The Wrightslaw Way.