Free TExES Special Education Specialist EC-12 (186) Flashcards

Parent and student participation and procedural safeguards, two of the six core principles of IDEA, explain it. The others are free appropriate public education, appropriate evaluation, the IEP, and the least restrictive environment. Families are treated as full partners, so notices, consent requirements and meeting invitations are legal protections, not courtesy, and skipping them can deny FAPE even when instruction itself is strong.