Parent Rights in Special Education: Notice of Procedural Safeguards

Section 504 Procedural Safeguards

State Department of Education

We are introducing the EdPlan Connect Parent Portal.  This EdPlan Connect Parent Portal allows access to your child’s IEP or 504 Plan documents, services, and teacher of record information.  

The links below will provide information and instructions for accessing the EDPlan Connect Parent Portal.

• Parent Guide for Using EdPlan Connect 

•  EdPlan Connect Quick Start 

• Individualized Education Plan Brochure

EdPlan Connect requires an active email address in order for you to receive an email notification that will include a link to EDPlan Connect. Updates to email addresses can be completed at the Enrollment Center or at your child’s school site. 

The Lindsey Nicole Henry (LNH) Scholarship Act authorizes the parent or guardian of a public school student with a disability who is served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and who spent the prior school year enrolled in an Oklahoma public school to exercise their parental option and request to have an LNH Scholarship awarded for their child to attend a participating private school approved by the State Board of Education. The Act also authorizes scholarship eligibility for the following categories of students:

• A student who has had an Individualized Service Plan developed by the Department of Human Services (DHS)

• A student who is a child of a military family with permanent change of station orders who has moved to Oklahoma after receiving IDEA services in another state

• A student who has been served through the SoonerStart program and during transition has been determined to be eligible for school district services

• A student who has been in out-of-home placement through the office of Juvenile Affairs

• A student who has been in out-of-home placement with DHS, or who was adopted while in the permanent custody of DHS

Additionally, according to Section (F)(1) of the LNH Act: “Acceptance of the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship shall have the same effect as a parental revocation of consent for services pursuant to 20 U.S.C., Sections 1414(a)(1)(D) and 1414(C) of IDEA.” As required by the revocation of consent provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a federal law, and the LNH Act, when a parent accepts an LNH scholarship, (1) the student is no longer entitled to receive special education and related services from any Oklahoma public school district and (2) each Oklahoma public school district must treat the student as a nondisabled student for all purposes, including discipline. Upon acceptance of an LNH scholarship, the parent/guardian will receive a Written Notice from the student’s public school district that confirms this information.

 For more information please look on the Oklahoma State Department of Education.