MN HF142

School districts must adopt a policy establishing a process to provide reasonable accommodations for parents with disabilities who are parents of children with disabilities to participate in developing individualized education programs.

"Reasonable accommodation" is defined by reference to Minnesota Statutes section 363A.08, subdivision 6, and cannot impose undue hardship on the school district; accommodations must allow meaningful participation in meetings, data collection, or paperwork related to individualized education programs.

School districts may not request or require parents to disclose private health information or authorize release of health care records to determine disability status.

Districts must inform parents of the accommodation process before special education evaluation referral and annually thereafter, with notice provided in easily understandable language and available orally or in the parent's native language.

Parents may request accommodations verbally or in writing from any licensed team member or teacher/principal, and districts must respond within five school days; accommodation requests are treated as private data and not disclosed in student records.

All teachers and staff providing special instruction to students with disabilities must review the accommodations policy each school year; the effective date is July 1, 2023.