This is support and services for students with special needs to help them achieve learning expectations and to demonstrate their competencies in the curriculum. Accommodations change only the way in which the learning takes place; they do not alter the content of the curriculum or affect the validity or reliability of the tests that assess learning. See also Modification.

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Advocacy is speaking or acting in support of ideas and/or persons. Advocates may attend case conferences, IPRCs, and appeals with parents and work with them on behalf of their children.

Appeal: A parent/guardian has the right to request an appeal, in writing, against the decisions of an IPRC with respect to identification and/or placement of an exceptional student. The appeal procedure is an extension of the guarantee of the involvement and the rights of parents and pupils, as initiated by the IPRC process. The appeal must be made within 30 school days of the IPRC.