Handbooks & Guidance - Parents

Resource for Parents

Here you'll find many of Kent ISDs handbooks and helpful guides to help you and your family.  

Parent Guide

A Parent's Guide to Navigating the IEP Process
The Kent ISD Special Education Department, in collaboration with the Parent Advisors for Special Education (PASE), developed the Parent's Guide to Navigating the IEP Process to make the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process more manageable and user-friendly for parents.

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Parent and Student Handbooks

Special Education Parent Handbook with Procedural Safeguards
This handbook was developed for parents of students with disabilities. It serves as one source of information about state and federal laws that have been written to protect the rights of special education students.

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MDE offers the Procedural Safeguards in many other languages. Please visit their website for this resource.

Student Rights Handbook
In Michigan, the age of majority is 18 years of age. This handbook has been developed for students who have reached the age of majority and are now in charge of their education.

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