WAC 392-172A-04115

As the notice states it

Heading, as printed: "Requirements for Unilateral Placement by Parents of Students in Private Schools at Public Expense When FAPE is at Issue"

Citation line, as printed: "CFR § 300.148; WAC 392-172A-04115"

"If you believe your school district cannot provide a FAPE for your child and you choose to enroll your child in a private school without the district’s agreement, there are specific steps that you must follow in order to request reimbursement from the district for the private school."

Reimbursement for Private School Placement

"If your child previously received special education and related services from a school district, and you choose to enroll your child in a private preschool, elementary school, or secondary school without the consent of or referral by the district, a court or an ALJ may require the district to reimburse you for the cost of that enrollment if the court or ALJ finds that the school district had not made a FAPE available to your child in a timely manner prior to that enrollment and that the private placement is appropriate. The court or an ALJ may find your placement to be appropriate, even if the placement does not meet the state standards that apply to education provided by districts."

Limitation on Reimbursement

"The cost of reimbursement as described in the paragraph above may be reduced or denied:"

"1. If: (a) At the most recent IEP meeting that you attended prior to your removal of your child from the public school, you did not inform the IEP team that you were rejecting the placement proposed by the district to provide FAPE to your child, including stating your concerns and your intent to enroll your child in a private school at public expense; or (b) At least 10 business days (including any holidays that occur on a business day) prior to your removal of your child from the public school, you did not give written notice to the district of that information;"

"2. If, prior to your removal of your child from the public school, the district provided prior written notice to you, of its intent to evaluate your child (including a statement of the purpose of the evaluation that was appropriate and reasonable), but you did not make your child available for the evaluation; or"

"3. Upon a court’s finding that your actions were unreasonable. However, the cost of reimbursement:"

"1. Must not be reduced or denied for failure to provide the notice if: (a) the school prevented you from providing the notice; or (b) you had not received notice of your responsibility to provide the notice described above; and"

"2. May, in the discretion of the court or an ALJ, not be reduced or denied for your failure to provide the required notice if: (a) you are not literate or cannot write in English; or (b) compliance with the above requirement would likely result in serious emotional harm to your child."

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Source

Notice of Special Education Procedural Safeguards for Students and Their Families (PDF), ospi.k12.wa.us; October 2023; retrieved Sep 13, 2026.

Change log

Sep 29, 2026 · Record created. Built by tools/render-citations.py from tools/packets/washington-packet.txt (capture of Sep 13, 2026): one record per section number the notice prints in full as WAC 392-172A-nnnnn; a citation printed as a range makes one record keyed on its first number, titled with the range as printed; a section cited under two headings carries both. Text is quoted, not summarized. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter, reviewed 2026-09-29. Corrections on the record in this log: hello@fieldassembly.net.