Indiana IEP evaluation deadline: how long does the school have?

You signed consent for the evaluation. Here is exactly what Indiana law requires next, and what to do if the date passes.

The part most parents miss: the clock starts when licensed personnel receive your consent

The trigger is not the date you signed the form. It is not the date you handed it to the front office. It is the date licensed personnel receive the written consent. That is what 511 IAC 7-40-5 says.

So the day you drop the form off and the day the clock starts can be different days. Ask in writing who received it and when. Get that date in an email.

Instructional days mean summer does not count

Indiana counts instructional days, not calendar days. Days when students are not in attendance for instruction never count toward the 50. Summer break and other non-instructional stretches pause the count on their own.

That means a consent signed in late spring can push the CCC meeting into the fall. Fifty instructional days is roughly ten school weeks of actual school.

How to count your deadline

1. Find the date licensed personnel received your signed written consent. Not the date you signed it — the date they got it.
2. Count forward 50 instructional days using your district's school calendar.
3. Skip every day students are not in attendance for instruction — weekends, holidays, breaks, summer.
4. That date is the deadline for the evaluation and the CCC meeting.

What to do if the deadline passes

1. Put it in writing the same week. Email the case manager and the special education director. State the consent date, the deadline date, and that it has passed. A phone call creates no record.
2. Ask for prior written notice. If the school refuses or delays, you are entitled to a written explanation of what it is doing and why.
3. File a state complaint. A missed timeline is a straightforward compliance violation. In Indiana this goes to the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). It is free and does not require a lawyer.
4. Keep the paper trail. Every date, every email, every response.