Parent Response - Impact Table
Aug 04, 2026
Parent Response – Impact Table
This article compares how each Parent Response affects meeting finalization, proposed changes, goals, and follow-up. The options available in SIRAS vary by meeting type and outcome.
| Choose a Parent Response & Close the Meeting Contact attempts, continued meetings, and the current menu options. |
Compare the Impact of Each Response What happens to Current data, goals, finalization, and reporting. |
Handle Disagreement, Stay Put, or Partial Consent Step-by-step procedures when the full plan is not accepted. |
The Parent Response does more than document a signature.
It controls whether proposed information remains pending, becomes Current, advances goals, or requires administrator follow-up. Verify the Current/MIS record after finalization.
It controls whether proposed information remains pending, becomes Current, advances goals, or requires administrator follow-up. Verify the Current/MIS record after finalization.
1. General Plan Responses
Awaiting Response and Parent Contacted, No Response are not interchangeable.
Use Awaiting Response while follow-up is still in progress; the meeting cannot be finalized. Use Parent Contacted, No Response only after required contact attempts have been completed; the meeting may then be finalized when that option is available.
Use Awaiting Response while follow-up is still in progress; the meeting cannot be finalized. Use Parent Contacted, No Response only after required contact attempts have been completed; the meeting may then be finalized when that option is available.
| Parent Response | When it is used | Can finalize? | Impact in SIRAS | Follow-up and reporting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awaiting Response | The meeting and required documents are complete, but the applicable response or signature is still pending. | No | Proposed changes remain pending and goals do not advance. | Document every contact attempt, continue follow-up, and change the response when the outcome is known. A continued or incomplete meeting should remain open rather than being treated as Awaiting Response. |
| Parent Contacted, No Response | Available for applicable Other Meetings after the parent or guardian has been contacted multiple times and the district's required follow-up process has been completed, but no agreement or disagreement has been received. | Yes | IEP/meeting dates are updated. Other pending plan changes remain held in Pending Changes and goals do not advance. If agreement is received later, the response may be changed to Accepts the Plan (Signed Consent). | No new PLAN or SERV is reported because the proposed plan was not accepted. Report the applicable MEET record when required. Staff should document all contact attempts and coordinate closure with the administrator or SEDS Coordinator. |
| Accepts the Plan (Signed Consent) | The parent or guardian accepts the proposed plan. | Yes | Approved pending data becomes Current and goals are updated. | Verify the MIS Summary, services, goals, and the meeting archive. Submit the applicable SWDS, MEET, PLAN, and SERV information. |
| Does not accept the plan / Stay-Put / No Plan | The proposed plan is not accepted, the last agreed-to plan remains in effect, or the event documents a no-plan outcome. | Yes | The proposed plan does not replace the Current plan and goals do not advance. The meeting and offer remain documented in the finalized event. | Report the applicable meeting/status information, but do not report a new unaccepted PLAN or SERV. Review Next Year's Data separately before finalizing. |
| Partial consent | The parent accepts only identified portions of the plan and does not accept all goals. | Yes | Pending changes remain held. An administrator must apply only the portions that were approved. Goals do not advance. | Document exactly what was accepted, coordinate with the SEDS Coordinator or administrator, and verify that Current data preserves the last agreed plan plus only the newly approved portions. |
| Partial consent (Agree to Goals) | The parent accepts the goals and identified portions of the plan, but not the full plan. | Yes | Pending plan changes remain held until approved portions are applied. Goals advance. | An administrator applies only approved non-goal changes. Verify Current/MIS data, services, goals, and the archive before reporting revisions. |
2. Initial Evaluation and Eligibility Responses
| Parent Response | Available scenario | Meaning and SIRAS impact | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Does not accept plan (initial meeting) | Initial Evaluation – Eligible or DNQ, when displayed by SIRAS | The parent does not accept the proposed initial plan. The meeting can be finalized, but the proposed plan is not implemented and goals do not advance. | Document the disagreement, preserve the applicable eligibility/meeting outcome, and do not report an unaccepted PLAN or SERV. See Article 301. |
| Accepts Eligibility | Eligibility Only (No Plan) – Eligible | The parent accepts the eligibility determination. Because the event is Eligibility Only, no education plan is being approved through this response. | Finalize the eligibility-only event and complete the applicable eligibility/meeting reporting workflow. |
| Does not accept Eligibility | Initial Evaluation – Eligible or Eligibility Only (No Plan) – Eligible | The team found the student eligible, but the parent does not accept the eligibility determination. No plan is implemented through this response. | Document the disagreement and follow the applicable Initial Evaluation outcome and reporting procedure. |
| Agrees with ineligibility | Initial Evaluation – DNQ or Eligibility Only (No Plan) – DNQ | The team found the student not eligible and the parent agrees. | Finalize the DNQ/eligibility-only event and complete the applicable meeting/status reporting. No PLAN or SERV is created. |
| Disagrees with ineligibility | Initial Evaluation – DNQ or Eligibility Only (No Plan) – DNQ | The team found the student not eligible and the parent disagrees. | Document the disagreement, finalize the evaluation outcome as appropriate, and complete the applicable meeting/status reporting. No PLAN or SERV is created. |
3. Special Case: Triennial Finds the Student No Longer Eligible
If the parent does not agree with the determination that the student is no longer eligible, use Does not accept the plan / Stay-Put / No Plan.
SIRAS does not exit the student in this situation.
The district continues to treat the student as eligible while the disagreement is addressed and the last agreed-to program remains in effect.
The district continues to treat the student as eligible while the disagreement is addressed and the last agreed-to program remains in effect.
4. Later Agreement
A Parent Response may be changed later when the actual response changes. When later agreement is entered:
- verify which pending changes are now approved;
- verify the Current/MIS record and services;
- confirm the correct goal behavior;
- review the finalized meeting archive; and
- coordinate any corrected or additional reporting with the SEDS Coordinator.
