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

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

The part most parents miss: there is a second, longer clock — and it starts on the same day

Alaska's own regulation sets a 90-calendar-day outer bound that runs from the same starting point as the 60 days — your parental consent, not the start of testing (4 AAC 52.115(a)). Within those 90 days the district must evaluate, develop the IEP if your child is eligible, and actually begin providing services (once you consent to services). So the 60 days get you to an eligibility answer; the 90 days are about services actually starting.

If your child is found eligible and weeks go by with no services in place, the 90-day clock — counted from your consent — is the one to raise.

How to count your deadline

1. Find the date the district received your signed consent. Not the date you mailed it — the date they got it.
2. Count forward 60 calendar days, including weekends and holidays.
3. That date is the deadline for the evaluation and the eligibility determination.
4. Separately, count 90 calendar days from that same consent date — that is the outer bound for the IEP being developed and services beginning.

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 district 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 Alaska this goes to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED). It is free and does not require a lawyer.
4. Keep the paper trail. Every date, every email, every response.