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

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

School days means summer pauses the clock

Oregon counts school days — days students are in attendance for instruction. Summer, winter break, spring break, weekends and holidays are never school days, so they never count against the 60.

Practical effect: 60 school days is roughly three months of instruction, and consent signed in spring can push the eligibility meeting into the following school year.

How to count your deadline

1. Find the date the district received your signed written consent. Not the date you mailed it — the date they got it.
2. Pull your district's instructional calendar.
3. Count forward 60 days when students are in attendance for instruction. Skip weekends, holidays, breaks and summer.
4. That date is the deadline for the eligibility meeting to be held — not just for testing to be finished.

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. Ask what extension they are claiming. If the district says the timeline was extended, ask in writing which of the narrow grounds applies and for the documentation.
4. File a state complaint. A missed timeline is a straightforward compliance violation. In Oregon this goes to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). It is free and does not require a lawyer.