Re: Amended statements time?

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From Eleanor : if the authority decides to issue a statement it should be

within two weeks after the assessment, and the LEA have 8 weeks to finalise.

So: They've got ten weeks to assess, then they send a letter saying they've

agreed to assess, count down eight weeks from that letter to finalise and hold

them to all timescales.

That ten weeks is a statutory timescale, and if they muck you about without good

reason, dragging their heels and generally being a pain, you might want to

remind them that you could opt to take them to judicial review in order to hold

them to the timescales. The funding for a JR is funded for the child by legal

aid on their account the last time I checked, so you might want to check that

very last point with a solicitor if things get sticky. Some people I know have

had to resort to that (unwillingly) because in one case,for instance, they left

that child without schooling for 18 months.

Eileen

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> Anyone know how long LEA have to issue a proposed amended statment after

annual review.

> TIA

> Vicky

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