Completing the Authorization to Attend

A student must be authorized to attend his or her new school after he or she is placed and you have provided the parent or guardian with the Prior Notice Package (PNP) for Placement. When the student has not previously received special education services this authorization requires parental consent to the placement. In all other cases, the authorization is automatic.

• In initial cases, placement is authorized when you fax parental consent into SESIS and it attaches to the PNP. You will create the Authorization to Attend document after consent is received.
  
  
• In all other cases, placement is authorized 10 days after the PNP is finalized or when the parent’s acknowledgment is faxed into SESIS using the fax coversheet associated with the PNP, if 10 days have not elapsed. The Authorization to Attend document can be created after placement is authorized.
  
  Important: If the parent or guardian has not acknowledged the PNP, you must make at least two outreach attempts. Outreach attempts must be made for all process stages. Attempts and verbal responses from the parent or guardian must be logged as manual events associated with the Prior Notice Package.
  

To complete the Authorization to Attend

1. Locate the student’s Profile.
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2. From the Actions bar, click the Select drop-down () icon.
   
   
3. Select Placement.
   
   The student’s Placement Profile appears.
   
   
4. Under Most Recent Prior Notice Package for Placement, compare today’s date with the Authorization Date.
   
   

   If...	Do this...
   Today’s date is on or after the Authorization Date	The student's placement has been authorized. From the Actions bar, click Documents. Click the most recent draft Authorization to Attend. The Authorization to Attend appears. Note: If the Authorization to Attend is not in the student's document list, go to Create New Document and choose Authorization to Attend. The date, school, address, and contact information are already completed. Verify this information to make sure it is correct. Makes any changes, if necessary. Click the Save, Done Editing button. Finalize the document. How? From the Actions bar, click the Send/Print Letter link. Complete the appropriate fields. Print the letter. How? Provide the Authorization to Attend to the parent or guardian.
   Today’s date is before the Authorization Date or the Authorization Date is blank	The student's placement is not authorized. The Authorization to Attend may not be sent until the student's placement has been authorized. Note: For initial cases, placement authorization occurs when the Consent for Initial Provision of Services is faxed into SESIS. For all other cases, placement authorization occurs either: Ten days after the Prior Notice Package for Placement is finalized. When documentation of verbal or written acknowledgement is faxed into SESIS using the PNP fax coversheet, if 10 days have not elapsed.

   
   
   

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Completing the Prior Notice Package (PNP) for Placement