fixed fee schedule


 

Service

Description

Fee

Initial Document Review

Receive documents from parents or school; Organize documents; Review history, including past assessments, assessment plans, IEPs;  Note deficiencies, if any, in District procedures; Conference with client

$500.00

Initial/Triennial IEP Team Meeting

Review of file and assessments; communications with parents, assessor, District, etc. concerning meeting; prepare Notice of Parent Concerns; attendance at one IEP team meeting; Detailed review of proposed IEP; communicate with parents; prepare comments or dissent as required

$1,750.00

Annual IEP Team Meeting

Review of file; communications with parents, District, etc. concerning meeting; prepare Notice of Parent Concerns; attendance at one IEP team meeting; detailed review of proposed IEP; communicate with parents; prepare comments or dissent as required

$1,500.00

Continued IEP Team Meeting

Prepare for and attend  IEP team meeting which is the continuation of an annual IEP team meeting; communicate with parents

$1,000.00

Administrative Fee

Routine communications – a reasonable number of telephone calls and emails – with parents and others concerning issues relevant to the child’s case.  Fee is assessed only for months in which there are five (5) or more such communications

$350.00/month

Hourly Charge

Charges will be accrued on an hourly basis only rarely, primarily for meetings which are outside the usual course of the IEP process. There will be prior notification of such charges, when necessary

$300.00/hr
Attorney time

$150.00/hr
Advocate time

Travel

Round trip mileage from Newport Beach charged at the current rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Service

$0.55/mile

Due Process Complaint

Draft and file Due Process Complaint against the school district with the California Office of Administrative Hearings, including all written communications with the OAH, parents or opposing counsel

$1,500.00

File/Respond to Motion

Preparation of motion or response to school district motion prior to mediation, including any accompanying written communications to OAH, opposing counsel or parents

$1,000.00

Mediation – Initial Session

Preparation for and participation in one mediation session with the school district, including preparation of a Mediation Brief

$1,500.00

Mediation – Continued

Participation in any mediation session which has been continued

$750.00

 

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