This pamphlet describes the educational rights of parents provided under provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including the amendments of 1997. It discusses rights in the following areas: (1) free appropriate public education; (2) prior notice to parents, including a list of the information required to be in a notice that the school must send if it is proposing or refusing to change a child's program; (3) parent consent, which requires written permission before conducting a preplacement evaluation, reevaluation, or placement in special education programs; (4) independent educational evaluation, which allows parents to require an independent evaluation if they disagree with the school's evaluation of their child; (5) educational surrogate parents; (6) student records, which allows parents to see or request copies of their child's school records; (7) mediation; (8) discipline, which describes the unique procedures and safeguards for disciplining children with disabilities; (9) state complaint procedures; (10) impartial due process hearings; and (11) private school placement. To increase understanding, after each main topic there is a highlighted box that explains parents' rights in plain language. The pamphlet ends with a summary of parents' rights. (CR)