The OLD rule was every 3 years. The newer rule is as needed.
Generally. Given that your son is 7, was last evaluated when he was 4
or 5, it would make sense to reevaluate with both the developmental
changes associated with the passage of all that time at that age AND
your moves across states.

My recommendation is to make a polite FORMAL WRITTEN request for a
reevaluation and deliver it to the SpEd administrator involved in
serving your son.

Good luck,

-RWM

--- In opengaautism@yahoogroups.com, "kbarta5" <kbarta5@...> wrote:
>
> My son is 7 years old and is autistic. He was last evaluated by the
> school he attended in CT in May 2006. We moved back to GA in 2007 (my
> husband retired then from the military). According to the local
> school, he is not due for a 3-year evaluation until 2010, because that
> is 3 years from the time that we had our first IEP here in GA and he
> did not have any evaluations done at that time. I thought that the
> reevaluation had to be done 3 years from the time of the last
> evaluations, which would make the reevluation due by May 2009 not July
> 2010. I know I may write a letter requesting that this be corrected.
> We had an IEP yesterday and I requested that my son be reevaluated. I
> was told by the LEA that she would have to ask the school psychologist
> because some tests/assessments would not be valid if they were
> performed less than 3 years ago. His last testing was done in May
> 2006. I do not understand this. Will someone please help me? We live
> in the southeastern part of GA and have no resources to go to for
> help. My meeting with the school psychologist is next Friday and I
> want to be prepared. Thank you in advance for your help.
>