Yes. Parents/Guardians/Other Education Rights Holders may use an audio recorder to record an IEP meeting, even without the school district’s permission, as long as the parent/guardian/other education rights holder gives the school district 24 hours’ written notice of their intention to do so. Anyone recording may use an audio-recording device or an app on a smartphone, tablet, or laptop for audio-recording only. Additionally, a school district may tape record a meeting with 24 hours’ notice to the parent/guardian/other education rights holder. However, the district cannot audio-record the meeting if the parent/guardian/other education rights holder objects. If the parent/guardian/other education rights holder objects to the district tape recording, then there can be no tape recording of the meeting by either the district or the parent/guardian/other education rights holder.^[1] See Chapter 4, Information on IEP Process.

1. Cal. Ed. Code Sec. 56341.1(g)(1).[↩]