Sorry but your DH is deluded. Unfortunately this is not how it works.
When you got your draft plan you should have been informed that you have 15 days to respond to it. You should also be asked to name your preferred school. Information here:
www.ipsea.org.uk/what-to-do-when-you-receive-your-draft-ehc-plan
www.ipsea.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=afd8d11f-5f75-44e0-8f90-e2e7385e55f0
You should have copies of all the reports that have been used to write the EHCP. Presumably you had one from a SALT?
Go through each report you have with two highlighters and highlight all of the needs in one colour and then all the provision to meet the needs in another colour. There should be provision to meet each need highlighted. Then you should cross reference with the plan to ensure all needs identified are in Section B and corresponding provision in Section F.
There should not be anything vague or “woolly” in the reports eg “access to”, “would benefit from”, “a high level of support”, “regular” as this vagueness will subsequently be transferred into the EHC Plan and make it difficult to enforce. Plans need to be detailed, accurate and specific so that all your child’s needs are identified and there is provision specified for each of the needs identified.
These are the references to specificity in the SEND Code of Practice (COP):
www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25
9.51
“The evidence and advice submitted by those providing it should be clear, accessible and specific."
They should provide advice about outcomes relevant for the child or
young person’s age and phase of education and strategies for their achievement.
The local authority may provide guidance about the structure and format of advice
and information to be provided. Professionals should limit their advice to areas in
which they have expertise. They may comment on the amount of provision they
consider a child or young person requires and local authorities should not have
blanket policies which prevent them from doing so.”
9.61
“EHC plans should be clear, concise, understandable and accessible to parents, children, young
people, providers and practitioners. They should be written so they can be understood by professionals in any local authority.”
9.69
Section B ( Page 164)
“All of the child or young person’s identified special educational needs must be specified.”
Section F (Page 166)
“Provision must be detailed and specific and should normally be quantified, for example, in terms of the type, hours and frequency of support and level of expertise, including where this support is secured through a Personal Budget
• Provision must be specified for each and every need specified in section B. It should be clear how the provision will support achievement of the outcomes
• Where health or social care provision educates or trains a child or young person, it must appear in this section (see paragraph 9.73)”
Use this model letter to respond to the LA.
www.ipsea.org.uk/responding-to-a-draft-ehc-plan-model-letter-3
And if any of the reports are vague and woolly tell the LA they do not comply with the law, quoting the above reference in the COP and ask them to go back to whoever wrote the report to make it specific.
Whatever you do, don't get into protracted wrangling with the LA sending the plan backwards and forwards as that can waste a huge amount of time. If the LA doesn't change it to what you want after your first response, let them finalise it, as that will then trigger your right of appeal to the SEND Tribunal.
Good luck 