HEARINGS:

 

1.)   Right to present complaints with respect to any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of your child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education to your child. The complaint must include the name of the child, the address of the residence of the child, the name of the school the child is attending, a

      description of the nature of the problem of the child relating to such proposed initiation or change, including facts relating to such problem, and a proposed resolution of the problem to the extent known and available to you at the time.

la.) Right to present complaints if you disagree with a determination by the school district that your child’s behavior was not a manifestation of your child’s disability.

lb.) Right to mediation and/or an impartial due process hearing whenever you file a complaint as described in 1 of this section and to an expedited due process hearing whenever you file a complaint as described in Ia of this section.

2.)   Right to be told of any free or low-cost legal and other relevant services available (e.g., an expert on disability conditions that may be a witness at the hearing when parent requests information or parent or agency initiates a hearing).

3.)   Right to a hearing conducted by the state educational agency.

4.)   Right to have the hearing chaired by a hearing officer who is not employed by a public agency involved in the education of your child or otherwise personally or professionally interested in the hearing (the hearing officer is not an employee of the agency solely because he or she is paid by the agency to serve as a hearing officer).

5.)   Right to a list of the persons who serve as hearing officers, including a statement of the qualifications of each of those persons.

6.)   Right of parents or parties to be advised and accompanied at the hearing by counsel and to be accompanied by individuals with special knowledge or training in problems of the disabled.

7.)   Right to have your child present.

8.)   Right to have the hearing open to the public.

9.)   Right of parents or parties to present evidence and confront, cross-examine and compel the attendance of witnesses.

10.) Right of parents or parties to prohibit the introduction of any evidence at the hearing that has not been disclosed at least five days before the hearing.

11.) Right of parents or parties to have a written or, at the option of the parent, electronic verbatim record of the hearing.

12.) Right of parents or parties to obtain written or, at the option of the parents, electronic findings of fact and decisions within 45 days after the local education agency received the initial request for the hearing, except that the hearing officer may grant a specific extension of time at the request of either party.

13.) Right of parents or parties to a final decision made by the hearing officer, unless a party brings a civil action.

 

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