Under the IDEA, each State Education Agency (SEA) and Lead Agency (LA) is required to oversee a compliant due process hearings system. As such, they must effectively and efficiently administer due process complaints and hearings by having written procedures that align with IDEA, oversee an infrastructure to support the case management, data collection, federal reporting requirements, and implementation of due process complaints and hearings, and maintaining a list of trained and impartial hearing officers that align practices and decisions with federal and State law. Coordination and collaboration with the independent hearing officers/administrative law judges to allow for proper oversight is critical to ensure an IDEA compliant system. The US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) monitors state agencies for compliance as part of their Differentiated Monitoring and Support (DMS) process. This session explores the necessary interactions between hearing programs and their state agencies.
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Part B State Administration of Due Process Complaints and Hearings