dispute resolution
Published on Nov 26, 2024
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Negotation
- Good first choice. least amount of division
- A more team oriented approach.
Mediation
- Good choice if Negotiation doesn't work out.
- Mediator doesn't work for either side their only desire is to get an agreement.
- Less stressful because mediator works with each side separately.
Due process hearing
- More formal way of doing things
- only works for special ed not general ed.
- As with mediator hearing officer is impartial.
- Both sides present evidence and witnesses
- Unlike mediation hearing officer will render a decision that can be challenged in court
Lawsuit
- must be filed within 90 days of due process hearing result
- both sides must have lawyers
- You can only file a civil suit after due process finished.
State complaint
- You must be able to prove school district broke the law.
- Can enter it with other parents as a group
- you need to include your child's struggles, how you have interacted with the school, evidence showing how school broke the law
- Very involved, talk to a lawyer before proceeding
OCR Complaint
- Must be filed within 180 days of schools violation
- Can lead to an investigation of the school
- It is a federal complaint not a state complaint
