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Category Archives: hearing officer
Special Ed Hearing Officer Qualifications – Part IV
Image by Joe Gratz via FlickrLast week we discussed how the new qualifications for special education hearing officers pertain to the education and training of hearing officers. This week I’m going to look at a sample of a bunch of recent court decisi… Continue reading
Posted in Board of education, Gerl, hearing officer, qualifications, Special Education, special education law, Training
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Timelines in Special Ed Hearings
Image via WikipediaOne question about special ed hearings that I get a lot is: when is the hearing officer decision to be issued? There is much confusion surrounding this, thanks in large part to some very confusing federal regulations. The timeline… Continue reading
Posted in deadline, decision, Gerl, hearing, hearing officer, regulations, Special Education, special education law, timelines
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Special Education Hearing Officer Qualifications – Part III
Image via WikipediaLast week we discussed the new qualifications for special education hearing officers. This week, I’m going to talk about how the new qualifications pertain to the education and training of hearing officers.As I have mentioned in eac… Continue reading
Posted in education, hearing officer, qualifications, Special Education, special education law, State Education Agency, Training
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Special Education Hearing Officer Qualifications – Part II
Image by noyava via FlickrIn the first part of this series last week, I discussed the options that parties have when they have a dispute concerning the educational program, etc for a child with a disability. The options are numerous and sometimes conf… Continue reading
Posted in Disability, education, Gerl, hearing officer, IDEA, law, qualifications, Special Education, special education law, Training
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Special Education Hearing Officer Qualifications: Part I
Image by walknboston via Flickr What makes a good special education hearing officer? It amazes me how widely people differ in their answers to this question. This is the first in a series of posts on the topic of hearing officer qualifications. At t… Continue reading
Posted in dispute resolution, education, Gerl, hearing officer, law, Special Education, special education law
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Ninth Circuit Decision – District Court Standard of Review of Hearing Officer Decisions
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided the case of Ashland Sch Dist v. EH (9th Cir. December 9, 2009). The case is interesting for a few reasons. You can read the Ninth Circuit decision here.Let me state at the outset that I have a bias … Continue reading
Posted in Gerl, hearing officer, IDEA, law, Special Education, special education law, Standard of review, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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The Price of Justice: Backdoor Effects of the Recession on Special Education
Maybe I wasn’t looking in the right place. I was expecting that the severe downturn in the economy would cause a movement to permit school districts to argue that expense or cost should be a defense in special education cases. I even ran a poll in th… Continue reading
Posted in California, education, furlough, Gerl, hearing, hearing officer, law, procedural safeguards, Special Education, special education law
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Great Hearing Officer Conference
Image via WikipediaOK so I’m still getting the hang of my mobile-posting voice recognition technology. The last post should read “Great Hearing Officer Conference.” Lost in translation is the phrase that comes to mind. I was describing the conference… Continue reading
Posted in Basque people, expedited hearing, France, Gerl, Government, hearing officer, law, NAHO, Spain, Special Education, special education law
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New Supreme Court Decision- Part IV (Hearing Officer Authority)
Those of you who follow this blog know that I was concerned about the school district’s argument that hearing officers lacked authority to grant reimbursement. I had never heard this argument made before. NOTE: I have a bias here, I am a due process … Continue reading
Posted in due process, education, hearing officer, law, reimbursement, school special education, special education law, Supreme Court, unilateral placement, United States Supreme Court
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Conference Reminder
If you want to learn a lot about special education law, and just plain education law, all in one place in a short time, I recommend some of the high quality conferences that are offered around the country… This is a reminder that I will be at the 15t… Continue reading
Posted in conference. Portland, due process, education, hearing officer, law, Special Education
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