Special Education Division Services

Those who participate in mediations and hearings can provide their feedback by submitting a survey to the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH).

Information about the Special Education Advisory Committee is provided.

Parties can access instructions and links to forms related to continuing a mediation, due process hearing, or a prehearing conference.

Parties who want to file a document in their Special Education case or access instructions on how to serve a document on the other parties in a case can follow these steps.

Parties with an open Special Education case may file or respond to a motion, which is a request to the judge to do or change something about their case.  

The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) does not provide legal advice.  Any person can view lists of attorneys and advocates who have self-certified that they provide low-cost or free services to assist in preparation for a Special Education case before OAH.

Any person who would like to request public records that are not exempt from disclosure by statute or other authority should contact the public records review officer at the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). Requests for all other offices within DGS should be sent to the Office of Public Affairs. For more information go to this website's page Make Public Records Request at OAH

Order Transcripts of Special Education Proceedings.

School districts, parents or other authorized parties can request a Special Education due process hearing and/or mediation with the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH).

School districts, parents and other authorized parties can request a Special Education mediation by following the steps below. They may request a mediation either as part of a due process hearing case or separately.

Any person can use the search system to look up decisions and orders for Special Education cases handled by the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH).