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j. i pdienib uiin all meetings of instances warrant nd placement ted to ensure s. lEPs contain, il and functional ne children, the special at the child needs ning begins at age it also includes ry objectives. The g at which theto determinevaluation of every iry team is a group e testing, assess-)y have disabilities d needs. Parents must reevaluate /ery three years re-schooi-age rs.if their children an oral request 'aluate from ediate Unit has luation. For I school, contact ildren in your area e schools can be lerthe heading irough five, tan evaluation in :hool District, Ear-, PA 18202. The 70) 459-8118..uzerne Interme-i of their children rolling in the pub-me private school earns, the publiccvaiuauun ouuoiai i uaiiy oaooouo liic jjicvamny uuo l ui oimiiai cvaiuaiiunoin the region. Exceptions to these limitations will be granted only for compelling reasons. If the public school refuses to pay for the IEE, it must request an immediate special education due process hearing to defend the appropriateness of its evaluation.LI It* U|JI ICILC. UUDue Process Hearing ProceduresThe parent or local educational agency (LEA) may request a due process hearing with respect to any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”), The party requesting the hearing must submit a “Due Process Hearing Request” form to the Office for Dispute Resolution, 6340 Flank Drive, Suite 600, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112; telephone (800) 222-3353; TTY (800) 654-5984. A due process hearing will not proceed until all required information is provided and procedures followed.Timeline for requesting Due Process. The parent or LEA must request a due process hearing by filing a Due Process Hearing Request within two (2) years of the date to parent or the LEA knew or should have known about the alleged action that forms the basis of the request. There are limited exceptions to this timeline. This timeline will not apply to the parent if— the parent was prevented from requesting the due process hearing due to the specific misrepresentations by the LEA that it had resolved the problem forming the basis of the hearing request, or if the LEA withheld information from the parent that the LEA was required provide.Filing and Service of the Due Process Hearing Request The party requesting the hearing must send a copy of the Due Process Hearing Request to the other party and, at the same time, to the Office for Dispute Resolution by mail addressed to the Office for Dispute Resolution, 6340 Flank Drive, Suite 600, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112, or by electronic mail addressed to ODR.pattan.net, or by facsimile at (717) 657-5983.Contents of Due Process Hearing Request. The Due Process Hearing Request must contain the following information:1.The name of the child, the address where the child lives, and the name of the school the child is attending or, if the child is homeless, available contact information for the child and the name of the school the child is attending;2. A description of the nature of the problem, including facts relating to such problem; and3. A proposed resolution of the problem to the extent known and available to the party filing the Request.Challenging Sufficiency of the Due Process Hearing Request. The DueProcess Hearing Request will be considered to be sufficient unless the party receiving it notifies the Hearing Officer and the other party in writing withinto state or federal to do so.Attorney’s Fees. /fees to the parent tional Agency or L Process Hearing unreasonable, or \ who continued to sonable or withou or LEA against the parent’s Due Proo presented for any essary delay, or to will be based on r; proceeding aroseThe federal law in and in some circu consult with their rules apply: Attorr not be reimbursec subsequent to the offer is made with of Civil Procedure time more than te not accepted with obtained by the p; settlement. Attorn any meeting of th an administrative session is not cor administrative he; judicial action for reduce the amour the parent’s attorr sonably protracte of the attorney’s f exceeds the hourl by attorneys of re (c) the time spent the nature of the; the parent did not Process Hearing f proceeding if the the final resolutioiChild’s Status dmcases, which have must remain (pern
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