Sample Letters For Parents - Special Education Letter Templates Page 20
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Appendix A: Sample Letters for Parents
10. Requesting a Due Process Hearing
Due process is one approach that parents and schools can use to resolve disagree-
ments. During a due process hearing, you and the school present evidence before an
impartial third person called a hearing officer. The hearing officer then decides how to
resolve the problem.
You have the right to request a due process hearing on any matter related to:
• your child’s identification as a “child with a disability,”
• his or her evaluation,
• his or her educational placement, and
• the special education and related services that the school provides to your child.
Some reasons why a parent might file for due process include:
• The school refuses to evaluate your child.
• You disagree with the eligibility decision.
• You disagree with the services, goals, or objectives in the IEP.
• The school refuses to provide a related service, modification, or supplementary aid
you think your child needs.
• You disagree with the placement decision.
For more information on the due process proceedings, please see Chapter 11: Conflict
Resolution.
Send your letter requesting a due process hearing to the Superintendent of Schools in
your home district. Under IDEA, when you ask for a due process hearing, your request
must include:
• the name of your child;
• the address of your child’s residence;
• the name of your child’s school;
• a description of the problem, including facts relating to the problem; and
• how you would resolve the problem, to the extent that a solution is known and avail-
able to you as parents
Each state is required to have a model form to help parents request a due process hear-
ing. You are not required to use the model form. The ISBE form can be found at
http:/ /
This form can be used instead of
the sample letter. If the information in your request does not fit within the spaces pro-
vided on the form, please attach additional pages.
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