Sentences with phrase «due process hearing officer»

He was a due process hearing officer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is Public Policy Committee Chair for CEC's Division for Learning Disabilities.

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That law has four key provisions: 1) every child, no matter how disabled, has a right to a free and appropriate education, which can take place in either a public or private setting; 2) an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) must be designed for each child in consultation with his or her parents; 3) the child should be educated in the «least restrictive environment»; and 4) parents can object to the educational provisions for their child by requesting a «due process» hearing with an independent hearing officer, whose decisions can be appealed to the courts (see sidebar).

(d) If a hearing officer requests an independent educational evaluation as part of a due process hearing, the cost of the evaluation shall be at public expense.

Due process hearing — An informal administrative process before a special education hearing officer to resolve disagreements over such issues as a child's eligibility for special education and related services, evaluation of a child with a disability, appropriateness of a child's services and / or placement, or any other matter under free, appropriate public education, including disciplinary matters.

In 2010 in an appeal from a hearing officer's decision, the Circuit Court for the 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami - Dade County, ruled that the subjective identification of a dog as a «pit bull» by an animal control officer violated the dog's owner's right to due process.

The court also determined that the hearing officer's bias in favor of animal control and against the dog, violated due process.