Due Process
Due process can be difficult for both parties involved. I would like to believe that parents and school districts do the best they can to avoid this process. However, there are times that school districts or parents may need to file due process. This guide that was published in Ohio helps parents understand the process of the filing for due process. It guides the parents on each step and the dos and don’ts of the entire procedure. This would be helpful to many parents who find themselves in a due process situation.
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?page=2&TopicRelationID=975
Many times educators find themselves dealing with due process situations. An informative resource is the “Educators Guide To Texas School Law” it helps teachers learn what due process is and ways to try and avoid going to due process hearings.
http://books.google.com/books?id=CtaIQAZIbG8C&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=due+process+for+students+with+disabilities&source=web&ots=vjzBqhVfmM&sig=dKXlNysGIImAnkx7PYvKhHX8s9M&hl=en&ei=DzmaSfylHZCCNbG6rfML&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA110,M1
Many times students with disabilities will have behavior problems at school. This can end up in due process because this area can majorly effect a student’s education due to the fact that a student may be removed from the school setting and place in alternate settings or the student may be expelled entirely. The following website is called Pacers. There is a special section called parents helping parents. In this section, I found interesting information about due process. This was designed for due process in the area of discipline, but the overall information about due process is informative for any parent.
http://www.pacer.org/parent/due_process.asp
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The websites are great resources for anyone involved in due process. I believe this information can be helpful at any stage, whether trying to avoid due process or the problems of it. It also has great details about how to handle the situation. I particularly like the guide for the parents. Often times educators assume the parent knows the legal side in education and more times than not, they do not understand fully. This guide is a great and thorough way to learn of due process.
ReplyDeleteI really like the Ohio guide. This would be a very valuable resource for parents, as you said. Do you know if Texas has anything like this?
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