This meeting is being sponsored by Community Partnerships, and is open to the general public. FEAT determined the forum topic was important to its membership and is billing it as their November event. The ODE is charged with enforcing special education laws.
Considerable preparation is involved.
The ODE will get statements from both sides and determine if a violation has occurred. If a violation is found, the district must submit a plan to remediate and correct any faults that were found. The report details concerns about the timely resolution of complaints and enforcement of special education laws. According to ODE, the department has been working to improve the complaint process even before the report was released. The public will have an opportunity to raise their own issues regarding special education during the forum.