State by State Special Education Depts.

State

Contact Person/Department

Process

Alabama

Department of Education

State complaints, mediation, and due process hearings.

Alaska

Special Education Service Agency

Informal resolution, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Arizona

Department of Education

Early resolution, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Arkansas

Department of Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

California

Special Education Division

Informal resolution, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Colorado

Exceptional Student Services Unit

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Connecticut

Bureau of Special Education

Informal resolution, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Delaware

Exceptional Children Resources

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Florida

Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services

State complaints, mediation, and due process hearings.

Georgia

Division for Special Education Services and Supports

Mediation, formal complaints, and due process hearings.

Hawaii

Department of Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Idaho

Special Education Department

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Illinois

Department of Special Education Services

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Indiana

Department of Education

Informal meeting with school representatives, facilitated IEP meetings, formal complaints, mediations, and due process hearings.

Iowa

Department of Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Kansas

Special Education and Title Services Team

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Kentucky

Office of Special Education and Early Learning

Mediation, formal written complaints, and due process hearings.

Louisiana

Division of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Maine

Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education

Early resolution, IEP facilitation, mediation, and state complaints.

Maryland

Department of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Massachusetts

Bureau of Special Education Appeals (BSEA)

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Michigan

Office of Special Education

Complaint procedures, mediation, and due process hearings.

Minnesota

Special Education Dispute Resolution Supervisor

Mediation, complaint investigation, and due process hearings.

Mississippi

Office of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Missouri

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Montana

Early Assistance Program (EAP)

IEP meeting facilitation, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Nebraska

Department of Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Nevada

Office of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

New Hampshire

Bureau of Special Education Support

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

New Jersey

Office of Special Education Policy and Dispute Resolution

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

New Mexico

Special Education Division

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

New York

Office of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

North Carolina

Exceptional Children Division

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

North Dakota

Office of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Ohio

Office for Exceptional Children

Early resolution, mediation, facilitation, formal complaints, and due process hearings.

Oklahoma

Special Education Resolution Center (SERC)

Mediation, due process, and IDEA complaints.

Oregon

Department of Education

State complaints, mediation, and due process hearings.

Pennsylvania

Office for Dispute Resolution

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Rhode Island

Department of Education

Informal resolution, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

South Carolina

Office of Special Education Services

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

South Dakota

Special Education Programs Office

Mediation, formal complaints, and due process hearings.

Tennessee

Division of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Texas

Office of Special Populations and Monitoring

Facilitated IEP meetings, mediation, formal complaints, and due process hearings.

Utah

Special Education Services

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Vermont

Agency of Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Virginia

Department of Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Washington

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

West Virginia

Office of Special Education

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.

Wyoming

Special Education Programs

Mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings.