ROCEDURAL AFEGUARDS NOTICE - Hawaii DOE

PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS NOTICE

for Parents and Students Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and Hawaii Law and Regulations1

May 2022 This document is available electronically at:

1Based on the U.S. Department of Education's Model Form: Procedural Safeguards Notice

RS 24-0073, July 2023 (Rev. of RS 22-1070)

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PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS NOTICE

August 2011

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Federal law, and Hawaii law and regulations (Hawaii Administrative Rules [HAR], Title 8, Chapter 60, Provision of a Free Appropriate Public Education for a Student with a Disability) concerning the education of students with disabilities, requires schools to provide you, the parents of a student with a disability, with a notice containing a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available under IDEA and U.S. Department of Education regulations, and Hawaii law and regulations (HAR ?8-60-59). A copy of this notice must be given to you only one time a school year, except that a copy must also be given to you: (1) upon initial referral or your request for evaluation; (2) upon receipt of your first State complaint (under 34 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] ??300.151 through 300.153 and HAR ??8-60-52 through 8-60-54) and upon receipt of your first due process complaint (under 34 CFR ?300.507 and HAR ?8-60-61) in a school year; (3) when a decision is made to take a disciplinary action against your child that constitutes a change of placement; and (4) upon your request [34 CFR ?300.504(a) and HAR ?8-60-59(a)].

This procedural safeguards notice includes a full explanation of all of the procedural safeguards available under:

34 CFR ?300.148 and HAR ?8-60-27 (unilateral placement of a student in a private school at public expense);

34 CFR ??300.151 through 300.153 and ??8-60-52 through 8-60-54 (State Complaint Procedures);

34 CFR ?300.300 and HAR ?8-60-31 (Parental consent);

34 CFR ??300.502 and 300.503 and HAR ??8-60-57 (Independent educational evaluation) and 8-60-58 (prior written notice);

34 CFR ??300.505 through 300.518 and HAR ??8-60-60 through 8-60-72 (other procedural safeguards);

34 CFR ??300.530 through 300.536 and HAR ??8-60-75 through 8-60-81 (Discipline Procedures); and

34 CFR ??300.610 through 300.625 and HAR ?8-60-84 (Confidentiality of Information).

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Table of Contents

General Information....................................................................................................... 1 Prior Written Notice .................................................................................................... 1 Native Language---Definition...................................................................................... 2 Parental Consent---Definition ..................................................................................... 2 Parental Consent ....................................................................................................... 3 Independent Educational Evaluations ........................................................................ 5

Confidentiality of Information....................................................................................... 7 Definitions .................................................................................................................. 7 Personally Identifiable ................................................................................................ 7 Notice to Parents........................................................................................................ 7 Access Rights ............................................................................................................ 8 Record of Access ....................................................................................................... 8 Records on More Than One Student.......................................................................... 8 List of Types and Locations of Information................................................................. 9 Fees ........................................................................................................................... 9 Amendment of Records at Parent's Request ............................................................. 9 Opportunity for a Hearing ........................................................................................... 9 Hearing Procedures ................................................................................................... 9 Result of Hearing ..................................................................................................... 10 Consent For Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information ................................. 10 Safeguards............................................................................................................... 10 Destruction of Information ........................................................................................ 11

State Complaint Procedures....................................................................................... 12 Differences Between the Procedures for Due Process Complaints and Hearings and for State Complaints........................................................................ 12 Adoption of State Complaint Procedures ................................................................. 12 Minimum State Complaint Procedures ..................................................................... 13 Filing a State Complaint ........................................................................................... 14

Due Process Complaint Procedures.......................................................................... 16 Filing a Due Process Complaint ............................................................................... 16 Due Process Complaint............................................................................................ 16 Model Forms ............................................................................................................ 18 Mediation.................................................................................................................. 18 Resolution Process .................................................................................................. 20

Hearings on Due Process Complaints....................................................................... 22 Impartial Due Process Hearing ................................................................................ 22 Hearing Rights ......................................................................................................... 23 Hearing Decisions .................................................................................................... 24

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Appeals......................................................................................................................... 25 Finality of Decision; Appeal; Impartial Review.......................................................... 25 Timelines and Convenience of Hearings and Reviews ............................................ 25 Civil Actions, Including the Time Period in Which to File Those Actions .................. 26 The Student's Placement While the Due Process Complaint and Hearing are Pending ................................................................................................................. 27 Attorneys' Fees ........................................................................................................ 27

Procedures When Disciplining Students with Disabilities....................................... 30 Authority of School Personnel .................................................................................. 30 Change of Placement Because of Disciplinary Removals........................................ 33 Determination of Setting........................................................................................... 33 Appeal ...................................................................................................................... 34 Placement During Appeals....................................................................................... 35 Protections for Students Not Yet Eligible for Special Education and Related Services................................................................................................................. 35 Referral to and Action by Law Enforcement and Judicial Authorities ....................... 36

Requirements for Unilateral Placement by Parents of Students in Private Schools at Public Expense ..................................................................................................... 37 General .................................................................................................................... 37

Transfer of Rights........................................................................................................ 39

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GENERAL INFORMATION

PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE 34 CFR ?300.503 HAR ?8-60-58

Notice

The Hawaii Department of Education (Department) must give you written notice (provide you certain information in writing), within a reasonable amount of time before it:

1. Proposes to initiate or to change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of your child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to your child; or

2. Refuses to initiate or to change the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of your child, or the provision of FAPE to your child.

Content of notice

The written notice must:

1. Describe the action that the Department proposes or refuses to take;

2. Explain why the Department is proposing or refusing to take the action;

3. Describe each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or report the Department used in deciding to propose or refuse the action;

4. Include a statement that you have protections under the procedural safeguards provisions in Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Hawaii law and regulations for special education (HAR 8-60), and if this notice is not an initial referral for evaluation, the means by which a copy of HAR ?8-60-59 (procedural safeguards notice) can be obtained;

5. Include resources for you to contact for help in understanding Part B of IDEA and provisions of HAR 8-60.

6. Describe any other options that your child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team considered and the reasons why those options were rejected; and

7. Provide a description of other reasons why the Department proposed or refused the action.

Notice in understandable language

The notice must be:

1. Written in language understandable to the general public; and

2. Provided in your native language or other mode of communication you use, unless it is clearly not feasible to do so.

If your native language or other mode of communication is not a written language, the Department must ensure that:

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