Oregon Department of Education
Chapter 581
Division 15
SPECIAL EDUCATION
581-015-2395
Procedures for a Hearing under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(1) The parent or guardian of a qualified student with a disability under section 504 may file a written request for a hearing with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction with respect to actions regarding the identification, evaluation, provision of a free appropriate education, or education placement of the student with the disability under Section 504, which the parent or guardian alleges to be in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, or any amendment thereof. In such event, the Superintendent will conduct a hearing.
(2) The school district involved in the hearing is responsible for the costs of the hearing.
(3) The prehearing and hearing procedures in OAR 581-015-2340 through 581-015-2383 apply to hearings conducted under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
(4) The parties are entitled to the procedural rights under OAR 581-015-2360 with the exceptions of the stay-put provision and the right to obtain at no cost a written or electronic verbatim record of the hearing, both of which do not apply to a hearing under this rule.
(5) Nothing in this rule is meant to prevent the parties from also seeking due process remedies under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as set forth in OAR 581-015-2340 through 581-015-2385.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 326 & 343.055
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 343.041
History:
Renumbered from 581-015-0109, ODE 10-2007, f. & cert. ef. 4-25-07
ODE 6-2003, f. 4-29-03, cert. ef. 4-30-03
EB 9-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-25-93
EB 24-1990, f. & cert. ef. 5-18-90
EB 24-1988, f. & cert. ef. 5-24-88
EB 7-1987(Temp), f. & ef. 5-11-87