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Bill to Reclassify IEP Facilitation Draws Technical Debate; DOE Says It’s an ADR Option
Summary
A narrow bill to move IEP facilitation out of a confidentiality‑oriented ADR section and into a separate statutory place prompted discussion about whether the practice should remain categorized as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process or be treated separately.
House Bill 532 would remove facilitated IEP team meetings from a statutory subsection containing confidentiality and record restrictions for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings and put facilitation in a separate statutory section. Proponents said that facilitated IEP team meetings are ordinary IEP meetings that require standard meeting records, and thus the confidentiality/record‑keeping restrictions attached to ADR proceedings are not appropriate.
Bonnie Dunham, a parent…
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