Special education
One page per state, quoting that state's own published special education dispute sources — the safeguards notice, the complaint routes, the offices and their contacts, the parent centers the state itself lists — with retrieval dates, direct links, and a change log. Pages are added as each one clears review. These are potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which governs any situation.
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If the dispute is about a suspension, an expulsion, or another removal from school, that is a separate body of state law with its own index here: the school discipline pages, quoting each state's discipline statutes and regulations the same way. Both indexes apply to a student with an IEP or Section 504 plan.
| State | Routes, per its own pages | Sources last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | State complaints, mediation, and due process hearings all run through ALSDE Special Education Services | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Alaska | Administrative complaints and due process hearings run through the Dept. of Education & Early Development; mediation and IEP facilitation via a contracted provider | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Arizona | State complaints, mediation, and Facilitated IEP run through ADE; due process hearings run through the Office of Administrative Hearings | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Arkansas | State complaints and due process hearings run through DESE's Dispute Resolution Section; mediation and IEP facilitation via the Arkansas Special Education Mediation Project | Aug 27, 2026 |
| California | State complaints and mediation via the CDE; due process and mediation-only via the Office of Administrative Hearings | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Colorado | State complaints and mediation via the CDE Exceptional Student Services Unit; due process hearings via the Office of Administrative Courts | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Connecticut | Mediation, state complaints, due process hearings, and the Advisory Opinion Process all run through the CSDE Bureau of Special Education, Due Process Unit | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Delaware | State complaints and due process hearings via DDOE Exceptional Children Resources; mediation and IEP facilitation via SPARC at the University of Delaware | Aug 28, 2026 |
| District of Columbia | Due process hearings, mediation, and facilitation via OSSE's Office of Dispute Resolution; state complaints via a separate State Complaint Office | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Florida | State complaints, mediation, and due process hearings all run through FDOE's Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services; hearings convened by the Division of Administrative Hearings | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Georgia | State complaints and mediation via GaDOE's Division for Exceptional Children; due process hearings via an Administrative Law Judge | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Hawaii | Mediation via the contracted Mediation Center of the Pacific; state complaints and due process hearings via HIDOE's Monitoring and Compliance Branch | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Idaho | Facilitation, mediation, state administrative complaints, and due process hearings all run through IDE's Dispute Resolution program | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Illinois | IEP facilitation, mediation, state complaints, and due process hearings all run through ISBE's Special Education Department | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Indiana | State complaints and mediation via IDOE's Office of Special Education; due process hearings (filed on or after July 1, 2025) via the Office of Administrative Law Proceedings | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Iowa | Mediation, due process hearings, and state complaints all run through the Iowa Department of Education, with districts and AEAs as co-respondents | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Kansas | Three routes through KSDE; due process rights extend to students with giftedness, hearings are closed unless the parent opens them, and a civil action runs 30 days | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Kentucky | Mediation, formal written complaints, and due process hearings all run through the Kentucky Department of Education | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Louisiana | Informal complaints/ERP, IEP facilitation, mediation, formal complaints, and due process hearings all run through the LDOE, with hearings heard by an ALJ at the Division of Administrative Law | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Maine | Early resolution, IEP facilitation, mediation, State Complaint Investigation, and Due Process Hearing all run through the Maine DOE Office of Special Services | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Maryland | State complaints run through MSDE; mediation and due process hearings run through the independent Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) | Aug 29, 2026 |
| Massachusetts | State complaints via DESE's Problem Resolution System; mediation and due process hearings via the Bureau of Special Education Appeals | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Michigan | State and due process complaints run through MDE's Office of Special Education; hearings held at the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (MOAHR); mediation and IEP facilitation via SEMS | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Minnesota | State complaints, mediation, and due process hearings all run through the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), which also appoints hearing officers | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Mississippi | A "One-Tier" state: MDE convenes mediation, formal State complaints, and due process hearings itself, with any appeal filed directly in court | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Missouri | Mediation, State (child) complaints, and due process hearings all run through DESE; civil-action window is 45 days, shorter than most states | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Montana | An informal Early Assistance Program (EAP) runs alongside OPI's formal mediation, state complaint, and due process routes; no right to appeal a state complaint | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Nebraska | Procedural safeguards split across a 2018 consolidated notice and a 2021 topic PDF rather than one document; IEP Facilitation named alongside mediation, state complaint, and due process | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Nevada | IEP Facilitation administered as a fourth formal NDE route; expedited discipline hearing timeline stated; no state-specific parent center named | Aug 31, 2026 |
| New Hampshire | Five named dispute routes including a state-specific Neutral Conference and IEP Facilitation; 120-day civil-action window, longer than most states | Aug 25, 2026 |
| New Jersey | Explicit affirmative right to tape record IEP meetings, paired with an explicit ban on recording mediation; Family Support Specialist and Ombudsman roles named | Aug 25, 2026 |
| New Mexico | Four named routes including a PED-run Facilitated IEP service; mediation must complete within 14 days of mediator assignment; 30-day civil-action window, shorter than most states | Sep 1, 2026 |
| New York | Mediation, State complaints, and due process hearings all run through NYSED's Office of Special Education | Sep 1, 2026 |
| North Carolina | Facilitation, mediation, and state complaints run through DPI's Office of Exceptional Children; due process petitions are filed with the separate Office of Administrative Hearings | Aug 25, 2026 |
| North Dakota | Four routes all run by DPI's Office of Specially Designed Services; a one-page state comparison table sets facilitation, mediation, complaints, and due process side by side | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Ohio | A district-level administrative review with a 20-day decision precedes the state routes; due process runs two tiers, hearing officer then state-level review officer, before court | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Oklahoma | Facilitation, mediation, and due process run through the contracted Special Education Resolution Center; only state complaints run through OSDE, and complaints may be filed orally with staff assistance | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Oregon | Three routes through ODE with hearings before an administrative law judge; the safeguards notice has stood since it was prepared for the 2020-21 school year and names no parent center | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Pennsylvania | State complaints via PDE's Bureau of Special Education; due process and mediation via the Office for Dispute Resolution | Aug 23, 2026 |
| Rhode Island | Four routes through RIDE's OSCAS, plus a Commissioner's hearing where the parties dispute the current placement; a 15-day clock on the district's IEE response and a 30-day civil-action window | Aug 25, 2026 |
| South Carolina | A named OSES Ombudsman among the dispute options, and a two-tier hearing system: first tier at the local level, ten days to appeal to the Department, thirty days for the review decision | Aug 25, 2026 |
| South Dakota | Three routes through the State Special Education Programs Office, set out route by route in fixed tables; a 30-day cap on complaint extensions and a 30-day civil-action window | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Tennessee | Mediation, administrative complaints, and hearings before an administrative law judge, all through TDOE; a 60-day civil-action window, and named complaint investigators published by the department | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Texas | All four routes run through the Texas Education Agency: complaints, mediation, due process, and state IEP facilitation | Aug 23, 2026 |
| Vermont | Three routes filed to one Agency address; the state-level complaint is an administrative complaint decided by the Secretary of Education on an investigator's report | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Utah | Three routes through the USBE; an independent evaluation at public expense becomes LEA property, hearing representation is limited to Utah-licensed attorneys, and a state-court appeal runs 30 days | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Virginia | Five options including an ombudsman and facilitated IEPs, all filed to one VDOE address; hearing officers come from the system administered by the Supreme Court of Virginia, and appeals run 180 days in state court against 90 in federal | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Washington | Mediation and community complaints through OSPI; hearings decided by an ALJ at the separate Office of Administrative Hearings; a 15-day clock on the district's IEE response | Aug 25, 2026 |
| West Virginia | Four routes filed with one WVDE office and an expressly one-tier hearing system; the booklet reprints state statute on classroom cameras and restroom audio recording | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Wisconsin | Mediation and facilitated IEPs run through the contracted WSEMS; a one-year window to request a due process hearing and a 45-day civil-action window, both shorter than the federal default | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Wyoming | Three routes through the WDE Special Education Programs Division; the notice opens with a Where to Go for Help directory of parent advocacy organizations and low-cost legal providers | Aug 25, 2026 |
Your state not here yet? Every state publishes a procedural safeguards notice and a complaint procedure on its education agency's site. Request a state: hello@fieldassembly.net