Part B – Procedural Safeguards
The House adds voluntary binding arbitration.
The House adds a one-year statute of limitation for filing a request for a hearing. (Sec. 615 (b)(6)(B)).
The Senate adds a timeline on requesting an impartial due process hearing unless the state has an explicit time limitation, including criteria that negates the timeframe if parent was prevented from requesting hearing. (Sec. 615(f)(3)(D)and(E)).