School Leader Group Proposes Change to Special Education Due Process

School Leader Group Proposes Change to Special Education Due Process

However, at least one advocacy group, the Baltimore-based Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, sees the AASA proposal as an attack on parents.

"AASA contends the due process system is inequitable and unpopular. The fix to inequality is not to do away with due process of law," said Denise Marshall, the executive director of the organization.

And S. James Rosenfeld, the director of the National Academy for IDEA Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers, also said the document outlining the proposal was "surprisingly insensitive" to the needs of children with disabilities and their families.