Definition: Administrative remedies are the processes available to parents, advocates, and school districts to resolve special education disagreements under the IDEA. Administrative remedies include:
- mediation;
- formal complaints; and
- due process hearings.
The IDEA requires that parties in a special education dispute must pursue all administrative remedies before either party files a lawsuit in civil court to resolve the disagreement.
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Due process hearings, mediation, and formal complaints are administrative remedies for resolving special education disagreements.