6.5.4 Expedited Due Process Hearings

A parent is entitled to expedited due process hearing timelines when the request is filed as an appeal to a manifestation determination or is otherwise filed to challenge a disciplinary change of placement such as an expulsion, long-term suspension, or pattern of short-term suspension for a student with a disability.1  In such cases, the resolution meeting must be held within 7 calendar days of the LEA having received notice of the request, and the due process hearing must take place within 20 school days of the request being filed.2  The ALJ must make a determination with regard to the request within 10 school days after the hearing has concluded.3

• 1See La. Bulletin 1706 § 532(A). For more detailed discussion of the heightened disciplinary protections for students with disabilities, see Section 8.5.
• 2La. Bulletin 1706 § 532(C).
• 3Id. § 532(C)(2).