Special Education Citizen Complaint Decisions
Special Education Citizen Complaint (SECC) decisions are listed below for complaints filed January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. SECC decisions are written by OSPI, following an investigation of a citizen complaint. Investigations are completed within 60 days of OSPI receiving the complaint. SECC decisions are posted on a calendar-year basis, after the last decision for a calendar year is issued.
How to read case numbers:
- The first two digits indicate the calendar year the complaint was filed. The second two digits indicate the chronology of our receipt of the complaint. For example, citizen complaint “14-01” means the first complaint OSPI received in 2014.
- Selecting a case number in the “Issue Index” below will link directly to the complete decision. Information that would lead to identifying a particular student is removed from decisions.
Note: Complaints from 2017 and 2018 may be requested from the OSPI Special Education office. Complaints will be added to the page after the documents have been made accessible.
By default, this table shows all of the records for the given years. To select a specific year, click on that year and click "Apply". You can also select a specific year and then select the specific issues you are interested in by holding down the "Ctrl" button and selecting the issues you are interested in and then clicking "Apply".
| Case Number | Issues | |
|---|---|---|
| 16-88 | Assistive Technology | |
| 16-87 | IEP Implementation | |
| 16-85 | Student Transfer | |
| 16-84 | Student Transfer | |
| 16-83 | Behavior, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-82 | Discipline, IEP Implementation | |
| 16-81 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 16-80R | Behavior, IEP Implementation | |
| 16-79 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-77 | Assistive Technology, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-76 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Student Transfer | |
| 16-75 | Transportation | |
| 16-74 | Isolation and Restraint, Student Transfer | |
| 16-73 | Behavior, IEP Procedures | |
| 16-71 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Placement | |
| 16-70 | IEP Implementation | |
| 16-69R | Accommodations, Assistive Technology, IEP Implementation, Procedural Safeguards | |
| 16-68 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation | |
| 16-67 | Eligibility, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-66 | Child Find, Discipline, Initial Evaluation | |
| 16-65 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 16-64 | IEP Implementation, Isolation and Restraint | |
| 16-63 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Isolation and Restraint | |
| 16-62 | Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) | |
| 16-61 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting | |
| 16-60 | Assistive Technology, Behavior, IEP Implementation, Placement | |
| 16-58 | Isolation and Restraint | |
| 16-56 | IEP Development, Placement, Reevaluation, Transition from Part C to Part B | |
| 16-54 | Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Development, IEP Implementation | |
| 16-53 | FERPA | |
| 16-52 | Aversive Intervention, IEP Implementation, Isolation and Restraint | |
| 16-51 | FERPA, IEP Implementation, Transportation | |
| 16-50 | Staff Qualifications | |
| 16-49 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Placement, Reevaluation | |
| 16-46 | Behavior, IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Placement | |
| 16-45 | IEP Development, Parent Participation | |
| 16-44 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting, Transportation | |
| 16-43 | Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement | |
| 16-42 | Assistive Technology, IEP Implementation, Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement, Parent Participation, Progress Reporting | |
| 16-41 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-40 | IEP Development, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting | |
| 16-39R | IEP Implementation, Staff Qualifications | |
| 16-38 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Reevaluation, Staff Qualifications | |
| 16-37 | Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement | |
| 16-36 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 16-35R | IEP Implementation | |
| 16-34 | Child Find, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Initial Evaluation | |
| 16-33 | IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting | |
| 16-32A | IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-32B | Behavior | |
| 16-31 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Reevaluation | |
| 16-30 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Isolation and Restraint, Placement | |
| 16-29 | IEP Implementation, Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement, Placement | |
| 16-28 | Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation | |
| 16-27R | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Progress Reporting, Student Transfer | |
| 16-26 | IEP Implementation, Related Services | |
| 16-24 | IEP Implementation | |
| 16-23 | Aversive Intervention, Behavior, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice, Procedural Safeguards | |
| 16-22 | Isolation and Restraint, Placement | |
| 16-21 | Discipline, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Placement | |
| 16-19 | Behavior, IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | |
| 16-18 | Student Records | |
| 16-17 | Consent, Initial Evaluation, Prior Written Notice | |
| 16-16 | Discipline, Reevaluation, Student Transfer | |
| 16-14R | IEP Procedures, Initial Evaluation | |
| 16-13 | Child Find, Consent, Initial Evaluation | |
| 16-09 | Isolation and Restraint | |
| 16-08 | IEP Development, Placement | |
| 16-07 | Behavior, Discipline, Progress Reporting | |
| 16-06 | Native Language | |
| 16-04 | Student Records | |
| 16-03R | Student Transfer | |
| 16-02 | Transportation | |
| 16-01 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 15-85 | Behavior, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Placement | |
| 15-83 | Discipline, IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Student Transfer | |
| 15-82 | IEP Implementation, Placement | |
| 15-81 | Placement, Transportation | |
| 15-80 | IEP Procedures, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Student Transfer | |
| 15-79 | IEP Content, IEP Development, Prior Written Notice | |
| 15-77 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting, Reevaluation | |
| 15-76 | Discipline, IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice | |
| 15-75 | Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Content, Parent Participation, Prior Written Notice, Reevaluation | |
| 15-74 | IEP Implementation, Student Records | |
| 15-73 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Placement | |
| 15-72 | Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement | |
| 15-71 | Discipline, IEP Procedures | |
| 15-70 | IEP Content, Program Length | |
| 15-69 | IEP Content, Parent Participation, Reevaluation | |
| 15-68 | IEP Implementation | |
| 15-66 | Child Find, Initial Evaluation | |
| 15-65R | IEP Implementation, Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement, Student Records | |
| 15-64R | Accommodations, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-63 | IEP Content, IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-61 | IEP Implementation | |
| 15-60 | Assistive Technology, IEP Content, IEP Implementation, Native Language, Parent Participation, Reevaluation | |
| 15-59 | IEP Implementation, Prior Written Notice | |
| 15-58R | IEP Implementation | |
| 15-55 | IEP Procedures, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Transition from Part C to Part B | |
| 15-54R | Parent Participation, Reevaluation | |
| 15-53 | IEP Implementation, Secondary Transition | |
| 15-52 | IEP Content, Reevaluation | |
| 15-51 | Behavior, IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-49 | IEP Implementation, Transportation | |
| 15-48 | Initial Evaluation | |
| 15-47 | IEP Content, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-46 | IEP Content, IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-45 | Child Find, Initial Evaluation | |
| 15-43 | Assistive Technology, IEP Content, IEP Implementation, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | |
| 15-42 | Eligibility, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-41 | Transportation | |
| 15-40 | Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 15-38 | Assistive Technology, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Transportation | |
| 15-37 | Staff Qualifications | |
| 15-36 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-35 | Accommodations, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-34 | Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement | |
| 15-33 | Aversive Intervention | |
| 15-32 | Child Find | |
| 15-31 | Aversive Intervention | |
| 15-28 | Discipline, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-26B | Reevaluation | |
| 15-26A | IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-25 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-23 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting, Student Records | |
| 15-22 | Eligibility | |
| 15-21 | IEP Implementation, Parent Participation, Student Transfer | |
| 15-20 | IEP Procedures | |
| 15-19 | Child Find | |
| 15-18 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Transportation | |
| 15-17 | Accommodations, IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-16 | Discipline, IEP Procedures | |
| 15-15 | Aversive Intervention, Behavior, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-14 | Accommodations | |
| 15-13 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Student Records | |
| 15-12 | Eligibility | |
| 15-11 | IEP Content, IEP Procedures, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-10 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 15-09 | Discipline, IEP Implementation | |
| 15-08 | IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice | |
| 15-07 | IEP Implementation | |
| 15-06 | IEP Implementation | |
| 15-05 | Behavior, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting | |
| 15-04 | Initial Evaluation | |
| 15-02 | Discipline, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice | |
| 15-01 | Behavior, IEP Implementation, Staff Qualifications | |
| 14-82 | Behavior, IEP Content, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Reevaluation | |
| 14-81 | IEP Procedures | |
| 14-80 | IEP Development, IEP Implementation | |
| 14-79 | IEP Implementation | |
| 14-77 | Student Records | |
| 14-76 | Eligibility, Reevaluation | |
| 14-75 | IEP Implementation | |
| 14-74 | Discipline, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation | |
| 14-73 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting, Staff Qualifications | |
| 14-72 | Accommodations, IEP Content, IEP Implementation, Progress Reporting, Staff Qualifications, Student Records | |
| 14-71 | Accommodations | |
| 14-70 | IEP Implementation | |
| 14-69 | IEP Procedures, Parent Participation | |
| 14-68 | IEP Implementation, Parent Participation | |
| 14-67 | IEP Development, Initial Evaluation, Secondary Transition | |
| 14-66 | IEP Content, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Placement, Progress Reporting, Reevaluation, Reevaluation, Secondary Transition | |
| 14-65 | Discipline, IEP Implementation | |
| 14-62 | IEP Implementation | |
| 14-61 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Placement, Reevaluation | |
| 14-59 | IEP Implementation, Reevaluation | |
| 14-58 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Initial Evaluation | |
| 14-57 | Staff Qualifications | |
| 14-56 | IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Reevaluation | |
| 14-55 | Transportation | |
| 14-54 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Staff Qualifications | |
| 14-53 | Prior Written Notice, Transportation | |
| 14-52 | IEP Implementation | |
| 14-51 | IEP Development, Initial Evaluation, Transition from Part C to Part B | |
| 14-50 | Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Procedures, Initial Evaluation, Parent Participation | |
| 14-48 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Transportation | |
| 14-47 | Discipline, Progress Reporting, Reevaluation, Staff Qualifications | |
| 14-45 | Discipline, Parent Participation | |
| 14-44 | Child Find, Initial Evaluation | |
| 14-43 | Discipline | |
| 14-41 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Reevaluation | |
| 14-40 | Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Placement | |
| 14-39 | FERPA | |
| 14-38 | Reevaluation, Student Transfer | |
| 14-37 | IEP Implementation | |
| 14-36 | Discipline, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Native Language, Reevaluation | |
| 14-35 | Eligibility, IEP Procedures, Student Transfer | |
| 14-34 | IEP Procedures, Placement | |
| 14-33 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Parent Participation, Student Records | |
| 14-32 | IEP Procedures | |
| 14-30 | Student Transfer | |
| 14-29 | Parent Participation, Student Transfer | |
| 14-28 | IEP Procedures, Program Length | |
| 14-27 | IEP Procedures, Placement | |
| 14-26 | IEP Implementation, Parent Participation | |
| 14-25 | Private School Equitable Services | |
| 14-24 | Assistive Technology, Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) | |
| 14-23 | IEP Procedures, Reevaluation | |
| 14-22 | Accommodations | |
| 14-21 | IEP Implementation, Parent Participation | |
| 14-20 | IEP Implementation, Prior Written Notice, Progress Reporting | |
| 14-19 | Behavior, Discipline, Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Procedures, Student Records | |
| 14-18 | Initial Evaluation, Transition from Part C to Part B | |
| 14-16 | Child Find, Consent, Initial Evaluation, Student Records | |
| 14-15 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) | |
| 14-14 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Placement | |
| 14-13 | Discipline, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Placement | |
| 14-12 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 14-08 | Complaint Procedures | |
| 14-07 | Mediation/Resolution Agreement/Due Process Order Enforcement | |
| 14-06 | Assistive Technology, Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Reevaluation, Secondary Transition | |
| 14-05 | IEP Implementation, Student Transfer | |
| 14-04 | Placement | |
| 14-03 | IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures, Progress Reporting, Secondary Transition, Student Records | |
| 14-02 | Accommodations, IEP Implementation, IEP Procedures | |
| 14-01 | Discipline |