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Special Education Citizen Complaint Decisions

Special Education Citizen Complaint (SECC) decisions are listed below for complaints filed January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016. 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".
Display Year
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
16-32B Behavior
16-32A IEP Procedures, Prior Written Notice
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
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