{"id":8263,"date":"2013-10-24T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2013-10-24T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T19:40:30","slug":"who-attends-resolution-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/who-attends-resolution-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Attends Resolution Meetings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Who%20Attends%20Resolution%20Meetings%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/meeting.conf2.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The district&#8217;s lawyer said that since my husband was a lawyer and I had an advocate, the district deserved to be represented at a resolution meeting.<\/p>\n<p>I thought lawyers could not attend a resolution meeting. We do not have legal representation. She said, &#8220;Well, I will be outside the door!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I assume the resolution session is scheduled because you requested a due process hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Write a polite business-like letter. In your letter, describe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what the school attorney told you<\/li>\n<li>your understanding of what the law requires<\/li>\n<li>the chilling effect of the attorney\u2019s statement that, <em>regardless of what the law says<\/em>, she \u201cwill be outside the door.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who Attends Resolution Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the resolution session is to provide parents and schools with an opportunity to resolve complaints before a due process hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution sessions gives parents an opportunity to discuss their complaints with \u201crelevant members of the IEP team,\u201d including \u201ca representative of the LEA who has decision-making authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because attorneys tend to have a negative impact on communication and problem solving, the law specifically states that the resolution session \u201cmay <strong>not include<\/strong> an attorney of the local education agency unless the parent is accompanied by an attorney.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Open your law book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law<\/span><\/a>. Copy the text of the statute into your letter. (Find it on page 113.)<\/p>\n<p>Read the requirements for a Resolution Meeting. Also read the comments in the footnotes about the resolution session.<\/p>\n<p>In your letter, ask the decision-maker to clarify:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the school\u2019s position<\/li>\n<li>the school board attorneys\u2019 role at the resolution session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>so you know what to expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The district&#8217;s lawyer said that since my husband was a lawyer and I had an advocate, the district deserved to be represented at a resolution meeting. I thought lawyers could <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/who-attends-resolution-meetings\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1266,136],"tags":[566,1320,36,1111],"class_list":["post-8263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-due-process","category-strategies","tag-advocacy-strategies","tag-attorneys","tag-due-process","tag-resolution-meetings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8263"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10685,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions\/10685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}