§ 300.513. Hearing decisions.
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(a)Decision of hearing officer on the provision of FAPE.
(1)Subject to paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a hearing officer's determination of whether a child received FAPE must be based on substantive grounds.
(2)In matters alleging a procedural violation, a hearing officer may find that a child did not receive a FAPE only if the procedural inadequacies---
(i)Impeded the child's right to a FAPE;
(ii)Significantly impeded the parent's opportunity to participate in the decision-making process regarding the provision of a FAPE to the parent's child; or
(iii)Caused a deprivation of educational benefit.
(3)Nothing in paragraph
(a)of this section shall be construed to preclude a hearing officer from ordering an LEA to comply with procedural requirements under §§ 300.500 through 300.536.
(b)Construction clause. Nothing in §§ 300.507 through 300.513 shall be construed to affect the right of a parent to file an appeal of the due process hearing decision with the SEA under § 300.514(b), if a State level appeal is available.
(c)Separate request for a due process hearing. Nothing in §§ 300.500 through 300.536 shall be construed to preclude a parent from filing a separate due process complaint on an issue separate from a due process complaint already filed.
(d)Findings and decision to advisory panel and general public. The public agency, after deleting any personally identifiable information, must---
(1)Transmit the findings and decisions referred to in § 300.512(a)(5) to the State advisory panel established under § 300.167; and
(2)Make those findings and decisions available to the public. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1415(f)(3)(E) and (F), 1415(h)(4), 1415(o))
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