Overview

• New: Procedural Safeguards in Special Education (2021)
  • Garantías procesales en educación especial 

• Complaint Resolution Process (2022)
  • Proceso de resolución de quejas 2017 versión en español
  • Proceso de resolución de quejas 2017 versión en español
• List of Hearing Officers
• List of Mediators    
• Forms:
  • State Complaint Form
    • Formulario para Reclamos sobre Educación Especial - Administrative Complaint (Spanish) 
  • Request for Impartial Special Education Hearing
    • Solicitud de audiencia imparcial de educación especial
  • Request for Advisory Opinion
    • Formulario de Reclamación 
  • Request for Mediation
    • Solicitud de Mediación - Mediation (Spanish)

• FFY 20 IDEA Part B Annual State Application
  • Interactive Excel spreadsheet for Section 3

• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Connecticut (2021)
  • Guía para padres sobre educación especial en Connecticut (2021)
• 2018 Parental Notification of the Laws Relating to Seclusion and Restraint in the Public Schools
  • 2018 Parental Notification of the Laws Relating to Seclusion and Restraint in the Public Schools
  • Notificación para los padres sobre las leyes relacionadas con el uso del aislamiento y la restricción en las escuelas públicas Revisado - Julio 2018
  • Notificación para los padres sobre las leyes relacionadas con el uso del aislamiento y la restricción en las escuelas públicas Revisado - Julio 2018 
• Understanding the Laws and Regulations Governing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
  • Understanding the Laws and Regulations Governing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Schools  
• New: Guidance Related to Recent Legislation Regarding Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
• New: Recommended Procedures and Practices to Reduce the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Schools 
  • Model Incident Report for the Emergency Use of Seclusion
  • Model Incident Report for the Emergency Use of Seclusion  
  • Model Incident Report for the Emergency Use of Restraint
  • Model Incident Report for the Emergency Use of Restraint  
• Use of Physical Restraint, Seclusion and Exclusionary Time Out – interactive webinar Disclaimer: This program is being made available to you as a public service from Shipman & Goodwin LLP. The purpose of this webinar is to provide the viewer with general legal information and insight about the topic. It is not designed to provide legal advice regarding specific questions or pending cases or controversies. This information is not intended to create, and receipt of it does not create, a lawyer-client relationship with Shipman & Goodwin LLP. The Connecticut State Department of Education did not develop or design this content. 
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2018-19
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2017-18
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2016-17
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2015-16 
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2014-15  
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2013-14
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2012-13
• Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2011-12
  
• New: SBCH Programs and Parental Consent Memo
• New: Sample Notification Form for School-Based Health Services
  • New: Ejemplo de formulario de notificación para servicios de salud basados en la escuela    
• New: Sample Consent Form for School-Based Health Services
  • New: Ejemplo de formulario de consentimiento para servicios de salud basados en la escuela
• Special Education Hearing Decisions
• Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, Department of Education, Children Requiring Special Education, Sections 10-76a-1 through 10-76l-1 inclusive Rev. 2015