NC Education Code · NC Policy Manual
NC 1505-2.10 Opportunity for a Hearing
Plain English summary
This regulation requires Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to provide a hearing upon request to allow parents or eligible students to challenge the accuracy, completeness, or privacy compliance of information contained in education records. The hearing process is a protective mechanism ensuring that inaccurate or misleading records can be contested and corrected. This directly supports student privacy rights in the context of special education records.
Key requirements
- The LEA must, on request, provide an opportunity for a hearing to challenge information in education records
- The hearing must ensure that information is not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the privacy or other rights of the child
Affected parties
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
- Parents of children with disabilities
- Children with disabilities
- Special education administrators
- School records personnel