Supervising Special Education Hearing Officer
About the role
The City of New York’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the nation’s largest administrative tribunal, holding more than 250,000 trials and hearings a year. As the City’s central, independent administrative law court, OATH adjudicates a wide range of matters filed by nearly every city agency, board and commission. OATH also houses the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution which provides mediation and restorative justice support to City government agencies and the general public, and the Administrative Judicial Institute, a resource center that provides training, continuing education, research and support services for administrative law judges and hearing officers. OATH is seeking to hire two Supervising Special Education Hearing Officers to manage OATH special education impartial hearing officers (IHOs) in the administration of special education impartial due process hearings for students with disabilities, 3-21 years of age, pursuant to section 200.1(x) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education and/or pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 504). The Supervising Special Education Hearing Officers will work with the Deputy Commissioner of the Division to oversee all adjudicatory activities related to the impartial hearing process for parents, guardians, or school districts seeking relief pursuant to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and/or pursuant to Section 504, and will serve as a senior advisor to the Deputy Commissioner of the Division on policy and legal matters. The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has established due process procedures for use when a parent and a school district disagree about the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of a free appropriate public education for a student with a disability. Such disagreements may be resolved through an impartial hearing, a formal method in which the parties present and refute evidence before a hearing officer.
Responsibilities
- Manage all pre- and post-hearing adjudicatory activities so that determinations