Parents of children in Special Education have very specific rights to participate in decision-making about their child's education, to access all educational records, to be informed of their child's progress at regular intervals, and to due process in resolving disagreements.

Ventura County Office of Education Resources Page

To obtain additional resources and information pertaining to student and family educational immigration rights, CLICK HERE.

• Parent Rights for Special Education (Abbreviated Summary) 
• Parent Rights for Special Education (Abbreviated Summary) - Spanish
• Parent Rights for Special Education (Full Version)
• Parent Rights for Special Education (Full Version) - Spanish
• Adult Student Rights for Special Education (Abbreviated Summary)
• Adult Student Rights for Special Education (Abbreviated Summary) - Spanish

• Parent Rights - Early Start
• Parent Rights - Early Start - Spanish

• Mixteco (mp3)
• Chinese - Simplified  
• Chinese - Traditional  
• Russian
• Tagalog 
• Thai
• Vietnamese

• Alternative Dispute Resolution 
• Due Process Form
• What is Mediation
• Mediation only Form

Visit the Office of Administrative Hearings website to download the Mediation or Due Process form in languages other than English /portals/0/families/parents/mediationform.pdf?ver=2017-08-15-111055-347

Also available from the Office of Administrative Hearings is a Free/Reduced Cost Special Education Attorneys and Advocate List.