Judd Gregg: “It is clear something was wrong, because DC has accounted for 40 percent of all IDEA administrative due process hearing…”

“It is clear something was wrong, because DC has accounted for 40 percent of all IDEA administrative due process hearing requests in the country but has less than one-quarter of a percent of the U.S. population. During 2000-2002, DC public schools received 7,883 due process hearing requests, more than the entire State of California, and the vast majority of hearings have been for procedural and implementation issues, which often could be handled outside of the hearing process.”