MONTGOMERY, Ala. ‑ The Alabama State Department of Education (SDE) has scheduled the destruction of certain special education records for February 11, 2011. Records to be destroyed pertain to special education due process hearing requests filed prior to January 1, 2005.
If you are the parent of a child (or a student aged 19 or older, or a former student aged 19 or older) involved in a special education due process hearing filed at the SDE during this timeframe, you may request the hearing records pertaining to your child (or yourself) by sending a written authorization to release the records to:
Kathy Adams
Alabama Department of Education
Special Education Services
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Your letter should include the student’s name, current mailing address and telephone number. Unless we receive a signed, written request for due process hearing records, the hearing records will be destroyed on February 11, 2011.
If you have questions, please call Ms. Adams at one of the following numbers:
Telephone: 334-242-8114
FAX: 334-242-9192
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