Commission on Youth - Dispute Resolution Listening Sessions

Families and Professionals Interested in Special Education - Let Your Voice Be Heard!

The Commission on Youth, a bipartisan legislative commission of the Virginia General Assembly, is conducting a study on how to improve Virginia’s special education dispute resolution processes.

Your perspective is crucial in shaping Virginia’s complaint, mediation, and due process systems for resolving special education disputes. The Commission is eager to hear from you, whether you've been involved or have insights to share.

The Commission, in collaboration with PEATC, is organizing a series of four in-person listening sessions and one virtual session. These sessions are designed to provide a way for you to share your experiences and suggestions for improving Virginia's special education dispute resolution process.

Using information from the listening sessions and analysis of other data, the Commission will develop a report and present recommendations for improvement of the special education dispute resolution system to the General Assembly for their consideration.

Public comment will be limited to 5 minutes so that everyone has a chance to speak.

Virtual Session: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

June 20

Spanish language interpretation available if requested by June 13th. ¿Necesita interpretación en español? Solicitud necesaria antes del 13 de junio.

In-Person Sessions: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

June 24 - Wytheville Meeting Center, 333 Community Blvd, Wytheville, VA
June 25 - Twin Hickory Library, 5001 Twin Hickory Road, Glen Allen, VA
June 26 - The Conference Center at Courthouse Plaza, 2nd floor, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA
June 27 - Endependence Center, Inc. 6300 E. Virginia Beach Blvd., Norfolk, VA

All sessions will have American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Stakeholders who speak a language other than English may provide written comments in their native language at any of the in-person events, which will be translated later for the Commission.