Special Education Law

Use this when the user provides a special education administrative decision or ruling ID and needs the full text and citation URL, or wants the decision's citation network (set includeCitations). This account can search Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Delaware, and Puerto Rico.

get_special_education_decision

Use this when the user asks for counts, rates, rankings, or trends over special education administrative decisions: overall totals, which adjudicators or school districts appear most, a named adjudicator's outcome record, outcome breakdowns, or how often an issue appears over time (groupBy 'year' or 'quarter' with a query). Counts are exact across all matching decisions, so never tally counts by hand from search results. Raw counts favor high-volume adjudicators and districts, so report outcome shares alongside them. This account can search Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Delaware, and Puerto Rico.

get_special_education_statistics

Use this when the user asks about public special education administrative hearing rules, standing orders, or procedure by topic or rule number, for MA (BSEA), CA (OAH), NY (IHO/SRO), NJ (OAL), or PA (ODR). Do not use for legal advice beyond public procedural references.

lookup_agency_procedure_rules

Use this only when the user asks what a special education statute or regulation says or requires, by topic or citation: federal law (IDEA (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482) and its regulations (34 CFR Parts 300 and 303), Section 504 (29 U.S.C. § 794; 34 CFR Part 104), ADA Title II (42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134; 28 CFR Part 35), and FERPA (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99)) or a named state's special education statute and regulations (any state, DC, or PR; regulations indexed for Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Delaware, and Puerto Rico). Louisiana uses LAC 28:XLIII; Mississippi uses Miss. Admin. Code 7-3:74.19; Idaho uses the Idaho Special Education Manual 2025; Alaska uses 4 AAC 52; Hawaii uses Haw. Admin. R. ch. 8-60; Montana uses ARM 10.16; Oregon uses OAR chapter 581, division 15. Fourth Circuit state sources include Maryland COMAR 13A.05.01, North Carolina's Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities, South Carolina Code Regulations 43-243 through 43-243.2, Virginia 8VAC20-81, and West Virginia Policy 2419. Do not call it for case-law research, and do not use it for legal advice beyond public legal text.

lookup_special_education_regulations

Use this when the user wants to find special education administrative decisions or rulings by keyword, by a multi-term fact pattern, or by filters alone (type, outcome, adjudicator, agency, jurisdiction, school district, date range), including larger exports for aggregate review. This account can search Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Delaware, and Puerto Rico; do not use for private case files.

search_special_education_decisions