Judge Neilson's ALJ Report in this rulemaking as well as the Chief ALJ Report . Thse Reports go to the Department of Education for rule adoption.
General Information
The Department of Education's proposed rules relating to special education (Minnesota Rules, Chapter 3525) have been assigned to Judge Neilson. Judge Neilson will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in early February. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in connection with the rulemaking proceeding
As part of the rulemaking process, a hearing was held in Roseville on December 3, 2007. During that hearing, a twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. Thus, the initial deadline for the submission of written comments in the rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on December 24, 2007.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted. Additional or new evidence may not be submitted during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on January 2, 2008.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HAS EXTENDED THE REBUTTAL COMMENT PERIOD TO 4:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008.Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Neilson concerning the proposed rules. Her address is as follows:
Barbara L. Neilson
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
Barbara.Neilson@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
For copies of the proposed rules, the Statement of Need and Reasonableness submitted by the Department of Education, and other information relating to the proposed rules, please visit the website of the Department of Education at the following link:
Prehearing Comments
Scanned versions of the comments received before the hearing are set out below:
Hearing Comments
Scanned versions of the comments received at the hearing are set out below:
Posthearing Public Comments
Comments received after of the public hearings are combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below].
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - August 27, 2008