Issues raised at hearing but not included in hearing request survive

SRO-08-052: Generally, a party requesting an impartial hearing may not raise issues at the impartial hearing that were not raised in its original due process complaint notice unless the other party agrees (20 U.S.C. § 1415[f][3][B]; 34 C.F.R. §§ 300.507[d][3][i], 300.511[d]; 8 NYCRR 200.5[j][1][ii]) or the original due process complaint notice is amended prior to the impartial
hearing per permission given by an impartial hearing officer at least five days prior to the hearing (20 U.S.C. § 1415[c][2][E][i][II]; 34 C.F.R. § 300.507[d][3][ii]; see SRO 06-065, 06-139). Here, the parents raised an issue during the course of the hearing, an issue that they had failed to raise in their hearing request. The district, however, did not object and therefore, the SRO treated it as having been properly raised.