Wis. Admin. Code Department of Public Instruction PI 11.12 - Hearing officers
(1) IMPARTIALITY. No person may be appointed
as a hearing officer to conduct a hearing under s.
115.80,
Stats., if that person meets any of the following criteria:
(a) Is an employee of the department or a
public agency that is involved in the education or care of the child who is the
subject of the hearing. A person who otherwise qualifies to conduct a hearing
under this paragraph is not an employee of the department solely because he or
she is paid by the department to serve as a hearing officer.
(b) Is an employee of or under contract to a
local education agency as defined in s.
115.76(10),
Stats., a cooperative educational service agency created in ch. 116, Stats., or
a county children with disabilities education board as defined in s.
115.817,
Stats.
(c) Has a personal or
professional interest which would conflict with his or her objectivity in the
hearing.
(2) HEARING
OFFICERS; APPOINTMENT.
(a) The division shall
maintain a list of persons who are available for appointment as hearing
officers. The list shall include a statement of the qualifications of each of
those persons. The division may not put a person's name on the list unless he
or she meets both of the following:
1. The
person is an attorney licensed to practice law in Wisconsin.
2. The person has completed the hearing
officer training approved by the division as described in par. (b).
(b) Before a person's name may
initially be put on the list in par. (a), he or she shall attend an initial
training program approved by the division. Annually thereafter each person
shall attend a refresher course approved by the division. The division may
charge fees of persons attending the training courses.
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