Administrative hearings
A local educational agency and a State that is adversely affected by any action of the Secretary under this subchapter shall be entitled to a hearing on such action in the same manner as if such agency were a person under chapter 5 of title 5 if the local educational agency or State, as the case may be, submits to the Secretary a request for the hearing not later than 60 days after the date of the action of the Secretary under this subchapter.
Judicial review of secretarial action
In general
section 2112 of title 28A local educational agency or a State aggrieved by the Secretary’s final decision following an agency proceeding under subsection (a) may, within 30 working days (as determined by the local educational agency or State) after receiving notice of such decision, file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such agency or State is located a petition for review of that action. The clerk of the court shall promptly transmit a copy of the petition to the Secretary. The Secretary shall then file in the court the record of the proceedings on which the Secretary’s action was based, as provided in .
Findings of fact
The findings of fact by the Secretary, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive, but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case to the Secretary to take further evidence. The Secretary may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify the Secretary’s previous action, and shall file in the court the record of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence.
Review
section 1254 of title 28The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in .
Pub. L. 89–10, title VII, § 7011Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101108 Stat. 3768Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]114 Stat. 1654Pub. L. 114–95, title VII129 Stat. 2074(, formerly title VIII, § 8011, as added , , ; amended , title XVIII, § 1814(a)(1), (b)], , , 1654A–387; renumbered title VII, § 7011, and amended , §§ 7001(c)(2), 7011, , , 2087.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 114–95, § 70112015—Subsec. (a). , struck out “or under the Act of (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) (as such Act was in effect on the day preceding )” after “any action of the Secretary under this subchapter”.
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]2000—Subsec. (a). , title XVIII, § 1814(a)(1)], inserted “if the local educational agency or State, as the case may be, submits to the Secretary a request for the hearing not later than 60 days after the date of the action of the Secretary under this subchapter” before period at end.
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]Subsec. (b)(1). , title XVIII, § 1814(b)], substituted “30 working days (as determined by the local educational agency or State)” for “60 days”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2015 Amendment
Pub. L. 114–95section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95section 6301 of this titleAmendment by effective , and effective with respect to appropriations for use under this subchapter beginning fiscal year 2017, except as otherwise provided in such amendment, see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]114 Stat. 1654