Notice - State of AL - Dept of Education - Special Education Records to be Destroyed

From the State of Alabama Department of Education: 

SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS TO BE DESTROYED 

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) has scheduled certain special education records to be destroyed on March 13, 2026. Records to be destroyed pertain to special education Written State Complaints, mediations, and due process hearing requests filed between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020.

If you are the parent of a child (or a student aged 19 or older, or a former student aged 19 or older) involved in a special education Written State Complaint, mediation, or due process hearing request, with records maintained at the ALSDE during this timeframe; you may request the Written State Complaint, mediation, or due process hearing request records pertaining to your child (or yourself), by mailing a signed written authorization to release the records to: 

Ms. Bernice Rush-Harrison

Alabama State Department of Education

Special Education Services

Post Office Box 302101 Montgomery, AL 36130-2101

Email: brush-harrison@alsde.edu 

The written authorization to release the records must be received by 4 p.m., March 12, 2026. Your letter should include the student’s name, current mailing address, and telephone number. Unless Special Education Services receives a signed, written request for the 2020 Written State Complaint, mediation, and/or due process hearing request records, these records will be destroyed on March 13, 2026.  

If you have questions, please contact Ms. Rush-Harrison at (334) 694-4782.