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Welcome to the Indiana Department of Education Office of Legal Affairs' website. This is your one stop for legal research in education-related matters. Please use the pages listed below to navigate our site.

Forms – Where teachers, parents/guardians, and administrators can go to find various forms used in the educational process.

Hearings –  Many decisions held by the department are housed in a searchable database. They are indexed for ease in research by areas of interest.

References – Various legal references that may be useful when examining legal issues presented to schools, school corporations, teachers, and parents/guardians. Administrative and judicial decisions affecting publicly-funded education in Indiana are included, with analysis of IDOE's attorneys.

Special Education Due Process - Sometimes parent(s) and school personnel are not able to resolve their disagreement informally by talking about it or having another case conference committee meeting and must use one or more of the procedural safeguards.  Those three (3) options are Complaints, Mediations, and Hearings.

Need to request public records? Please visit the Records Request page for instructions.

 

Do not hesitate to contact us either by email (legal@doe.in.gov), phone (317-232-6676), facsimile (317-232-0744) or mail (151 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204).

Staff Directory

Name Position Email Phone
Brink, Santa Complaint Investigator sbrink@doe.in.gov (317) 232-0534
Clifton, Brandon Policy Advisor & Legal Counsel bclifton@doe.in.gov (317) 234-7033
Gallagher, Renee Staff Attorney gallagher@doe.in.gov (317) 232-6676
Gough, Michelle Assistant Director of Legal Affairs mgough@doe.in.gov (317) 232-6676
Greisl, Christopher Staff Attorney cgreisl@doe.in.gov (317) 234-4378
Hilliker, Amelia Legal Assistant hilliker@doe.in.gov (317) 232-6647
Kossack, Andrew Staff Attorney akossack@doe.in.gov (317) 232-6676
Long, Dana Staff Attorney dalong@doe.in.gov (317) 232-6676
Payton, Kim Complaint and Due Process Specialist kpayton@doe.in.gov (317) 233-2131
Richardson, Emily Staff Attorney erichardson@doe.in.gov (317) 232-9185