State Complaints and Dispute Resolution

Complaint Form

To file a complaint with PDE's Bureau of Special Education, use the Complaint Packet and Form and Complaint Resolution Procedures documents below.

Please submit completed complaint forms to the Bureau of Special Education via one of the three below options:

Mail:
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Bureau of Special Education
607 South Drive, 5th Floor – East Wing
ATTN: Division of Compliance Monitoring and Planning – East
Harrisburg, PA 17120

E-mail: ra-pdespecialed@pa.gov

Fax: 717-783-6139.

If you need assistance, please call: 717-783-6913. Access a list of community resources and associated contact information

Complaint Form

To file a complaint with PDE’s Bureau of Special Education, use the Complaint Packet and Form and Complaint Resolution Procedures documents below.

English Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Spanish Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Albanian Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Arabic Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Chinese Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Croatian Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
French Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
German Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Hebrew Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Italian Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Japanese Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Khmer Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Korean Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Nepal Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Polish Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Russian Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Ukrainian Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
Vietnamese Complaint Packet & Form (PDF)
State Complaint Resolution Procedures (PDF)
State Complaint Resolution Procedures - Chinese (PDF)
State Complaint Resolution Procedures - Spanish (PDF)

ConsultLine

Help for families and advocates of children with special needs can be obtained by calling the ConsultLine at 1-800-879-2301, or request ConsultLine to contact you by using the ConsultLine on-line request form.