Any individual, public agency, or organization (such as a parent group) may file a written complaint.^[1] The complaint may involve a single student, a group of students, or a local district policy believed to violate federal or state special education law. If the complaint concerns more than one student, the California Department of Education (CDE) refers to it as a “various” complaint. Although the statute does not specify this, CDE may require that multiple students be named in the complaint.

1. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5, § 3200(c)[↩]