After you submit a request for a fair hearing, DVR offers you a prehearing meeting. The prehearing meeting may be conducted in person, by telephone, or by another method agreeable to all parties. The purpose of the prehearing meeting is to:

1. (1) Clarify the decision with which you disagree;
2. (2) Exchange copies of laws, rules, or other information to be presented in the fair hearing;
3. (3) Explain how the fair hearing is conducted; and
4. (4) Settle the disagreement, if possible.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.29.020(8) and 34 C.F.R., Parts 361, 363, 397. WSR 18-12-035, § 388-891A-0265, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/30/18.]