{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"56503","citation":"Ed. Code, § 56503","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS [56000. - 56865.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Procedural Safeguards [56500. - 56509.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30/chapter-5"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1360, Sec. 25.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the parties to a hearing from agreeing to use a mediation conference or resolving their dispute in an informal, nonadversarial manner, even though a request for a state level hearing has been filed or even if the hearing has commenced.</p>","text":"Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the parties to a hearing from agreeing to use a mediation conference or resolving their dispute in an informal, nonadversarial manner, even though a request for a state level hearing has been filed or even if the hearing has commenced.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/procedural-safeguards-56503","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}