Sec.10-76h-12. Exhibits; documents presented at the hearing; witnesses

(a) At least five business days prior to a hearing date scheduled and conducted pursuant to Section 10-76h-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, each party shall disclose to the other party all documentary evidence, including evaluations completed by that date, and recommendations based on the offering party's evaluations, that the party intends to use at the hearing. A hearing officer may bar any party that fails to comply with this requirement from introducing such evaluations or recommendations at the hearing.

(b) Witness lists shall be exchanged by the parties and provided to the hearing officer no later than 5 business days prior to the scheduled hearing date. Each party shall notify their potential witnesses in writing of the date, time and location of the hearing. In the case of employees or agents of the public agency, a letter to the public agency or designee shall be sufficient to constitute notice. The parent shall notify the public agency at least five school days in advance that school personnel will be called to testify on a particular scheduled hearing date.

(c) At the request of a party, the hearing officer shall not review the records submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section until they are offered into evidence. Exhibits that are offered but not admitted into evidence shall be marked for identification and the record of the hearing shall so reflect.

(d) All exhibits shall be clear, legible and arranged in chronological order. Exhibits shall be numbered in the lower right corner and submitted along with a numbered index. Public agency exhibits shall have the prefix "B" and the parent shall prefix each exhibit with a "P." Each separate exhibit shall be numbered consecutively, and every page of each numbered exhibit shall have a proper prefix and document number placed at the lower right corner. For example, for parent Exhibit 1, which has ten pages, each page of the exhibit shall have a "P-1" printed or typed at the lower right corner (omit the quotes) and the page number of the exhibit shall also be stated as "1 of 10, 2 of 10, 3 of 10, etc." The hearing officer may waive these requirements for good cause shown.

(e) The numbered index shall indicate the exhibit number, a description of the exhibit and the date of the exhibit. The number of pages of the exhibit shall be included in parentheses after the date of the exhibit.

(Adopted effective July 1, 2000)