{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-56503","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 56503","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS [56000. - 56865.]","CHAPTER 5. Procedural Safeguards [56500. - 56509.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d064d4b76a01b6ec728761cd246faba46e3fa8f016fed3b24a598a298bd32386","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-56502","next":"us-ca/edc-56504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}