If you are scheduled for a hearing or a mediation on a day when there is an unscheduled closing or delayed opening, the following policies apply.
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D.C. Government closes for the day. |
All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued. |
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D.C. Government has a liberal or unscheduled leave policy in effect. |
All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued. BUT if all parties appear and the assigned administrative law judge (ALJ) is available, the ALJ may elect to go ahead with the hearing. |
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D.C. Government has a one- or two-hour delay for all employees to report to work. |
Hearings and mediations scheduled before the end of the delay are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued.
Hearings and mediations scheduled after the end of the delay are NOT cancelled and will go ahead as scheduled.
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One-hour delay |
All hearings and mediations scheduled to start after 10:00 a.m. will be held. |
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Two-hour delay |
All hearings and mediations scheduled to start after 11:00 a.m. will be held. |
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D.C. Government has a liberal or unscheduled leave policy in effect together with a one- or two-hour delay. |
All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued. |
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DCPS Hearings |
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DCPS closes for the day. |
All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. DCPS will issue rescheduling notices |
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DCPS has a one- or two-hour delay of opening. |
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One-hour delay |
The 9:15 a.m. hearings are cancelled. DCPS will issue rescheduling notices. The 11:15 a.m. hearings will be held. |
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Two-hour delay |
The 9:15 a.m. hearings are cancelled. DCPS will issue rescheduling notices. The 11:15 a.m. hearings will be held UNLESS DCPS or the parent requests a continuance (before 11:15 a.m. and with notice to OAH before 11:15 a.m.). |