---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 668.115"
title: "34"
number: "668.115"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/668.115"
---

# §668.115. Prehearing conference.

- (a) In the event that the hearing official considers a prehearing conference necessary, he may convene a prehearing conference.
- (b) **The purpose of a prehearing conference is to allow the parties to settle or narrow the dispute.** A prehearing conference consists of—
  - (1) A telephone conference call;
  - (2) An informal meeting of the parties with the hearing official; or
  - (3) **The submission and exchange of written materials by the parties.**
- (c) All prehearing conferences requiring appearances by the parties shall take place in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 30115, Aug. 12, 1987, correctly designated at 52 FR 46354, Dec. 7, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 47753, Oct. 19, 1992]

### Source

Source: 52 FR 30115, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted. Correctly designated at 52 FR 46354, Dec. 7, 1987.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001-1003, 1070g, 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c-1, 1221e-3, and 1231a, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 30115, Aug. 12, 1987, correctly designated at 52 FR 46354, Dec. 7, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 47753, Oct. 19, 1992]