In re S.M.

¶ 1. Appellants, parents of S.M., appeal from an administrative decision by a hearing officer disallowing S.M.’s enrollment in a home study program on the grounds that appellants failed to comply with 16 V.S.A. § 166b, in particular, that appellants did not provide “independent professional evidence” of the existence or nonexistence of a disability as required by 16 V.S.A. § 166b(a)(4). Appellants contend that the *525hearing officer’s interpretation of § 166b(a)(4) violates the plain meaning of the statute, contravenes the legislative intent behind the statute, is contrary to this Court’s…