Day: February 28, 2020

• Feb 28 2020 Denial of Appropriate Program Due to Abuse by Behavioral Aide
  • February 28, 2020

  OAH case no. 2019090404, Parent v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Court determined that Santa Monica-Malibu denied Student a free appropriate public education during the 2017-2018 school year by failing to implement Student’s positive behavior support and by using corporal punishment and aversive behavioral interventions on Student. Court made factual findings that behavioral aide caused… Continue reading Denial of Appropriate Program Due to Abuse by Behavioral Aide

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• Feb 28 2020 Federal Discrimination Claims Did Not Require Administrative Exhaustion
  • February 28, 2020

  Federal Discrimination Claims Based on Failure to Accommodate Student’s Preferred Communication Method Did Not Require Administrative Exhaustion Federal District Court for Southern District of California case no. 3:18-cv-00321 BEN-BLM, Order Denying San Dieguito Union High School District’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Court denied District’s motion to dismiss Student’s claims under… Continue reading Federal Discrimination Claims Did Not Require Administrative Exhaustion

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• Feb 28 2020 Defense of Inclusive Placement and Program
  • February 28, 2020

  OAH case no. 2018060323, Goleta Union School District Court determined that Student, whose basis of eligibility of special education services was Intellectual Disability, had been making progress in his general education-based program. District’s request to increase Student’s time out of the general education classroom was denied. Court awarded family additional inclusion support to facilitate Student’s… Continue reading Defense of Inclusive Placement and Program

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• Feb 28 2020 LA County Adoption Assistance Program Ordered to Pay for Out of State Placement
  • February 28, 2020

  Los Angeles County Adoption Assistance Program Is Ordered To Pay More Than $10,000 Per Month For Child’s Placement In An Out Of State Residential Treatment Center Client adopted child from Los Angeles County and as such she is been entitled to Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) support for her child until the child turns 18.  In… Continue reading LA County Adoption Assistance Program Ordered to Pay for Out of State Placement

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• Feb 28 2020 District Ordered to Pay for Student’s Placement in Residential Treatment
  • February 28, 2020

  A District Was Ordered To Pay More Than $10,000 Per Month For A Student’s Placement In A Residential Treatment Facility OAH Case no. 2018050306, Santa Monica Unified School District In December, 2018 we received a favorable decision following a hearing against the Santa Monica Unified School District in which we sought Student’s placement in a… Continue reading District Ordered to Pay for Student’s Placement in Residential Treatment

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• Feb 28 2020 District Ordered to Provide Inclusive Placement
  • February 28, 2020

  OAH case nos. 2017070729 & 2017060297, Student v. East Whittier City School District Court determined that Student, whose basis of eligibility of special education services was Intellectual Disability, had been making progress in his general education-based program and that a general education placement with appropriate supports offered him a placement in the least restrictive environment… Continue reading District Ordered to Provide Inclusive Placement

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• Feb 28 2020 District Ordered to Reimburse for Private Placement
  • February 28, 2020

  District Ordered to Reimburse for Appropriate Religious-Affiliated Private Placement for Failing to Provide Clear Written Offer of Placement OAH case no. 2019010819, William S. Hart Union School District Issues 2 Issues were addressed by Administrative Law Judge Cole Dalton. Whether Hart District made a clear written offer of FAPE in its Individualized Education Plans; and… Continue reading District Ordered to Reimburse for Private Placement

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