OAH Special Education Decisions Involving Capistrano Unified School District
55 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 2, split in 24, district prevailed on all issues in 29.
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- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must fund 87 hours of instruction and an independent behavior assessment; nonpublic school placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictALJ affirms Capistrano Unified's finding that a seventh grader's planned assault on a classmate was not a manifestation of his ADHD.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified owes 20 hours of attention and executive functioning services; tuition denied for lack of notice and Kentucky residency.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 71 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund 25 hours of compensatory instruction for missing goals; Prentice School reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 20 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified wins all six claims over a medically fragile preschooler's IEPs and private school placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified may implement IEP placing first-grader in special day class without parent consent; student's LRE and aide claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified showed that removing the student was justified, but OAH rejected its one-hour-a-day in-home interim setting as inadequate.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims over a returning private school student's IEP meetings, assessment plans, and 2022 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims; ALJ rejects residential placement for autistic student whose escalating behaviors occurred mainly at home.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund staff training after denying return transportation from a community-based instruction trip; two other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified's triennial assessments and middle school placement offers upheld; student's request for nonpublic school placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified prevails on all four issues; ALJ upholds February 2020 IEP and intellectual development assessment, denies IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified did not deny FAPE to student seeking TBI eligibility; district's request to defend court-ordered assessment also denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified may place a nonverbal ninth grader with autism in the county Special Schools program without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified did not violate child find; before age 18, a high school student with ADHD needed only her 504 plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's 2017 triennial assessments were appropriate, so the student gets no publicly funded IEEs; parent did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse private school tuition and mileage after its 2016 IEP and missing 2017 IEP denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 6 issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified proves its occupational therapy and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parent's requests for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must provide 52 hours of compensatory services for goal, speech and home-instruction failures; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 11 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified and Community Roots Academy prevail on all claims over assistive technology, behavior assessment, and IEP participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified must reimburse $704.06 and train staff over a delayed assessment and missing prior written notice; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 22 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse up to $41,600 in private school tuition for child find failures; June 2016 IEP upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified violated child find for a student who stutters and must fund an IEE and 176 therapy hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Capistrano Unified and Community Roots Academy should have found student eligible as other health impaired; $4,500 and 30 hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 13 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified denied FAPE by holding an annual IEP meeting without the parent on one day's notice; transportation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified denied FAPE by delaying an eye-tracking communication device; must fund 21 hours of training and an assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 28 issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified may place a kindergartner at Rossier Park School as a 45-school-day interim alternative educational setting.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's case defending its assessments dismissed as moot after Parents withdrew their IEE requests on the hearing day.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified and Journey Charter School prevail; non-disciplinary removals from class were not suspensions requiring manifestation reviews.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's offer of a behavior intervention classroom at Wood Canyon Middle School upheld as a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund two IEEs; revoking consent to a first IEP did not end the student's special education rights.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must reimburse $91,000 for a Utah residential school after its day-program offer and triennial assessment denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified did not violate child find for a ninth grader later placed in therapeutic programs; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's occupational therapy assessment found appropriate; district need not fund an independent OT evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified proves its social/emotional assessment and functional analysis assessment were appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified did not deny FAPE by failing to assess for dyslexia; ALJ finds no clear parent request.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims by a graduate with a learning disability; claims before December 2006 time-barred.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified violated child find in October 2007, but ALJ denies all reimbursement for out-of-state residential placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's speech-language and occupational therapy assessments upheld; district need not fund independent evaluations for preschooler with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund 30 missed Fast ForWord reading sessions for a graduated student; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 8 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must provide counseling, career guidance, and a new transition plan; Utah residential and private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 14 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must reimburse $79,641.20 for home ABA and a speech IEE after failing to reassess behavior in 2006.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 23 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified offered FAPE at an Orange County autism class; parent's $29,025 nonpublic school reimbursement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Capistrano Unified and Orange County Department of Education prevail; Tesoro High special day class offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's assessments of a 15-year-old with autism were appropriate; the District does not have to fund an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's behavior support plan was upheld, but its May 2007 IEP was found to deny FAPE because of flawed behavior and transition goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's triennial reassessment and 2006 IEP offer of resource math support upheld; district prevailed on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified offered FAPE for ninth and tenth grade; parents' claim for private reading and school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must pay $5,707.75 toward a parent-obtained IEE and fund vision therapy; all FAPE claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 48 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse $32,004.50 for Utah residential treatment after failing to assess a high schooler despite parent's request.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims; student with depression and ADHD symptoms found ineligible for special education, 2002–2006.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified had knowledge of a possible disability before suspension and must stop discipline until it holds a manifestation determination.Student prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; district need not fund parents' requested IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified must fund OT and autism specialist IEEs; its psychoeducational and speech-language assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse $12,306.25 for in-home ABA plus weekly private speech therapy; autism SDC offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 12 issues (1 in part)