OAH Special Education Decisions Involving Los Angeles Unified School District
182 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 21, split in 47, district prevailed on all issues in 114.
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- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 162 compensatory hours for missing 2025-2026 IEP offer; tuition reimbursement and three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to hold manifestation determination reviews; absences and a psychiatric hold were not disciplinary removals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; parent's withdrawal from the IEP process excused the lack of a 2025-26 placement offer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 636 hours of compensatory services after flawed IEP process and inadequate physical therapy offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all 13 claims by a high-achieving autistic student; missing prior written notice found harmless.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified dismissed because a directly funded charter school, not the district, was responsible for the student's FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund residential treatment, 254 compensatory hours, and an occupational therapy evaluation after stalled assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 47 of 65 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified violated stay put by disenrolling a hard-of-hearing student; ALJ orders staff training but denies tuition and compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 2 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 18 hours of compensatory services for failing to implement a student's behavior intervention services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's speech, adapted PE, physical therapy, and occupational therapy assessments upheld; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on every claim challenging a third grader's math, literacy, goals, and extended school year offers.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified failed to deliver counseling during distance learning, but earlier make-up minutes sufficed; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 15 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified missed child find for gifted eighth grader, but student was ineligible; IEE denied and no remedy ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund 450 tutoring hours and return a student to a public special day class after an improper virtual placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 20 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all 19 claims about COVID-19 distance learning, IEP goals, services, placement, and records.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified missed speech and OT services during distance learning, but its make-up offer meant no further remedy.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 14 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a deaf preschooler's John Tracy Center placement and reimburse $1,750 after offering a non-LRE placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (1 in part)Affirmed in part, reversed in part on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational reassessment found appropriate; parent not entitled to a publicly funded IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2019 psychoeducational reassessment was appropriate, so the district need not fund an independent evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied a preschooler FAPE through two prohibited interventions and must provide 21.5 compensatory hours and an assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's COVID-19 distance learning denied FAPE to an aging-out student; ALJ orders 41 hours of compensatory services.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. ABC Unified School District et al.ABC Unified denied FAPE by refusing to consider a post-discharge placement for a hospitalized student; claim against Los Angeles Unified denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictALJ upheld Los Angeles Unified's ESY placement and length; a federal court reversed on both issues.District prevailed on all issuesReversed on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny a preschooler FAPE by declining school-based occupational therapy; parents' claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly held an IEP meeting without parents who asked to reschedule; ALJ orders compensatory tutoring and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; no reimbursement owed for Westmark School tuition or a private psychological evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on placement, communication services, ESY device, and training claims for 18-year-old student.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational and occupational therapy assessments were appropriate; parents' request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2018 speech and language assessment was appropriate; parent's request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may not implement its August 2018 IEP without parent consent; ALJ finds three procedural violations.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified prevails on assessment, dyslexia, ESY, and IEP-timing claims; psychoeducational IEE issue dismissed under prior settlement.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's April 2018 academic and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not predetermine autism as a ninth-grader's primary eligibility category; Student's claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not violate child find for a private school student who never sought its assessments; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse $42,990 in private school tuition after delaying assessment and wrongly finding a high-achieving student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (5 in part)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified proves its psychoeducational, occupational therapy, and behavior assessments appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's manifestation determination is reversed and the expulsion rescinded; the claim that missed counseling caused the conduct is denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must amend two 2014 IEPs to add residential placement and fund limited compensatory services; staff training denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issuesReversed and remanded on appeal
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified's general education STEM magnet offer for an eighth grader with autism upheld; all of the parent's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may conduct a high school student's triennial reassessment without parental consent after the parent refused the assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2016 psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; District need not fund independent psychoeducational and academic evaluations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund three independent evaluations after failing to do a triennial assessment and an adequate transition plan.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse $91,915 for Utah residential treatment because a great uncle with power of attorney qualified as parent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may exit a fourth grader from special education without parental consent after valid triennial assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified owes 69 compensatory hours for skipping a behavior assessment and ending speech services; graduation upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 31 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly denied eligibility to a tenth grader with ADHD and predetermined the outcome; compensatory instruction, IEE, and training ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may reassess a 17-year-old autistic student without parental consent; its occupational therapy assessment was upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld and district may exit a kindergartner from special education; IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2015 psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; parent's request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational, academic, and physical therapy assessments held appropriate; parents' request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified provided safe, suitable bus transportation; ALJ denies parent's request for door-to-door minivan service.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 590 hours of compensatory behavior services and train staff; comparable-services claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims over assessments, aides, behavior services, and assistive technology for student with intellectual disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by delaying auditory verbal therapy or by refusing to fund the family's private therapist.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: a classmate's sporadic hitting of a kindergartner with autism was not bullying that denied FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not unnecessarily delay its response to a parent's speech-language IEE request; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims by 21-year-old student with autism over IEP goals, services, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified properly offered placement at the student's school of residence, Barton Hill Elementary; parent's placement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may reassess a fifth grader with autism over his parent's objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to offer a one-to-one aide to a third grader with a learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must reimburse $4,415 for an independent assessment it failed to consider; federal court later reversed on residential placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issuesReversed and remanded on appeal
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims by a graduate with autism; assessment challenge time-barred and IEPs upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all 11 claims over inclusion activities and services for a 10-year-old with an intellectual disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 25 hours of make-up home instruction after leaving medically fragile student without a teacher; placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an IEE, 360 compensatory hours, and $3,600 for an honors graduate who lacked basic skills.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a nonpublic autism school for 2014-2015 after Bridgeport placement stopped meeting a student's behavior needs.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's expulsion of a student whose firearm conduct was a manifestation of disability is vacated; reinstatement ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly labeled a student with autistic-like behaviors, but its autism class placement offer still provided a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: claims about missed OT and no 2013 IEP meeting were barred by a settlement agreement's FAPE waiver.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by offering school-to-school instead of home-to-school bus transportation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified prevails on a preschooler's PT, OT and speech service levels and defends its speech assessment against an IEE request.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide school-to-school transportation for a first grader it moved to Lassen Elementary because of overcrowding.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of an autism class on the Reseda High School campus was the least restrictive environment; Student's claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictStudent with autism wins all issues against Los Angeles Unified; ALJ invalidates diploma, restores eligibility, and orders compensatory speech and OT.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an independent transition assessment after failing to provide adequate transition planning; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund a speech and language IEE; child find violation found harmless, so private assessment reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer to keep a blind student with multiple disabilities at Salvin Special Education Center upheld; no relief ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a bilingual speech-language IEE after failing to file for hearing; three service claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by declining to provide an iPad after a failed touchscreen trial.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims by a graduated student over algebra support, IEE, counseling and transcripts.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified owes 45 hours of language arts instruction for missing prior written notice; ten other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's April 2012 IEP properly documented a student's accommodations; parent's claim of FAPE denial rejected.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to bus a student with autism to his private after-school program; claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE by offering only one daily stander session; ALJ orders two sessions a day.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all seven claims challenging a sixth-grader's June 2011 IEP offering a middle school special day class.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's June 2011 general education kindergarten IEP for a student with autism offered a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims brought by a parent representing her daughter with a learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified properly graduated a student with a diploma and provided adequate transition plans; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's May 2011 IEP offering an auditory/oral deaf and hard-of-hearing class at Melrose offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District et al.Glendale Unified and Los Angeles Unified met their child find duties to a private school student; Westmark reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified may move a fifth grader from full inclusion to a special day class; ALJ finds FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE by excluding a joint-custody mother from assessment and out-of-state RTC placement; DMH prevailed.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of 240 monthly minutes of speech therapy for a preschooler with autism upheld; parents' request denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide compensatory aide and speech services for missing aides during two ESY summers; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: student's on-campus sale of his ADHD medication was not a manifestation of his disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; special education center placement upheld for hearing-impaired student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's physical and occupational therapy offer for a medically complex preschooler upheld; all requested relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of Education et al.On remand, LACOE was responsible for RTC placement until juvenile hall release; LAUSD is responsible afterward, and CDE is not.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an adapted physical education IEE after leaving the parent's request unanswered for 90 days.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to provide developmental vision therapy; District prevailed on all twelve vision-related issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may conduct a triennial assessment of a 16-year-old without parental consent after years of refusals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's general education placement with resource support was appropriate; parent's request for a special day class denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's vision and hearing assessments of an autistic student upheld; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide home-to-school busing for a student with a learning disability; school-to-school transportation upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must resume home instruction at Mother's home outside district boundaries and provide compensatory hours.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: speech, APE, and OT levels in triennial IEP were sufficient, and physical therapy was not needed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's autism special day class offer was the least restrictive environment; Lindamood-Bell reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2010 psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; parent's request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 70 hours of compensatory speech therapy after inadequate speech assessments and services; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 34 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all four claims; late assessment was a procedural violation that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: late transfer IEP did not deny FAPE, and no duty to offer AB 3632 residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; autism SDC offer upheld over parents' request for 40-hour home ABA program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles Unified and two charter schools prevail; missed IEP meetings and transition plan did not deny student FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE when a parent refused the assigned home instruction teacher; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not materially fail to deliver an autistic first grader's IEP services; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified need not fund an IEE after proving its 2009 psychoeducational reassessment was appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: absent teacher at IEP meeting did not deny FAPE, and bus transportation offer was appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education must immediately implement a juvenile hall student's IEP by placing him at an out-of-state residential treatment center and funding the educational and related services part of the placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 220 hours of intensive tutoring after ending a student's IEP meeting early; other claims denied or barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 10 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education must initially fund out-of-state residential placement for a student still detained in juvenile hall.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE to a preschooler by pulling her assigned adult assistant and then dropping that support from her IEP.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must increase apraxia speech therapy, reimburse $19,790, and place preschooler in inclusive class; seven claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide special education to an adult student in county jail, plus a year of compensatory services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of a therapeutic nonpublic school was the least restrictive environment; the mother's challenge was denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of Willenberg Special Education Center upheld; the farther school did not deny FAPE because the bus ride was shorter.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's offer of a moderate intellectual disability special day class placement for a fifth grader was upheld as FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse $1,611 for a father's family therapy trip to a Colorado RTC, but not the mother's costs.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must pay $3,000 and fund 40 hours of clinic-based OT; placement and procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 5.5 hours of missed speech therapy; settlement-services and behavior-aide claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to provide home-to-school transportation to a student who transferred schools under school choice.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: open IEP pending parents' choice of nonpublic school offered FAPE; no Bridges Academy reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse private school tuition after relying only on test scores to find a student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified should have found student eligible in February 2007; no remedy ordered; student no longer eligible as of May 2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of two hours of weekly physical therapy for a preschooler upheld; parent's request for three hours denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims over a middle schooler's full-inclusion placement, aide supervision and health needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's four assessments of a first grader were appropriate; parent's request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's Leichman placement upheld, but District must provide door-to-door transportation and a functional behavioral assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse a parent $116.16 in transportation mileage; claims about hearing tests, speech, phonics, and one-to-one instruction denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's nonpublic school offer for a 13-year-old with autism provided FAPE; no guaranteed female aide required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails; ALJ refuses parents' request to exit their fifth grader with ADHD from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's school bus with a one-on-one aide was appropriate transportation; parent's request for taxi transportation denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Department of Education et al.Orange County Department of Education must implement IEP and fund Utah residential placement; LAUSD, Charter Oak, and CDE not responsible.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly found a high schooler with ADHD ineligible for SLD in math; must fund IEE and tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing plunge-method G-tube feeding; prior OAH decision barred relitigation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must provide 800 minutes of in-home speech therapy for delayed IEP implementation; district wins three other issues.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified proves its OT and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parent's request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: father could not exit his eligible daughter from special education by revoking consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund speech and psychoeducational IEEs after delaying its own filing; unclear behavior goal denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified remains responsible for a student in residential treatment because his stepbrother's caregiver affidavit establishes residency.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must provide 36 hours of compensatory speech therapy; Los Angeles Unified prevails on nearly all claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide door-to-door transportation for a student in a wheelchair after an unsafe corner bus stop denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must restore nonpublic agency speech therapy for an autistic second grader; IEE-list claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may assess a high school student without parental consent under its 2006 and 2007 assessment plans.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified failed to implement in-home DHH services, but no added compensatory education was ordered; eight claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: student was not eligible under emotional disturbance, and Provo Canyon reimbursement is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE to a 21-year-old transfer student; the IEP delay came from the family's own inaction.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may assess an 11th grader without parent consent under its February 2007 assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of a special day class at Stoner Avenue Elementary upheld; parent's request for nonpublic school denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing plunger-method G-tube feedings at school; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's year-round middle school placement with as-needed Spanish support offered FAPE to a student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's year-round middle school placement and English learner support did not deny an autistic student a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a full-time aide to a 17-year-old in a life skills class, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on every claim, including assessment, interpreter, ESY and compensatory education, brought by a parent without a lawyer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: delayed triennial IEP and disputed IEP copies did not deny a 20-year-old student FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified may not exit an eligible eighth grader from special education at his parent's request; District prevails on both issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a motorized wheelchair with built-in stander; its EZ Stander met the student's IEP goals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's autism program placement at Cleveland High School upheld despite longer bus ride; all Student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an independent evaluation after refusing a parent's kindergarten assessment request; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly refused a kindergartner's initial assessment request, but the ALJ ordered no IEE or compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified may end occupational therapy; its OT assessment was appropriate, so no reimbursement for the private evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a one-on-one bus aide for a visually impaired preschooler after a bus biting incident.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund intensive home and school behavior services for autistic first grader after aide failures and IEP team defect.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified wins: parents cannot exit their son from special education, and the District may reassess him.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles Unified and LA County Mental Health offered FAPE; parent's request for Illinois residential school funding denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: late IEP meeting did not deny FAPE, and nonpublic school placement was the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to fund Lindamood-Bell tutoring for an adult student at a nonpublic school; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified offered FAPE and owes no private school tuition or tutoring reimbursement to a parentally placed student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not reimburse a private psychoeducational assessment because parents never disputed the district's reassessment or requested an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified did not owe a transfer student services under an exited LAUSD IEP; all reimbursement claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to dual-enroll an 11-year-old nonpublic school student at Parkman Middle School in Fall 2005.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must expunge an assessment done with only one parent's consent when a joint custody order required both.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund Julia Ann Singer nonpublic school placement and repay scholarship after denying preschooler FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues