OAH Special Education Decisions Involving San Francisco Unified School District
18 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 2, split in 10, district prevailed on all issues in 6.
Search and filter these decisions · 68 OAH orders involving San Francisco Unified School District
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified wins all claims by a deaf-blind student who sought an ASL-fluent intervener and tactile communication services.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified denied FAPE by not changing placement in April 2025; ordered to fund 30 BCBA hours, residential placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must fund 45 hours of compensatory services and share its nursing guidelines; most nursing and mental health claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 22 issues
- San Francisco Unified School District v. StudentSan Francisco Unified may not implement its SOAR Academy IEP without parent consent because the offer was unclear.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must return student to George Washington High after holding his manifestation review without him; student wins all issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified wrongly found a homebound Lowell student ineligible under OHI and must fund 35 college units, assessments, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must train Flynn staff on child find after serving a student under a 504 plan instead of an IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified correctly found a third grader with ADHD ineligible for special education; all three claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must reimburse $43,811 in private school tuition after IEPs lacked appropriate behavior supports; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must repay $54,847.68 in private school tuition and fund Star Academy after failing to assess a privately placed student.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must reimburse $28,463.75 for preschool and ABA after predetermining placement; claims about goals denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 9 issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified prevails on all claims; its offer of a special day class for high-functioning autism was found to provide FAPE, and parents' private-school reimbursement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified's offer to move a student to a special day class for severely impaired students upheld; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified's error-filled written IEP denied FAPE; ALJ orders about $17,000 reimbursement and a funded Star Academy placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified did not predetermine or violate LRE with summer special day class offer for inclusion kindergartner.District prevailed on all issues
- San Francisco Unified School District v. StudentSan Francisco Unified's offer of a special day class at El Dorado Elementary upheld as a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must repay about $8,900 for a behavior camp, an assessment, and speech therapy, and must redo speech and OT assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 9 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must provide 200 hours of Lindamood-Bell reading and added speech therapy after FAPE denials across four school years.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 13 issues (7 in part)