OAH Special Education Decisions: Intellectual disability
124 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 16, split in 42, district prevailed on all issues in 66.
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- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all five claims over a school injury, missed school days, and bus transportation for a fifth grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Coastal Academy Charter SchoolCoastal Academy Charter School denied a student with intellectual disability a FAPE by predetermining an offer to move him from general education core classes into a separate program; staff training ordered.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all six claims about assessments, aide, goals, parent training, and transition plan for senior.District prevailed on all issues
- Pleasanton Unified School District v. StudentPleasanton Unified may not assess without consent under flawed 2023 plan; must issue new triennial plan and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Victor Elementary School District v. StudentVictor Elementary may implement its moderate-to-severe special day class IEP without Parent's consent after ALJ finds it offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District v. StudentMurrieta Valley Unified may place a dangerous-behavior student in its Learn At Home virtual program for up to 45 more school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove Unified prevails on all claims over a ninth grader's triennial IEP, placement, speech, and transition services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified denied FAPE by holding an IEP meeting without a general education teacher; new IEP meeting and staff training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Student v. Folsom-Cordova Unified School District (consolidated)Folsom-Cordova Unified may implement its moderate-to-severe special day class IEP without parent consent; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Enterprise Elementary School DistrictEnterprise Elementary must provide compensatory services, AAC device, and AT IEE for IEP and assessment delays; nurse claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District offered FAPE in triennial IEP and may implement it without parent consent; all student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary must fund 38 compensatory hours for IEP services missed in spring 2020 distance learning; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 9 issues
- Student v. Enterprise Elementary School District (consolidated)Enterprise Elementary must fund 104 hours of in-home services and a health IEE after its virtual-only offer denied FAPE.Student 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
- Lakeport Unified School District v. StudentLakeport Unified may not implement IEP moving student to regional program; communication goals, services, and device were missing.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must fund 220 compensatory hours and goal-writing training for distance-learning FAPE denials; several claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 18 issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified prevails on all four claims, including a parent's request to keep a student in fifth grade.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must fund 455 hours of compensatory services for distance-learning failures in aide, academic, and speech services.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 23 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse $11,023.36 and fund IEEs after unclear IEP offers and a predetermined COVID mask health plan.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 21 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails after parents fail to prove standing to sue for an 18-year-old student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund speech therapy and Lindamood-Bell instruction and conduct three assessments; most other claims were denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 15 of 58 issues (3 in part)
- 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. Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Joint Unified denied FAPE by moving student out of residential treatment; ordered to locate her and fund services.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. Pleasant Valley School District et al. (consolidated)Pleasant Valley School District and Ventura County Office of Education win all issues; district may implement 2019 IEP without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails on all claims by a 22-year-old with intellectual disability over his program, transition plan, and IEP implementation.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 2018 speech and language assessment was appropriate; parent's request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District must fund a speech IEE and train staff on behavior after a late behavior assessment and an ignored IEE request.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Temple City Unified School District (consolidated)Temple City Unified cannot implement unclear 2018 IEP and must offer special day class with specified mainstreaming; current placement continues meanwhile.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Los Alamitos Unified School District v. StudentLos Alamitos Unified may not implement a triennial IEP without consent after excluding parents and relying on flawed assessments.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Goleta Union School DistrictGoleta Union's offer to raise pull-out instruction to 700 weekly minutes for a student with Down syndrome denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified must provide 473 compensatory hours and two IEEs after failing to implement a 21-year-old's IEP following her certificate.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 18 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must fund a mental health IEE after offering too little counseling; claims on assessment, eligibility, and placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Alhambra Unified School District v. StudentAlhambra Unified may implement its high school special day class offer without parent consent despite unclear service entries.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School DistrictEtiwanda School District prevails on all claims; special day class placement and October 2017 IEP offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified must reimburse a year of nonpublic school tuition and transportation after failing to implement a consented IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 19 issues
- Student v. Fillmore Unified School DistrictFillmore Unified's manifestation determination upheld; ALJ finds ninth grader's on-campus drug possession not caused by his disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ocean View School DistrictOcean View School District prevails on all claims, including time-barred Larry P. IQ-testing claims and parent-participation claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District must fund an independent occupational therapy assessment; its psychoeducational and speech assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District v. StudentFairfield-Suisun Unified may move a hard-of-hearing student with intellectual disability to a functional academics class without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District must keep kindergartner in general education with added supports; special day class offer rejected.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- El Segundo Unified School District v. StudentEl Segundo Unified may place a student at Sunrise nonpublic school for up to 45 school days as an interim setting.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Goleta Unified School DistrictGoleta Unified prevails on all claims over its special day class offer; ALJ finds full parent participation and no predetermination.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must reimburse $108,940 for a Texas residential placement over unaddressed behaviors, sleeping, transportation and occupational therapy.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 17 issues
- Student v. Buena Park School DistrictBuena Park School District must provide 116.6 hours of compensatory services for limiting a student to home/hospital instruction; other claims time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Pleasant Valley School District (consolidated)Pleasant Valley School District may keep an eight-year-old in a moderate to severe special day class over parents' objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Baldwin Park Unified School District v. StudentBaldwin Park Unified may move a student with an intellectual disability to a moderate/severe class without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified may place an eighth grader with an intellectual disability in a special day class for academics without parental consent.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
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High School District's offer of a county special day class at Westmont, instead of the neighborhood school, upheld as a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vacaville Unified School DistrictVacaville Unified must provide communication devices, 79.5 hours of AAC services, and $1,597.13; the speech-provider claim is denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified may not implement kindergarten IEP over parents' objection; its partial special day class placement was not the least restrictive environment.Student prevailed on all issues
- Castro Valley Unified School District v. StudentCastro Valley Unified may reassess a 17-year-old student without parent consent; the parent's conditions on assessment counted as a refusal.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools et al.San Bernardino County Superintendent and Colton Joint Unified must fund four IEEs and add safety measures to student's IEP.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Buena Park School District v. StudentBuena Park School District loses bid to defend assessments and reassess without consent after failing to provide Romanian-language plans.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Goleta Union School District (consolidated)Goleta Union need not fund a $6,000 neuropsychological IEE above its SELPA cost criteria; parent's delay claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Spencer Valley Elementary School DistrictSpencer Valley Elementary must reimburse $13,974.82 and fund a year of RDI aide support; participation and summer school claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 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. Panama-Buena Vista Union School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista Union prevails; ALJ denies home hospital instruction claim because required medical report was never provided.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fresno Unified School District (consolidated)Fresno Unified must fund 55 months of individualized compensatory education through EvoLibri for a 22-year-old denied FAPE for 39 months.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 14 issues
- Student v. Spencer Valley Elementary School District (consolidated)Spencer Valley's predetermined placement denied FAPE and cannot be implemented; for implementation failures, it must fund up to $1,500 and inclusion training.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified may conduct triennial intellectual and adaptive behavior testing of a 12-year-old without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hemet Unified School District (consolidated)Hemet Unified's May 2013 preschool special day class offer upheld, but it cannot implement its January 2014 offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Fresno Unified School District (consolidated)Fresno Unified denied a 22-year-old student a FAPE from October 2010 onward; ALJ orders assessments before deciding compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 16 issues
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified's 2013 IEP offer for an eighth grader with intellectual disability, as revised by prior written notice, upheld as FAPE.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. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails on all speech and language claims for a nonverbal 19-year-old at a nonpublic school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. El Centro Elementary School District (consolidated)El Centro Elementary must provide 15 hours of compensatory occupational therapy; its special day class offers are upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified's blended special day class and general education middle school placement upheld; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Julian Charter School et al.Julian Charter School's proposed special day class denied a student with Down syndrome FAPE in the LRE; aide-documentation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Hollister School DistrictHollister School District must provide 46 hours of social skills or extracurricular activities after omitting general education teachers from IEP meetings.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all claims as the ALJ upholds moving a 20-year-old to its adult transition program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School DistrictUpland Unified did not owe 2010 extended school year services to a parentally placed private school student; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Clara Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Clara Unified's moderate to severe SDC offer upheld as the LRE; district may give a cognitive assessment only.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District did not deny FAPE by declining speech therapy during the five-week gap after ESY.District prevailed on all issues
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District v. StudentPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified need not fund an IEE requested more than two years after its assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified predetermined an adult transition placement for a 20-year-old; ALJ orders an independent assessment and a new IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakdale Joint Unified School DistrictOakdale Joint Unified denied a kindergartner with an intellectual disability a FAPE in the LRE and must reimburse private school costs.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- 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. Fullerton School District (consolidated)Fullerton School District must reimburse $6,475 for an independent evaluation after offering reassessment instead of funding or defending.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High did not predetermine placement; Oak Crest Middle School offer held appropriate despite parent's distance concerns.District prevailed on all issues
- Twin Rivers Unified School District v. StudentTwin Rivers Unified may not implement its January 2011 IEP without consent after ALJ finds predetermination and denied parent participation.Student 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. San Diego County Mental HealthSan Diego County Mental Health's 2008 mental health assessment upheld; no reimbursement for Regional Center-funded residential placement.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. 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. Upland Unified School District et al.Upland Unified and West End SELPA must reimburse $6,999.25 for aides and speech therapy after failing to assess; tuition denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 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
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified must fund a reading IEE focused on visual impairment; speech IEE denied and IEP mostly upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may conduct a triennial psychoeducational and speech-language reassessment without parental consent, and without the parent present.District 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. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified prevails on all four claims over speech therapy, bus transportation, school safety, and monthly progress reports.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lancaster School DistrictLancaster School District offered a FAPE in its March 2008 IEP; ALJ denies all of Student's claims.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
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District v. StudentHacienda La Puente Unified wins: its assessments were appropriate and its adult transition program placement offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Shandon Joint Unified School DistrictShandon Joint Unified must fund a year at Beacon Day School, plus OT, PT, a new FAA and $4,112.44 in reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 15 issues (3 in part)
- Santa Ana Unified School District v. StudentSanta Ana Unified's assessments upheld except its adaptive behavior assessment; district must fund an independent adaptive behavior evaluation.Student prevailed in part
- Fresno Unified School District v. StudentFresno Unified fails to prove its special day class offer was the least restrictive environment; full-inclusion student stays at Duncan.Student prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District's May 2008 occupational therapy assessment was appropriate, so the district need not fund an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Reed Union School DistrictReed Union School District predetermined a student's placement and must train staff; ALJ upheld the Olive special day class offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Fort Bragg Unified School District v. StudentFort Bragg Unified may place a fifth grader at Edgewood residential school for up to 45 school days as an interim setting.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lawndale Elementary School District (consolidated)Lawndale Elementary must assess a student's elopement behavior and fund 20 speech therapy hours; its nonpublic school offer denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District v. StudentMurrieta Valley Unified's offer of a severely handicapped special day class for a kindergartner was a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified may implement an IEP moving a 19-year-old with intellectual disability from high school to a community-based transition program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Valley Center-Pauma Unified School DistrictValley Center-Pauma Unified predetermined placement and failed to provide FAPE; ordered to fund nonpublic school at TERI through 2007-2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 13 issues
- Sierra Unified School District v. StudentSierra Unified fails to show a county-run special day class at Beth Ramacher Center was FAPE for a student with severe disabilities.Student prevailed on all issues
- Rosedale Union School District v. StudentRosedale Union's offer of a county special day class at Almondale Elementary provides FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palmdale Elementary School DistrictPalmdale Elementary must provide stipulated compensatory OT and speech therapy; staff training, placement, and other compensatory claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified may not override parents' refusal to consent to a triennial reassessment of their privately placed 19-year-old daughter.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lynwood Unified School DistrictLynwood Unified prevails on all claims over assessments, speech services, a one-to-one aide, LRE, and Spanish IEP translations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newark Unified School DistrictNewark Unified prevails on all assessment, FAPE and procedural claims brought by a 21-year-old with an intellectual disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified offered a FAPE through its adult transition program, and it provided one in 2005-2006; all of the parents' claims were denied.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: delayed triennial IEP and disputed IEP copies did not deny a 20-year-old student FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified's functional skills class, restricted general PE, and on-campus cross-country training offered a FAPE; all claims denied.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. Byron Union School District et al. (consolidated)Byron Union School District's interim placement and IEP offers, including a separate Spectrum campus placement, upheld; all Student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District (consolidated)Glendale Unified prevails on academic, speech, IEE, and Lindamood-Bell claims; missed 2003 occupational therapy found but no remedy ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District's assessments upheld and special day class offer found to provide FAPE; all student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified must reimburse a private psychoeducational evaluation and assess OT and visual processing; FAPE claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. San Ramon Valley Unified School District et al.San Ramon Valley Unified and Contra Costa County denied FAPE in 2005-2006; ABA, aide, behavior plan, and $4,397.49 ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 30 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Kern High School DistrictKern High School District must hold an IEP meeting on attendance and vocational plan; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails on all five claims; ALJ declines bad-faith sanctions because a teacher's signature was falsely affixed to the IEP.District prevailed on all issues