OAH Special Education Decisions: Multiple disabilities
40 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 3, split in 16, district prevailed on all issues in 21.
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- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified must reimburse $59,240 and fund three IEEs for a student who communicates only by eye-gaze device.Split decision: student prevailed on 13 of 19 issues
- Whittier Union High School District v. StudentWhittier Union High School District need not fund independent evaluations; its multidisciplinary and assistive technology assessments were appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must make up three hours of missed speech therapy; Korean-language assessment and all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 18 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
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may complete overdue triennial reassessments without parental consent after parents demanded conditions that would invalidate testing.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. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High must fund two IEEs after its 2019 psychoeducational and speech assessments were found inappropriate.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District cannot implement its December 2021 IEP; it must fund therapy hours, a physical therapy IEE, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 17 issues
- Student v. Rocklin Unified School DistrictRocklin Unified denied FAPE by not following a student's seizure health plan; ALJ orders 60 compensatory hours and staff training.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 93.5 compensatory service hours, plus one-to-one aide support, for COVID distance-learning failures; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must fund 607 hours of compensatory services and six IEEs after failing to review evaluations and implement services.Split decision: student prevailed on 24 of 35 issues (5 in part)
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's May 2019 IEP continuing a nonpublic school placement at TERI offered FAPE; district may implement it without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Lucia Mar Unified School District v. StudentLucia Mar Unified fails to prove its fall 2018 IEP for a 20-year-old offered a FAPE; the IEP cannot be implemented without Parent's consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Milpitas Unified School District v. StudentMilpitas Unified may not implement its 2018 IEP without consent after holding meetings without the parent and making an unclear offer.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified did not have to replace a broken motorized scooter provided under a 2015 settlement; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Menifee Union School District v. StudentMenifee Union may reassess a medically fragile student without consent and implement its December 2017 IEP over parent objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fountain Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Fountain Valley must fund 105.5 hours of one-to-one instruction and reimburse $2,697.50; autism eligibility and goals claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. Menifee Union School DistrictMenifee Union prevails: a home-instructed student did not prove that receiving no physical education denied her a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Menifee Union School DistrictMenifee Union must provide 45 hours of home instruction, 3 hours of speech therapy, and an adaptive PE assessment; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District did not refuse transportation to a Woodside High School placement; student's sole claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Anaheim City School District (consolidated)Anaheim City School District cannot implement its vague placement offer without consent, but Student's three FAPE claims are denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Santa Barbara Unified School DistrictSanta Barbara Unified prevails on all implementation and procedural claims by an 11th grader with multiple disabilities.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rosedale Union Elementary School DistrictRosedale Union Elementary predetermined its denial of vision therapy and must fund an independent assessment and interim therapy.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's psychoeducational and academic assessments upheld; District need not fund independent evaluations for 10-year-old with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District et al.Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified and San Bernardino County Superintendent must provide 232 compensatory hours of Braille and mobility instruction; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Tustin Unified School District (consolidated)Tustin Unified may implement IEP moving medically fragile student from county program to Currie Middle School; Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tuolumne County California Children's ServicesTuolumne County California Children's Services must restore direct OT and PT and provide 90 compensatory therapy hours after unilateral cuts.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District prevails on all claims over a blind ninth grader's August 2012 IEP.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. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified's 30-day interim SDC offer to a student moving from a home-study charter provided a FAPE; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified and LACOE must provide OT, speech, health, and assistive technology services and reassess; placement and aide claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 22 of 36 issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may implement its October 2008 IEP and conduct physical therapy and assistive technology assessments without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's offer of a high school special day class, replacing a long-running home program, offered FAPE in the LRE.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'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. Alvord Unified School DistrictAlvord Unified denied FAPE with a non-comparable December 2007 interim placement and must provide 10 weeks of compensatory services.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified did not have to provide the Brainfingers hands-free computer system to a 19-year-old student; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Alhambra Unified School District v. StudentAlhambra Unified's offer of a severely handicapped special day class at Lincoln School was a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Fremont Unified School District v. StudentALJ upholds Fremont Unified and California School for the Deaf offer of full-time autism special day class for deaf student.District prevailed on all issues