OAH Special Education Decisions: Not stated
71 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 13, split in 17, district prevailed on all issues in 41.
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- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified wins assessment and IEE claims after student moved out of district before the deadline.District prevailed on all issues
- Conejo Valley Unified School District v. StudentConejo Valley Unified may conduct a full initial special education assessment of a 10th grader without his parents' consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ukiah Unified School DistrictUkiah Unified did not have to hold a manifestation determination review after a second grader's two-day suspension.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union prevails in expedited discipline case; student's exclusion from after-school program was not a disciplinary removal.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale Unified did not have to hold a manifestation determination review; student's elopements were not disciplinary removals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union must reinstate a student's special education eligibility after exiting her without an IEP meeting; notice claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified violated child find and must assess a kindergartner with an autism diagnosis; eligibility, FAPE, and other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and speech-language evaluations after failing to prove its assessment was legally compliant.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union had basis of knowledge about a TK student's disability, but no manifestation review was required; no remedy ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictALJ responds to federal court remand, explaining why Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified materially failed to implement IEP during pandemic closure.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Fremont Union High School District v. StudentFremont Union High School District may reassess a 10th grader without parent consent; its request for an advisory FAPE ruling is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified had no basis of knowledge of a disability, so it owed a general education second grader no manifestation review.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all three claims involving child find, prior written notice, and a speech-language assessment for a fifth grader.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. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified wrongly stopped serving an adult student who moved out of state; must fund driver's training and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 13 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Magnolia Science Academy-Santa Ana (consolidated)Magnolia Science Academy-Santa Ana may reassess a student without parent consent; three-year rule applies despite disputed prior IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Charter Oak Unified School District v. StudentCharter Oak Unified's April 2022 initial multidisciplinary assessment upheld; district need not fund independent educational evaluations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cajon Valley Union School DistrictCajon Valley Union wrongly delayed assessing a preschooler, but no FAPE denial because Student did not prove eligibility.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Charter Oak Unified School DistrictCharter Oak Unified must fund 35 hours of ABA after failing to offer an IEP or comparable services at age three.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary may assess a six-year-old in person without parental consent or conditions, but no physical exam without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified prevails on all four claims; late assessment plan harmless and nonresident student's disenrollment upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)On remand, ALJ finds Prentice used accommodations, not modified curriculum, and the finding that Irvine Unified denied FAPE stands.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictOn remand, Manhattan Beach Unified must reimburse parents $8,314.89 for nonpublic school tuition and residential-placement travel costs.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alta Loma School DistrictAlta Loma School District's 84-day delay in filing over a visual processing IEE denied FAPE; only a staff memo ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lompoc Unified School District (consolidated)Lompoc Unified denied FAPE by failing to assess a struggling ninth grader; ordered to assess and train staff, IEE claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Cajon Valley Union School District v. StudentCajon Valley Union may give a 12-year-old an initial special education assessment without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Empire Springs Charter SchoolEmpire Springs Charter School did not expel student by disenrolling him for skipping mandatory annual testing; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary may assess a homeschooled preschooler without parental consent, but its school nurse may not perform a physical exam.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District stipulated it failed its child find duty as of October 31, 2016; Student prevailed on the sole issue.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Burbank Unified School DistrictBurbank Unified breached child find by ignoring a parent's assessment request; ALJ orders staff training but no compensatory education.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vista Unified School DistrictVista Unified did not need a manifestation review before moving to expel a student it had no basis to suspect had a disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse $9,137 in private school costs and fund four IEEs after refusing IEP meetings for privately placed student.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified may move student to Highland Academy for 45 school days but must provide a one-to-one bus aide.District prevailed on all issues
- Riverside Unified School District v. StudentRiverside Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld, but its late speech-language assessment means it must fund a speech-language IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may proceed with triennial reassessment under its December 2015 plan as modified and signed by the mother at hearing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified met its child find duty to a private school student, and the ALJ denied all relief.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Rocklin Unified School District v. StudentRocklin Unified's May 2014 speech and language assessment was flawed; district must fund an independent evaluation.Student prevailed on all issues
- Bonita Unified School District v. StudentBonita Unified may conduct an initial special education assessment of a first grader without his mother's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Del Mar Union School District v. StudentDel Mar Union School District may not assess a first grader without parental consent; the ALJ found no suspected disability.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista Union violated child find for a disruptive eighth grader and must assess him and hold an IEP meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Aspire Public Schools v. StudentAspire Public Schools may not implement an IEP written at a meeting held without parents after Mother asked to reschedule.Student 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
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District v. StudentPanama-Buena Vista Union may assess a preschooler without parental consent under its March 2011 assessment plan; records issue dismissed.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. Morgan Hill Unified School DistrictMorgan Hill Unified must provide compensatory PT, vision, mobility, and assistive technology services after a year-long assessment delay.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 6 issues (4 in part)
- 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
- Roseville City Elementary School District v. StudentRoseville City Elementary's offer of a county-run autism class to a seventh grader was a FAPE in the LRE, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing real-time captioning (CART) for a high-achieving middle schooler with hearing loss.District prevailed on all issues
- Glendale Unified School District v. StudentGlendale Unified may conduct an initial special education assessment of a seventh grader without his parents' consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified prevails on an 18-year-old's assessment claims: older claims time-barred, and the parent revoked consent to the 2008 plan.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Chico Unified School DistrictChico Unified prevails after Student's father leaves hearing without offering evidence on IEE and records claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District prevails: no SIPT-certified assessor required, OT assistant at IEP proper, private OT evaluation not reimbursed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Joaquin County Office of Education et al.San Joaquin County Office of Education must provide 18 hours of compensatory speech therapy; aide, OT, and Ripon Unified claims denied.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
- Beverly Hills Unified School District v. StudentBeverly Hills Unified may assess a seventh grader without parental consent after the parents ignored three assessment plan mailings.District prevailed on all 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
- Oxnard Elementary School District v. StudentOxnard Elementary School District may assess a seventh grader without parental consent; parent's request for an IEE is premature.District prevailed on all issues
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District v. StudentPanama-Buena Vista Union may reassess a 13-year-old whose parents signed the plan but never brought him to testing.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. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District met its child find duties to a student at a private parochial high school; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach City Elementary School DistrictHuntington Beach City Elementary must reimburse parents for private assessments and therapy after a child find failure; compensatory education denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. Encinitas Union School DistrictEncinitas Union agrees by consent decision that it denied FAPE and must reimburse parents $82,424 for private placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified's assessment and IEP upheld; missing transition plan ordered prepared, and parent sanctioned $1,302 for bad-faith faxing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alum Rock Union School DistrictAlum Rock Union prevails; mediation agreement bars a parent's challenge to a May 2005 manifestation determination.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Walnut Creek School District et al.Walnut Creek and Mt. Diablo districts must both serve a student whose family temporarily rented outside Walnut Creek's boundaries.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictStudent's due process case against Berkeley Unified dismissed without prejudice by agreement after the ALJ denied a continuance.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
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified may implement its off-campus TRACE transition IEP for a 21-year-old student over his mother's objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictMt. Diablo Unified need not continue a student's in-home Intensive Behavior Intervention program; the ALJ found the school program sufficient.District prevailed on all issues