OAH Special Education Decisions: Orthopedic impairment
38 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 6, split in 18, district prevailed on all issues in 14.
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- Delano Joint Union High School District v. StudentDelano Joint Union High School District may reassess a high school student without parent consent under its March 2025 plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Belmont-Redwood Shores School DistrictBelmont-Redwood Shores denied FAPE to a student needing catheterization; ALJ orders health IEE, private nursing, compensatory education, and staff training.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rincon Valley Union Elementary School DistrictRincon Valley Union Elementary wins all six claims over a preschooler's April 2023 IEP; ALJ calls the claims baseless.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alpine Union School DistrictAlpine Union must provide 280 minutes of make-up occupational therapy; ALJ denies all other claims, including private school reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- Newark Unified School District v. StudentNewark Unified may reassess student without parent consent; ALJ rejects parent's objection to standardized testing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified prevails on all nine claims by student with Rett syndrome; earlier settlement barred claims through April 23, 2021.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Carmel Unified School District (consolidated)Carmel Unified may not implement its May 2022 IEP without consent; ALJ orders 20 compensatory hours and staff LRE training.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 13 issues
- Lucia Mar Unified School District v. StudentLucia Mar Unified must fund an independent functional vision assessment after failing to prove it used a valid assessment plan.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified may place student in a special day class but owes weekly tutoring for delaying its due process filing.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 14 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund independent behavior and occupational therapy assessments; health aide and parent participation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Pittsburg Unified School DistrictPittsburg Unified denied FAPE by skipping a health assessment for a student with spina bifida; 243 compensatory hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Oxnard Union High School DistrictOxnard Union High must fund three IEEs, 15 hours of speech therapy, and a male restroom paraeducator; occupational therapy claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (4 in part)
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may implement its October 2016 IEP without parent consent after an ALJ found it offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified prevails: student's goals were adequate, and a settlement agreement waived his FAPE claims through June 2016.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified denied FAPE by delaying an eye-tracking communication device; must fund 21 hours of training and an assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 28 issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified must provide 105 hours of tutoring for failing to offer home instruction after two surgeries; mobility claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues
- Student v. California Children's Services (Orange County)California Children's Services must join a first grader's IEP as physical therapy provider because his therapy was both medically and educationally necessary.Student prevailed on all issues
- Desert Sands Unified School District v. StudentDesert Sands Unified's 2013 IEP denied FAPE by dropping adapted PE and omitting OT; home instruction and reassessment upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove Unified must reimburse $1,100 for private physical therapy after failing to assess and serve a preschooler with cerebral palsy.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified's triennial assessment and special day class IEP offer upheld; district may implement IEP without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. California Children's Services (California Department of Health Care Services)California Children's Services must provide weekly OT, compensatory OT and $900 for independent assessments; eight other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 10 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. California Children's Services (Calaveras County)Calaveras County California Children's Services must restore therapy it cut outside the IEP process; student prevails on all issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified need not provide curb-to-curb transportation after a transfer or a one-to-one aide; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District v. StudentLa Mesa-Spring Valley School District fails to prove its general education placement offer with resource support provides FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Desert Sands Unified School DistrictDesert Sands Unified must fund OT and assistive technology IEEs over seating and furniture gaps; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 24 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSan Ramon Valley Unified's special day class offer for a student with cerebral palsy provided FAPE; private school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union School DistrictRoseville Joint Union must repay a $125 PT evaluation, hold a time-limited IEP meeting, and offer a way to recover biology credit.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Rowland Unified School District v. StudentRowland Unified's occupational therapy assessment was appropriate, so the district need not fund an independent evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Montebello Unified School District et al.Montebello and Bellflower Unified must provide 210 hours of compensatory vocational services and 170 hours of toilet training; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 8 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Sweetwater Union High School DistrictSweetwater Union High School District's moderate to severe special day class offered FAPE in the LRE; parent's one-to-one classroom request denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Sierra Unified School District v. StudentSierra Unified may not move student to center-based Ramacher campus; offer denied FAPE in the LRE and was predetermined.Student 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
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must provide a year of extra occupational therapy and all-day computer access; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 21 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Colton Joint Unified School District et al.Colton Joint Unified and San Bernardino County Superintendent must provide 104 hours of assistive technology training; procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 18 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Burlingame Elementary School DistrictBurlingame Elementary prevails on all three claims over a preschooler's orthopedic special day class, AAC services, and mainstreaming.District prevailed on all 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. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified denied FAPE by narrowing occupational therapy and must reimburse private OT services, reassess, and rewrite goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 10 issues (1 in part)