OAH Special Education Decisions on Assessment
1039 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 75, split in 460, district prevailed on all issues in 504.
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- Student v. Ontario-Montclair School DistrictOntario-Montclair School District prevails; parent's challenges to a 2023 IEP and auditory processing assessment are time-barred or unproven.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Earlimart School District (consolidated)Earlimart School District must provide 366 compensatory hours and reimburse $4,218.22 after failing to offer adequate goals and behavior services.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 30 issues
- Student v. Mountain View Los Altos High School DistrictMountain View Los Altos High School District prevails on all claims; missed triennial deadline was a harmless procedural violation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vista Oaks Charter SchoolVista Oaks Charter School prevails on all five claims, including child find, autism eligibility, assessment, and IEE requests.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse $28,557.50 for reading tutoring and private school after reading intervention and goal failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 33 issues (8 in part)
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails on behavior claims; IEPs adequately addressed an eighth grader's behavior without an FBA or behavior plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified prevails: late settlement-required IEP meeting caused no harm, and settlement waived assessment claims for exited student.District prevailed on all issues
- Kings River Union Elementary School District v. StudentKings River Union Elementary need not fund IEEs; ALJ finds its May 2026 multidisciplinary assessment legally appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley Unified prevails on all seven claims involving a student with a visual impairment, including eligibility and assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Moraga School DistrictMoraga School District must fund compensatory counseling for a delayed mental health assessment referral; eight other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Walnut Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Walnut Valley Unified must fund four IEEs and translate an assessment report into Mandarin; most of the parent's claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues (2 in part)
- 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
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all claims; ALJ finds general education, not a nonpublic school, appropriate for a senior with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictLas Virgenes Unified wins all 12 claims over assessments, ABA, therapy services, and its Lupin Hill placement offer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chowchilla Elementary School DistrictChowchilla Elementary violated child find by delaying a kindergartner's assessment and must fund two hours of behavior or counseling services.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Walnut Creek Unified School District v. StudentWalnut Creek Unified's functional behavior assessment upheld; district need not fund an independent behavior evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Gustine Unified School DistrictGustine Unified must fund 35 hours of tutoring and staff training after dissolving special day classes; 21 other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 22 issues
- Student v. Castro Valley Unified School DistrictCastro Valley Unified prevails on all four claims about math assessment, present levels, math instruction, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified denied a nonverbal preschooler with autism a FAPE through assessment, ESY, speech and AAC delays; Student prevailed on all issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Petaluma City Schools v. StudentPetaluma City Schools' psychoeducational, speech-language, and occupational therapy assessments upheld; parent's request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Bellflower Unified School District v. StudentBellflower Unified must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after its assessment of a first grader was found incomplete.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Simi Valley Unified School DistrictSimi Valley Unified prevails on all 29 claims over IEP meetings, implementation, goals, notice, and a speech assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Benito High School District (consolidated)San Benito High School District wins all four issues and need not fund IEEs after parents proposed unreachable, distant assessors.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified denied FAPE by never filing to exit a student from special education; reimbursement, services, and training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 13 of 16 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Mount Diablo Unified School DistrictMount Diablo Unified must reimburse residential treatment costs for failing to offer residential placement; nine other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified must fund 184 compensatory hours and train staff for failing to assess a kindergartner before proposing a restrictive placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 22 issues (10 in part)
- Student v. Escondido Union High School District (consolidated)On remand, ALJ again finds Escondido Union High's psychoeducational and speech assessments deficient; earlier rulings and remedies for Student stand.Student prevailed on all issues
- Glendale Unified School District v. StudentGlendale Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld; student not entitled to an independent evaluation at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Simi Valley Unified School DistrictSimi Valley Unified must set aside a seventh grader's expulsion for skipping IDEA discipline protections; predetermination claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must fund 87 hours of instruction and an independent behavior assessment; nonpublic school placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (3 in part)
- Sweetwater Union High School District v. StudentSweetwater Union may implement its 2025 IEP and conduct a mental health assessment without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Glendora Unified School District v. StudentGlendora Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld; district need not fund an independent evaluation for a second grader with ADHD.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School District (consolidated)Stockton Unified may exit student from special education but owes one hour of make-up speech therapy for May 2025.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 10 issues
- Student v. West Covina Unified School District (consolidated)West Covina Unified wins all 18 of Student's claims over its nonpublic school offer but cannot implement its May 2025 IEP without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 19 issues
- Student v. Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos Unified prevails on all six claims brought by a graduated student with autism; no relief ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Mateo County Office of EducationSan Mateo County Office of Education prevails on all child find, eligibility, and diploma claims brought by a former juvenile court school student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified must reimburse $101,263.79 for Fusion Academy over deficient IEP goals and train staff on child find.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 19 issues
- Student v. Ojai Unified School District (consolidated)Ojai Unified wins every issue over a student's home hospital program and may reassess her without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Laguna Beach Unified School DistrictLaguna Beach Unified prevails on all claims; settlement waivers bar claims before October 2024 and nonpublic school placement upheld.District prevailed on all 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
- Student v. Milpitas Unified School District (consolidated)Milpitas Unified must reimburse a parent's mileage for seven days of missed IEP bus service; 23 other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 24 issues
- Student v. Del Mar Union School DistrictDel Mar Union prevails on all 14 issues over a preschooler's initial assessment and speech-only IEP; its missed occupational therapy assessment caused no harm.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Palm Springs Unified School DistrictPalm Springs Unified must treat student with ADHD as eligible, reimburse $4,300 and fund 100 compensatory hours after biased assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- Kern High School District v. StudentKern High School District may implement a 10th grader's IEP and reassess him without parental consent after parents declined to participate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must reimburse $18,375 in private school tuition and fund IEEs after predetermined IEPs and an inappropriate placement offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 32 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Yuba City Unified School DistrictYuba City Unified's May 2024 psychoeducational assessment lacked the required classroom observation; Student lost the other ten claims, and the remedy is a funded IEE with IEP review.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues
- Student v. Invictus Leadership AcademyInvictus Leadership Academy prevails as a student's 2022-2023 speech and online-assessment claims are barred by the two-year deadline.District prevailed on all 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
- 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. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified owes 20 hours of attention and executive functioning services; tuition denied for lack of notice and Kentucky residency.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 71 issues
- Student v. Mill Valley School District (consolidated)Mill Valley School District must fund occupational therapy and pragmatic language IEEs; Compass placement offer upheld and all other Student claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 16 issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High prevails on all claims after parents limited records access needed to plan behavior and mental health supports.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified must fund 375 compensatory hours and two IEEs after failing a hard-of-hearing student on instruction and LRE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must repay about $29,600 in private school tuition and mileage after predetermining placement; many claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 38 issues
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified may reassess student without parent consent; request to be excused from FAPE if parent refuses denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Selma Unified School District v. StudentSelma Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld; student is not entitled to an independent educational evaluation at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Soledad Unified School District v. StudentSoledad Unified may not reassess a fourth grader without parental consent because its assessment plan and notices were deficient.Student prevailed on all issues
- Mendocino Unified School District v. StudentMendocino Unified must fund an independent speech and language evaluation after failing to prove its triennial assessment was appropriate.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified need not fund three IEEs and may implement its special day class IEP offer without consent.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
- 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. Washington Unified School DistrictWashington Unified failed its child find duty to a 12th grader, but the ALJ found no FAPE denial; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary may reassess a sixth grader without parental consent after Father refused in writing to consent to the triennial assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Del Norte County Unified School District v. StudentDel Norte County Unified's preschool functional behavior assessment upheld; no independent evaluation at public expense ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all 13 claims by a high-achieving autistic student; missing prior written notice found harmless.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. Redondo Beach Unified School District (consolidated)Redondo Beach Unified may place student at HELP Group nonpublic school without parent consent; all ten student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Rosa Academy Charter School (consolidated)Santa Rosa Academy Charter School must provide counseling, social skills training, and $12,250 in behavior services; settlement claims rejected.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues
- 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
- Student v. Lodi Unified School District (consolidated)Lodi Unified may exit a sixth grader from special education without parental consent; all of the student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Kern High School District (consolidated)Kern High School District may exit a 16-year-old from special education without parent consent; its assessments were upheld and no IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Palm Springs Unified School District v. StudentPalm Springs Unified need not fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation; ALJ finds its May 2024 assessment legally compliant.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all claims about assessments, a 2022 IEP, and IEP team attendance; no relief ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails on all claims about reassessment, regression services, and parent training for a transfer student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Kentfield School DistrictOn remand, ALJ finds Kentfield School District student was eligible for special education for a specific learning disability in January 2020.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all claims by a preschooler with a speech or language impairment; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all 24 claims about a preschooler's assessment, aides, communication device, behavior services, and parent training.District prevailed on all issues
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified may exit sixth grader from special education without parental consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School District (consolidated)Pleasanton Unified must restore student to special education and fund a psychoeducational IEE after an eligibility exit based on a flawed assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all 15 claims about assessments, goals, services, and placement for third grader with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Madera Unified School District v. StudentMadera Unified may not exit a five-year-old with autism from special education based on one unreliable autism test.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union High School DistrictRoseville Joint Union High School District prevails on all 17 assessment and services claims, including home or hospital instruction.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictHuntington Beach Union must hold an IEP meeting to fix unmeasurable 2023 goals; five other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified wins every claim over goals, home ABA, parent training, mental health assessment, and OT for kindergartner with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rosedale Union School District (consolidated)Rosedale Union must fund independent speech and psychoeducational evaluations after holding two IEP meetings without parents; may assess without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 14 issues
- Student v. Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley Unified prevails on all decided issues and all of Student's claims for relief are denied; late assessments were procedural violations that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Lorenzo Unified School DistrictSan Lorenzo Unified prevails on all eight claims over executive functioning assessment, goals, and IEP implementation for an 11th grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and speech-language evaluations after failing to prove its 2023 reevaluation was appropriate.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Classical Academy High SchoolClassical Academy High School must provide 68 hours of compensatory services and fund a behavior IEE; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 26 of 46 issues (10 in part)
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High must fund occupational therapy and speech/AAC IEEs and train staff over a records-only triennial and unconsented goal changes.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund residential treatment, 254 compensatory hours, and an occupational therapy evaluation after stalled assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 47 of 65 issues
- Student v. Escondido Union High School District (consolidated)Escondido Union High must fund Winston School tuition and independent evaluations after its assessments and IEP offer were found inadequate.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- 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
- Alhambra Unified School District v. StudentAlhambra Unified need not fund three IEEs; ALJ finds its speech, OT, and behavior assessments legally compliant.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified ordered to fund 1,124.5 compensatory hours and train staff after failing to address a student's two-year school refusal.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ukiah Unified School District (consolidated)Ukiah Unified must fund 277 compensatory hours, an AAC assessment, and staff training; its October 2023 IEP is rejected.Split decision: student prevailed on 32 of 38 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Unified School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista wrongly found TikTok posts were not a manifestation of a student's autism, but no expedited relief was ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues
- Student v. Madera Unified School District (consolidated)Madera Unified must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after unnecessarily delaying its due process filing; ten other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 12 issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary's occupational therapy assessment upheld, so no IEE at public expense; the district must correct errors in the report.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified must train administrators after delaying an assessment plan; tuition reimbursement and twelve other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- Lancaster School District v. StudentLancaster School District need not fund behavior and assistive technology IEEs; ALJ orders correction of an assessment report error.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified prevails on every claim; ALJ finds fifth grader with ADHD did not need special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse $47,232 in residential school education costs and fund 70 counseling hours; residential treatment was not required.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 24 issues (1 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. South Sutter Charter School (consolidated)South Sutter Charter School must fund about $26,000 in private dyslexia tutoring and mileage and train staff; assessment, assistive technology, and ESY claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 15 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary must provide 131 hours of compensatory academic instruction; aide, accommodation, and reassessment claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- El Segundo Unified School District v. StudentEl Segundo Unified may assess a third grader in academics, cognition, health, and social-emotional areas without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified denied FAPE for two years by not addressing a student's school refusal; remedies hearing set.Student 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. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified prevails on all claims; unmeasurable transition goals were a procedural violation that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified prevails on all seven issues brought on behalf of a seven-year-old with autism; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Turlock Unified School DistrictTurlock Unified properly exited a student with ADHD from special education; all claims about aide, behavior plan, and parent training denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld; district need not fund independent evaluations in speech, math, or cognition.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims over a returning private school student's IEP meetings, assessment plans, and 2022 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bonita Unified School District (consolidated)Bonita Unified's 2022 psychoeducational and speech-language assessments upheld; parent's requests for independent evaluations at public expense denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's speech, adapted PE, physical therapy, and occupational therapy assessments upheld; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.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. Yuba City Unified School DistrictYuba City Unified prevails on all claims involving COVID-era distance learning, aide, therapy services, ESY, and IEP predetermination.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Victor Elementary School DistrictVictor Elementary School District's offer of a county autism class upheld; parent's placement, aide, and IEE claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified denied FAPE by delaying a student's assessment and IEP, but no remedy was ordered because make-up services were already provided.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Piedmont Unified School DistrictPiedmont Unified must fund independent speech and occupational therapy assessments it never completed; ten other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Hueneme Elementary School District v. StudentHueneme Elementary may reassess a student at sites it chooses, without the grandparent's conditions on location or her presence.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictHacienda La Puente Unified must repay $9,300 for IEEs, offer two assessments, and provide 19 reading hours; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 27 issues
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica-Malibu Unified proves its psychoeducational assessment was appropriate and need not fund a neuropsychological IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mt. Diablo Unified School District (consolidated)Mt. Diablo Unified owes nine hours of compensatory education and $100 for a heated lunchbox; may conduct feeding assessment without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 22 issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley Unified prevails on all assessment and IEP claims for third grader with autism; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Travis Unified School District (consolidated)Travis Unified prevails on all claims; exit from special education upheld and March 2022 behavior assessment found appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictOn remand, Compton Unified's improper 2018 disenrollment denied a FAPE; the ALJ orders 50 hours of math tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manteca Unified School District et al.Stockton Unified and Manteca Unified prevail on all 21 claims about distance learning and two preschool and kindergarten IEPs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified's initial assessments upheld; no publicly funded IEEs, and student found not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must assess vision and may owe 11 vision sessions; dozens of other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 35 issues
- 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
- San Jose Unified School District v. StudentSan Jose Unified must fund a bilingual independent psychoeducational evaluation after giving a Spanish-speaking parent an English-only assessment plan.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palm Springs Unified School DistrictPalm Springs Unified must reimburse up to $12,560 for Lindamood-Bell and provide 7 speech hours; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 20 issues (1 in part)
- Rosedale Union Elementary School District v. StudentRosedale Union Elementary may reassess an eighth grader without parental consent after parents refused to sign its triennial plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims; no duty to offer FAPE while parents privately placed student out of state.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Turlock Unified School DistrictTurlock Unified prevails on all eight issues, including child find, services, and autism special day class placement.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified failed to deliver counseling during distance learning, but earlier make-up minutes sufficed; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 15 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified must reinstate a fifth grader after an ALJ finds his conduct was a manifestation of his disability.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Goleta Union School DistrictGoleta Union denied FAPE by skipping autism, academic, and social-emotional triennial assessments and predetermining eligibility; staff training and evaluations ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 9 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all five claims; student with Kleine-Levin Syndrome found not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Monrovia Unified School DistrictMonrovia Unified must fund 53 compensatory hours and up to $8,495 for assessment, distance-learning, and parent-participation violations.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 25 issues (8 in part)
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School District (consolidated)Corona-Norco Unified cannot move autistic seventh grader to Life Skills class over parent objection; must reconvene IEP within 30 days.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 13 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. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union must fund about 11 hours of compensatory services for its late assessment plan; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified prevails on all claims by a kindergartner with autism over distance learning, goals, supports, and placement.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
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified owes 186 compensatory hours, a speech IEE, and staff training for deficient IEPs and IEP meetings held without parents.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 22 issues
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails on all ten challenges to a ninth grader's 2021 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must reimburse about $124,000 for an IEE and Alpine Academy residential placement after a child find failure.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified wrongly found fourth grader ineligible for a specific learning disability; must reimburse two IEEs and fund eight hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Modesto City Schools (consolidated)Modesto City Schools prevails on all 16 student claims; ALJ denies district's request to have its chosen assessor's evaluation count as an IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 17 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. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified missed child find for gifted eighth grader, but student was ineligible; IEE denied and no remedy ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issues
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified must fund two IEEs and 54 compensatory hours for failing to reassess and write proper goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 9 issues (2 in part)
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified's psychoeducational and academic assessments were appropriate; district need not fund independent evaluations for graduating senior.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stanislaus Union School DistrictStanislaus Union must reimburse $7,087.50 for an independent evaluation and train staff after failing to give prior written notice; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 14 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. Kentfield School DistrictKentfield School District did not deny FAPE by finding an eighth grader ineligible for special education; all 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all 19 claims about COVID-19 distance learning, IEP goals, services, placement, and records.District prevailed on all 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. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified prevails on all claims by a preschooler with a speech impairment over assessments, goals, and services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chino Valley Unified School DistrictChino Valley Unified wrongly found student ineligible for special education and must reimburse $35,920 plus mileage and fund staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 10 issues
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts, Chino Valley v. StudentSycamore Academy may conduct functional behavior and mental health assessments of an eight-year-old student without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Cabrillo Point Academy v. StudentCabrillo Point Academy's psychoeducational assessment upheld; the charter school does not have to fund an independent evaluation, including audiology or optometry testing.District prevailed on all 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. Centralia Elementary School DistrictCentralia Elementary must provide 262 hours of tutoring and staff training; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Whittier Union High School District (consolidated)Whittier Union must fund 113 compensatory hours and independent evaluations for late assessments and distance-learning lapses; nonpublic school claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Lammersville Unified School District (consolidated)Lammersville Unified must fund 127.5 hours of reading instruction and repay $1,800; its October 2021 IEP is upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 15 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must provide 35 hours of tutoring for a missing IEP in fall 2020; residential placement and other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified may not exit a student with autism from special education without parental consent and must fund an occupational therapy IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Ventura Unified School District v. StudentVentura Unified may exit a 12-year-old student from special education without parental consent; IEE issue dismissed after withdrawal.District prevailed on all issues
- Del Mar Union School District v. StudentDel Mar Union's triennial psychoeducational assessment held legally compliant; parent's request for a publicly funded independent evaluation denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Madera Unified School DistrictMadera Unified must fund 95 hours of one-to-one instruction, three independent assessments, and staff training; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 23 issues (4 in part)
- 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. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified must provide 211 compensatory hours and staff training for distance learning failures and missing occupational therapy consultation.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 10 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must fund two private evaluations and up to $19,000 in compensatory services; claims before April 2019 time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 22 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
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified may conduct a ninth grader's triennial reassessment without one parent's consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito must reimburse two months of Cherry Gulch costs because its April 2021 offer lacked a transition plan; eleven claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 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)
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must reimburse about $51,143 in Prentice School costs for failing to file for due process; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 29 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must reimburse $14,937 for private reading instruction after failing to address autistic student's reading; five claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 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. 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
- Victor Valley Union High School District v. StudentVictor Valley Union High School District may reassess a student without parental consent; its request to suspend services is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Larchmont Charter SchoolLarchmont Charter must repay half of Bridges Academy tuition and fund 16 hours of counseling after cutting services without a meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 9 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. Saugus Union School DistrictSaugus Union must fund 65 missed specialized instruction hours and train staff on IEP goals and present levels; in-person COVID claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Pleasant Valley School DistrictPleasant Valley School District owes 58 hours of compensatory services for three-week COVID closure; distance learning claims otherwise denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Conejo Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Conejo Valley Unified prevails on all claims; its psychoeducational assessment is upheld and no IEE is owed.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 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. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified must fund psychoeducational and speech IEEs after a flawed virtual preschool assessment; FAPE and child find claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High must fund 112 instruction hours and train staff over a transfer student's unimplemented IEP and late IEP meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues
- Student v. Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto Unified must provide 234 compensatory hours for distance-learning failures; claims that in-person services were required are denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 12 issues
- Student v. Los Alamitos Unified School District (consolidated)Los Alamitos Unified must fund five IEEs and 90 compensatory hours after late assessments and spring 2020 service gaps.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 179 hours at Stowell Learning Center and three independent assessments; Student wins most claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 10 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must reimburse more than $84,500 in private tuition and testing, plus capped tuition through ESY 2021, after denying FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Morgan Hill Unified School DistrictMorgan Hill Unified improperly exited a student from special education without reassessing; it must provide 35 hours of instruction, and most other claims were denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 40 issues
- Student v. Bonita Unified School District (consolidated)Bonita Unified's triennial IEP offered a FAPE, but its distance learning denied FAPE; up to $18,000 in compensatory services ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues
- Student v. Mariposa County Unified School District et al.Mariposa County Unified and Sierra Foothill Charter win every claim over a seventh grader's COVID-delayed initial IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oroville City Elementary School District et al.Oroville City Elementary must provide 94 compensatory hours for COVID-era failures; all claims against Thermalito Union Elementary denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Soledad Unified School District v. StudentSoledad Unified may finish an overdue cognitive and social-emotional reassessment of an eighth grader without further parental consent or conditions.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must provide 21.25 hours of instruction for specialized academic instruction missed in spring 2020 distance learning; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Coronado Unified School DistrictCoronado Unified met its child find duty when parent withheld consent to assessment; eligibility claim also denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Community Roots Academy Charter SchoolCommunity Roots Academy denied FAPE by offering another district's program and requiring disenrollment; 116 compensatory hours and staff training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 8 issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must provide 80 compensatory hours for gaps in services after the 2020 COVID closure; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale Unified denied FAPE through flawed behavior assessments, plans, and missing math goal; ordered 41 hours of instruction and expert observation.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 17 issues
- Val Verde Unified School District v. StudentVal Verde Unified may reassess a 16-year-old student, including by a school psychologist, without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund 39 compensatory hours for missed distance-learning aide support; six other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Orcutt Union School DistrictOrcutt Union must fund 428 compensatory hours and IEEs after COVID-era failures to serve a student with autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Guadalupe Union School District (consolidated)Guadalupe Union prevails on all claims; triennial assessment upheld and late annual IEP held a harmless procedural violation.District prevailed on all issues
- Round Valley Unified School District v. StudentRound Valley Unified may conduct a triennial reassessment without parental consent; its request to be relieved of future duties is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School District (consolidated)Panama-Buena Vista Union must provide 211.5 compensatory hours for assessment failures; its behavior assessment and IEP offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified prevails on all seven claims; OAH refuses to enforce the parties' private tolling agreement.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
- Student v. San Jose Unified School District (consolidated)San Jose Unified must fund an independent behavior assessment; ALJ finds no FAPE denial on Student's two claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Chino Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Chino Valley Unified's offer addressed autistic student's pica and elopement; district may assess in person without parents' conditions.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pacific Charter Institute et al. (consolidated)Pacific Charter Institute and Valley View Charter Prep must pay $8,350 for an independent evaluation after a 10-month delay.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified wins all issues: 2015–2017 claims barred by statute of limitations, and 2020 records claim fails.District prevailed on all 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
- Western Placer Unified School District v. StudentWestern Placer Unified's initial multidisciplinary assessment of a preschooler upheld; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School District (consolidated)Upland Unified wins every decided issue; adult student's eligibility lapsed after mother withheld triennial consent; two district claims not reached.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified's triennial assessments and middle school placement offers upheld; student's request for nonpublic school placement denied.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. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union High must provide four hours of counseling and four hours of math tutoring and flag its deficient mental health assessment as unreliable; child find claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. The Met Sacramento Public High SchoolThe Met Sacramento charter school properly found a ninth grader ineligible for special education; all assessment and eligibility claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational reassessment found appropriate; parent not entitled to a publicly funded IEE.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. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High must fund adapted physical education and assistive technology IEEs and maintain speech therapy; seven claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 16 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified prevails on all four issues; ALJ upholds February 2020 IEP and intellectual development assessment, denies IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2019 psychoeducational reassessment was appropriate, so the district need not fund an independent evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified wins on all four claims: child find, assessments, two IEP offers, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund an independent vision and orientation and mobility assessment of up to $6,000; psychoeducational and implementation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund a vision and mobility assessment up to $6,000; psychoeducational and implementation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified prevails on all claims; its speech and mental health assessments and 2019-2020 IEP offers are upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Norris School District (consolidated)Norris School District must fund 200 hours of compensatory services, but may implement its January 2020 special day class IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 9 issues (6 in part)
- 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. Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School DistrictMountain View-Los Altos Union High School District prevails on all claims; student succeeding in general education was properly found ineligible.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 190 compensatory hours and staff training over bullying, unkept IEP promises, and an unilateral placement change.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified must reimburse about $50,207 for a year of private school after skipping an annual IEP; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails on all claims; 19-year-old English learner found not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rocklin Unified School DistrictRocklin Unified must repay $12,950 in private school tuition and fund 22 counseling hours after wrongly denying eligibility.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 16 issues
- Student v. Bakersfield City School District (consolidated)Bakersfield City must fund two IEEs and compensatory tutoring, counseling and social skills for a kindergartner; mental health assessment upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 8 issues
- Westminster School District v. StudentWestminster School District's 2020 triennial reassessment upheld; kindergartner not entitled to four independent evaluations at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Castro Valley Unified School DistrictCastro Valley Unified offered FAPE in general education; request to fund Montana residential placement denied on all claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse $7,600, fund a mental health IEE, and provide 190 compensatory hours; three claims fail.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary prevails on all claims over a student's assessments, reading and writing goals, and dyslexia services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must provide 255 hours of structured reading instruction to an autistic 11th grader; assessment and transition claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails on all eight claims involving a newcomer English learner found not eligible.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must reimburse $10,750 in private school tuition, plus mileage, for a late reassessment; triennial claim time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District must fund independent psychoeducational and speech-language evaluations after failing to prove its assessments were appropriate.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman 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. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified's IEP for a student with autism in a moderate-severe class upheld; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified wins all claims challenging goals, aide, speech services, placement, and technology in a student's 2019 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Long Beach Unified School District v. StudentLong Beach Unified's speech-language and occupational therapy assessments upheld; parent's request for publicly funded independent evaluations denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny a preschooler FAPE by declining school-based occupational therapy; parents' claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may reassess a student with autism without parental consent; request for advisory ruling on FAPE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District v. StudentMonterey Peninsula Unified loses bid to defend its psychoeducational assessment and must fund an independent evaluation.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must provide 131 compensatory hours and new assessments for failing to implement an IEP; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues
- Trivium Charter School v. StudentTrivium Charter School may reassess a tenth grader without parent consent; its request to compel medical releases is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. McCabe Union Elementary School District (consolidated)McCabe Union Elementary must reimburse a $4,778.96 IEE and fund compensatory services after wrongly finding a student with ADHD ineligible.Student prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may exit a kindergartner from special education without parental consent after assessments showed he no longer qualified.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse Fusion Academy tuition after late annual IEPs and missing academic goals; four claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Fortuna Union High School DistrictFortuna Union High School District's manifestation finding overturned; student with autism returns to school and gets a behavior assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Colton Unified School District v. StudentColton Unified's triennial assessments and general education IEP offer upheld; parent's requests for three IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Colton Unified School District v. StudentColton Unified's triennial assessments were appropriate and its general education IEP offered FAPE; no IEEs at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lompoc Unified School District (consolidated)Lompoc Unified denied FAPE through inadequate behavior supports, a flawed speech assessment, and an involuntary transfer; 240 compensatory hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues
- William S. Hart Union High School District v. StudentWilliam S. Hart Union High School District may reassess a ninth grader with autism without parental consent, months before his triennial review.District prevailed on all issues
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified's academic assessment is upheld with no IEE owed, and Irvine may assess without consent if the parent wants special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; no reimbursement owed for Westmark School tuition or a private psychological evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Redondo Beach Unified School District (consolidated)Redondo Beach Unified prevails on every issue; its 2018 assessment stands and it owes no independent neuropsychological evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified violated child find by not assessing a struggling student for 17 months; must fund 69 hours of cognitive training.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational and occupational therapy assessments were appropriate; parents' request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Alamitos Unified School District v. StudentLos Alamitos Unified may reassess a 17-year-old with autism without Mother's consent after Father signed the plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified prevails on all claims; fifth grader with ADHD and mood disorder properly found ineligible for special education.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
- Upland Unified School District v. StudentUpland Unified may reassess a 14-year-old student with ADHD without parental consent under its March 2019 assessment plan.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. 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
- Student v. Escondido Union School DistrictEscondido Union must reimburse $3,500 for an independent psychoeducational evaluation after a federal court found a delayed autism assessment; training denied.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Aveson Global Leadership Academy (consolidated)Aveson Global Leadership Academy must repay $32,613 in nonpublic school tuition and therapy, plus mileage, over child find delays and missing behavior services.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 16 issues
- Student v. Burbank Unified School District (consolidated)Burbank Unified must reimburse $36,910.17 for private preschool and speech therapy; general education and full-time aide claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 20 of 57 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. Southern Kern Unified School DistrictSouthern Kern Unified must fund 190 hours of speech, therapy, and academic support after delayed speech and mental health assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 34 issues
- Student v. Vista Unified School DistrictVista Unified must find student eligible under emotional disturbance; ALJ finds district assessment inadequate but rejects predetermination claim.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified's 2018 triennial assessments were appropriate; 20-year-old student with autism denied publicly funded IEEs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must fund three independent evaluations and 120 hours of tutoring for failing to assess a student in speech, behavior and mental health and failing to address his school avoidance.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 22 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must fund 174 hours of dyslexia reading instruction, 100 transition hours, and two assessments for an 18-year-old senior.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 34 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified did not deny FAPE to student seeking TBI eligibility; district's request to defend court-ordered assessment also denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Golden Plains Unified School DistrictGolden Plains Unified must fund two IEEs, 29 counseling hours, and 54.5 tutoring hours after assessment and goal failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified prevails on all claims, including child find, assessment, and nonpublic school offer; Bridges Academy reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Middletown Unified School District (consolidated)Middletown Unified must reimburse Anova private school costs and fund more placement; its cognitive and academic assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 11 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must repay $32,271.91 in tuition and mileage and fund 152 therapy hours after missing a required IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- East Side Union High School District v. StudentEast Side Union High School District may exit a high-achieving junior from special education; its assessments were upheld and IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- River Springs Charter School v. StudentRiver Springs Charter School's homeschool IEP offer denied FAPE, but the charter may reassess the student without parental consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools et al. (consolidated)Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools and Curtis Creek must fund residential placement at Madison Oaks and reimburse $11,025 after broad FAPE denials.Split decision: student prevailed on 19 of 22 issues (2 in part)
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union wins on both issues: its psychoeducational assessment stands without an IEE, and its IEP may be implemented.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Marcos Unified School District (consolidated)San Marcos Unified must reimburse partial Winston School tuition and fund a psychoeducational IEE after a late reassessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- San Leandro Unified School District v. StudentSan Leandro Unified's psychoeducational, behavior, and occupational therapy assessments upheld; no publicly funded IEEs in those areas.District prevailed on all issues
- Sonoma Valley Unified School District v. StudentSonoma Valley Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and academic evaluations after failing to prove parents consented to its assessments.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified prevails on assessment, dyslexia, ESY, and IEP-timing claims; psychoeducational IEE issue dismissed under prior settlement.District 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. Hanford Elementary School DistrictHanford Elementary should have reassessed a student with ADHD, but no remedy because he was not shown eligible.District prevailed on all 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. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified owes 250 compensatory hours and a $6,000 IEE for delayed assessment and inadequate IEP goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must reimburse over $21,000 in Prentice School, tutoring and assessment costs after improperly modifying a student's curriculum.Split decision: student prevailed on 18 of 68 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified prevails on all issues: 2016 autism assessment upheld, no IEE, and manifestation review without parents allowed.District prevailed on all issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; district need not fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may reassess a ninth grader with autism without parental consent, but may not use the Differential Ability Scales.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund six IEEs, 52 hours of instruction, and private school tuition after ignoring a prior OAH order.Student prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's 2017 triennial assessments were appropriate, so the student gets no publicly funded IEEs; parent did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's April 2018 academic and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund 52 compensatory hours, a full-time 1:1 aide, and general education placement; 2016 claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 17 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified wrongly found first grader ineligible; must fund 250 compensatory hours and a $450 speech assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified need not fund independent evaluations after the student moved away one week after requesting them; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District violated child find and denied FAPE; ALJ orders independent assessments, full-day ABA interim program, and 110 compensatory hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 8 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified improperly exited a student from special education and must reimburse $13,350 for an IEE and private school.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School DistrictPleasanton Unified prevails on all claims challenging its 2018-2019 offer for a student attending Fusion Academy.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified must provide 44 hours of speech therapy, social skills sessions and two IEEs; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 21 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified's triennial IEP offered FAPE and may be implemented; district's request to finish assessments without consent denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues
- Student v. Del Mar Union School District (consolidated)Del Mar Union must repay a $3,500 private assessment and fund 80 therapy hours; residential placement reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 12 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District must assess fourth grader's school anxiety and provide home instruction and compensatory services; parent-participation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Lakeside Joint School DistrictLakeside Joint School District must fund IEEs and reimburse private school tuition after never holding a 2018-2019 IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. Escondido Union School DistrictEscondido Union must reimburse $25,018.40 for private services and travel and fund up to $1,500 in IEEs after denying FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Redondo Beach Unified School District v. StudentRedondo Beach Unified's 2017 psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 26 hours of speech therapy after improperly cutting services; ALJ also finds October 2017 placement predetermined.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 25 issues
- 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
- 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. Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictHuntington Beach Union High School District prevails; ALJ rejects 22-year-old's claim for an hour of daily speech therapy.District prevailed on all issues
- Campbell Union High School District v. StudentCampbell Union High School District must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after failing to prove its 2017 assessment was appropriate.Student prevailed on all issues
- La Canada Unified School District v. StudentLa Canada Unified must fund psychoeducational and speech-language IEEs; the ALJ upheld its occupational therapy assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Fruitvale School DistrictFruitvale School District failed to assess in four areas and must fund evaluations; claims for added services denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 8 issues
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park Unified must fund a psychoeducational IEE, restore speech eligibility and services, and provide 27 compensatory hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 22 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. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must reimburse $86,458 for a therapeutic boarding school and counseling after failing its child find and assessment duties.Student prevailed on all issues
- Elk Grove Unified School District v. StudentElk Grove Unified's behavior, occupational therapy and speech assessments were appropriate, so the district does not have to fund independent evaluations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must provide 100 hours of specialized academic instruction after failing to document efforts to obtain assessment consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary School District need not fund speech or psychoeducational IEEs and may exit first grader from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must reimburse tuition, tutoring and an assessment after a 2017 IEP lacked academic goals; older claims were time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 25 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. Dublin Unified School District (consolidated)Dublin Unified wins on all issues: triennial assessment appropriate, intellectual disability eligibility upheld, and special day class offer provides FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High must reimburse residential treatment and private school costs; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues
- Riverdale Joint Unified School District v. StudentRiverdale Joint Unified may reassess student without parental consent at locations it chooses; parents must sign medical releases.District prevailed on all issues
- Tahoe Truckee Unified School District v. StudentTahoe Truckee Unified failed to prove its split California-Nevada IEP offered FAPE but may assess the deaf student without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified proves its occupational therapy and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parent's requests for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Gilroy Unified School District v. StudentGilroy Unified may reassess a student with autism without consent but cannot implement its piecemeal, unfinished IEP offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must provide 52 hours of compensatory services for goal, speech and home-instruction failures; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 11 issues
- Student v. Santa Rosa City SchoolsSanta Rosa City Schools must place student with autism and emotional disturbance at Monarch residential center and reimburse $5,500.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 6 issues
- Student v. Fullerton School District (consolidated)Fullerton School District must fund an independent FBA, an expert observation, and $1,100; most of the student's claims were denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 48 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified prevails on all claims by a gifted 9th and 10th grader with anxiety and executive functioning needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified prevails on all nine claims about behavior plan implementation, speech-language, autism assessment, and discipline.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all claims; no functional behavior assessment, 1:1 aide, or reimbursement owed to student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Marcos Unified School DistrictSan Marcos Unified denied a preschooler FAPE by offering no behavior services; ALJ orders IEEs and a one-to-one aide.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues
- Student v. Tustin Unified School District (consolidated)Tustin Unified's triennial assessment upheld with no IEE owed; Student's challenges to IEP goals and general education placement denied.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
- Corcoran Joint Unified School District v. StudentCorcoran Joint Unified may reassess an 11-year-old student without parent consent despite parents' concerns about testing anxiety.District prevailed on all issues
- Visalia Unified School District v. StudentVisalia Unified may reassess a fifth grader with a speech or language impairment without parental consent under its December 2017 plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may reassess a 16-year-old student without parental consent after parents ignored repeated bilingual requests.District prevailed on all issues
- Colton Joint Unified School District v. StudentColton Joint Unified may place an eighth grader at a nonpublic school and reassess him without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Victor Valley Union High School DistrictVictor Valley Union High School District properly found that a student's bringing a gun to school was not a manifestation of his disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Sacramento City Unified School District v. StudentSacramento City Unified fails to prove its May 2017 IEP offered FAPE because incomplete assessments left goals without accurate baselines.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must reimburse full-time Halstrom Academy costs for the rest of 2017-2018 and fund an independent behavior assessment after failing to assess, write goals, and make clear IEP offers.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not violate child find for a private school student who never sought its assessments; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must reimburse private school, occupational therapy, and mileage after building an IEP on year-old data; assessment claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 7 issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified owed no FAPE because Parent lived in Richmond, outside the district; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Benicia Unified School District (consolidated)Benicia Unified lawfully graduated a 21-year-old with a regular diploma; ALJ denies all of Student's claims despite a late annual IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary must fund 60 hours of intensive reading instruction for child find, assessment, and eligibility failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School District (consolidated)Riverside Unified prevails on all issues; ALJ finds December 2016 IEP offered FAPE and may be implemented without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary must fund behavior and occupational therapy evaluations and train staff; auditory processing assessment claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 6 issues
- Student v. Colton Joint Unified School DistrictColton Joint Unified must provide a shadow aide, new IEEs, and staff training over bullying and delayed IEE review.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 22 issues
- Student v. Templeton Unified School DistrictTempleton Unified must pay for an independent functional behavior assessment after withdrawing its case; its own assessment was found inappropriate.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified's 2016 psycho-educational evaluation upheld; parent not entitled to a publicly funded IEE despite a late IEP meeting.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
- Student v. New Haven Unified School DistrictNew Haven Unified must reimburse two years of private high school tuition for skipping annual IEP meetings; three claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 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
- 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. Burlingame Elementary School DistrictBurlingame Elementary must reimburse $426.96 in preschool transportation costs; speech-services and most procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse $42,990 in private school tuition after delaying assessment and wrongly finding a high-achieving student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Lodi Unified School District (consolidated)Lodi Unified prevails on all claims over a student's third- and fourth-grade reading goals, resource services, paraeducators, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Marino Unified School DistrictSan Marino Unified must fund 2017-2018 nonpublic school tuition and private speech therapy after skipping annual IEP; eight claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 13 issues
- Student v. Los Altos School DistrictLos Altos School District wins on all claims; second grader with private autism and ADHD diagnoses found not eligible.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos Unified wins dismissal after one divorced parent with joint custody revoked consent to special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified proves its psychoeducational, occupational therapy, and behavior assessments appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Escondido Union School District (consolidated)Escondido Union prevails on all claims over behavior-emergency IEP meetings and delayed mental health and autism assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Orinda Union School District v. StudentOrinda Union's mental health assessment was appropriate; family is not entitled to an independent assessment at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Paula Unified School District et al.Santa Paula Unified and Ventura Unified prevail on all claims; claims against Ventura barred by two-year statute of limitations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vista Unified School DistrictVista Unified must fund psychoeducational and speech-language IEEs and train staff after a deficient triennial reevaluation.Student prevailed in part
- San Leandro Unified School District v. StudentSan Leandro Unified's five assessments upheld as appropriate; guardians not entitled to independent evaluations at public expense.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. Los Altos School DistrictLos Altos must reimburse $33,359.25 for an IEE, private school, tutoring and therapy; a federal court later vacated the decision.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Altos School DistrictLos Altos School District must reimburse about $33,000 for an IEE, private school, counseling and tutoring after overly narrow assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified may reassess a 14-year-old with autism without parent consent; request for advisory FAPE order denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School District (consolidated)Tehachapi Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and occupational therapy evaluations and train staff; student prevailed on every issue.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified prevails on all six claims, including mental health assessment, auditory processing testing, Spanish notices, and FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified denied FAPE to a learning-disabled English learner; ALJ orders IEEs, 185 compensatory hours, Spanish IEP translations and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 12 issues
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School District (consolidated)Alhambra Unified prevails on all issues; ALJ upholds its non-diploma functional program offer and its speech and OT assessments.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. 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)
- Upland Unified School District v. StudentUpland Unified may reassess a fourth grader without parental consent; parent cannot limit test choice or timing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified must fund a year of nonpublic school tuition and 36 hours of OT, but its 2016 special day class offer is upheldSplit decision: student prevailed on 10 of 68 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified and Community Roots Academy prevail on all claims over assistive technology, behavior assessment, and IEP participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified's general education STEM magnet offer for an eighth grader with autism upheld; all of the parent's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must repay $5,803 in private school costs and fund 120 compensatory hours after cutting a student's full-time aide to one hour a day.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sylvan Union School DistrictSylvan Union must reimburse $2,925 in preschool costs, fund two IEEs, and make up 42 individual speech sessions.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Fremont Unified School District v. StudentFremont Unified may reassess a 10th grader with anxiety-related attendance problems without parent consent; services may stop if Student is not produced.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified must reimburse $704.06 and train staff over a delayed assessment and missing prior written notice; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 22 issues (2 in part)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may conduct a high school student's triennial reassessment without parental consent after the parent refused the assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Tracy Unified School District v. StudentTracy Unified must fund an independent psycho-educational evaluation after its triennial assessment was found legally deficient.Student prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2016 psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; District need not fund independent psychoeducational and academic evaluations.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
- Whittier City School District v. StudentWhittier City School District may conduct a student's triennial reassessment, including school psychologist testing, without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund three independent evaluations after failing to do a triennial assessment and an adequate transition plan.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may reassess a 17-year-old student with autism without parental consent under its October 2016 assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District denied FAPE by relying on student study teams instead of assessing; ordered 192 compensatory hours, IEEs, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 5 issues (5 in part)
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary may assess student without parental consent under its November 2016 comprehensive assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Marino Unified School DistrictSan Marino Unified denied FAPE by skipping behavior and post-surgery assessments; must fund six IEEs and reimburse parents.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified prevails; parent did not prove missed assistive technology services or a deficient speech and language assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Castro Valley Unified School District v. StudentCastro Valley Unified must fund psychoeducational and speech-language IEEs; its academic assessment was upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified must fund a psychoeducational IEE and reimburse Prentice School tuition; April 2015 IEP and bullying claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 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. Del Mar Unified School DistrictDel Mar Unified denied FAPE by ignoring a private autism diagnosis; IEE ordered, but $73,000 private school reimbursement denied.Student prevailed on all issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified must fund an independent multidisciplinary evaluation after its flawed May 2016 initial assessment.Student prevailed on all issues
- Lucia Mar Unified School District v. StudentLucia Mar Unified may reassess an autistic second grader's behavior, social-emotional functioning, and health without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Carlsbad Unified School DistrictCarlsbad Unified did not deny FAPE; the ALJ found parents' non-cooperation, not the District, delayed nonpublic school placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School District (consolidated)San Dieguito Union High may reassess student without consent; parents' conditions voided consent and all student claims are denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified must fund an independent evaluation because its assessment was flawed and it shut Mother out of the review meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may reassess a student with autism without parental consent after parents refused and did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vacaville Unified School District et al.Vacaville and Sacramento City Unified must fund 188 therapy hours for inadequate mental health support, plus make-up speech services and assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 16 of 25 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund a community adaptive skills IEE and 36 hours of community-based instruction; academic and placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- San Mateo-Foster City School District v. StudentSan Mateo-Foster City School District proves its psycho-educational and speech-language assessments were appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs owed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Conejo Valley Unified School DistrictConejo Valley Unified delayed assessing a kindergartner after a parent's IEP request; it must provide compensatory services, reimburse $3,800, and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 14 issues (11 in part)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified violated child find for a student who stutters and must fund an IEE and 176 therapy hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may exit a fourth grader from special education without parental consent after valid triennial assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Side Union High School District et al.East Side Union High must fund two years at Provo Canyon School as compensatory education; County Office prevails on all claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 21 of 51 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Parlier Unified School DistrictParlier Unified must train staff on writing measurable behavior and social skills goals; behavior plan and report claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified owes 69 compensatory hours for skipping a behavior assessment and ending speech services; graduation upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 31 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Sweetwater Union High School District (consolidated)Sweetwater Union High must fund three IEEs after a review-only triennial; assistive technology and transition IEEs denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School District (consolidated)Downey Unified must reimburse Pliha Center costs because its March 2016 IEP reused outdated goals; 2015 claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified need not fund a second, visual processing IEE after already funding a psychoeducational IEE.District 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)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may reassess a 17-year-old autistic student without parental consent; its occupational therapy assessment was upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chino Valley Unified School DistrictChino Valley Unified must fund Lindamood-Bell, an independent FBA, and a full-day ABA-trained aide; two 2014 IEP claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- El Rancho Unified School District v. StudentEl Rancho Unified may not assess a student without parent consent because it did not prove the parent received the plan.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High School District must fund a $5,500 IEE and train staff after inadequate 2015 assessments; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may reassess a 10th grader with autism, including a medical assessment, without his mother's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld and district may exit a kindergartner from special education; IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District v. StudentNorwalk-La Mirada Unified may conduct a student's overdue triennial reassessment without the father's consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Parlier Unified School DistrictParlier Unified wrongly found an 11-year-old's misconduct unrelated to his ADHD and held one manifestation review late; ALJ reverses May 2016 manifestation determinations and denies the remaining claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Oakland Unified School District v. StudentOakland Unified's assistive technology assessment fell short, so it must fund an independent assistive technology evaluation for an eighth grader.Student prevailed on all issues
- Pasadena Unified School District v. StudentPasadena Unified may not conduct an intensive counseling services assessment without parents' consent; the district's request is denied.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Capistrano Unified and Community Roots Academy should have found student eligible as other health impaired; $4,500 and 30 hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 13 issues (5 in part)
- Healdsburg Unified School District v. StudentHealdsburg Unified may exit a 10-year-old from special education after he no longer met speech or language impairment criteria.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. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified must fund 12 months at a Utah residential treatment center after child find and IEP failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 41 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified denied FAPE by cancelling the June 2015 IEP meeting and leaving no IEP in place; staff training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues
- Student v. River Springs Charter School (consolidated)River Springs Charter School must fund The Prentice School tuition, a fall 2016 semester there, and a $5,250 IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational, academic, and physical therapy assessments held appropriate; parents' request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must partly reimburse preschool and behavior costs and train staff after delayed assessments and an improperly altered eligibility finding.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 14 issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified's deficient behavior plan denied FAPE for four weeks; ALJ orders 12 hours of BCBA services, rejects two other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Tamalpais Union High School DistrictTamalpais Union must fund a mental health IEE and reimburse 2015-2016 private school tuition over an unclear speech-language offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified wrongly denied a student with ADHD eligibility and must reimburse $5,196.07 and provide therapy; its assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Elk Grove Unified School District v. StudentElk Grove Unified may reassess a six-year-old private school student without parent consent under its January 2016 assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must find a three-year-old eligible for special education under autism after a flawed initial assessment.Student prevailed on all issues
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified may conduct a 13-year-old's first triennial reassessment without Parents' consent, the ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lowell Joint School District (consolidated)Lowell Joint School District must fund an independent auditory processing evaluation; three 2015 IEPs denied the student a FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manteca Unified School District (consolidated)Manteca Unified must provide 448 hours of tutoring and counseling over defective IEP goals; general education placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 26 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. Westminster School District (consolidated)Westminster School District's May 2015 IEP offered a FAPE, but its October 2015 amendment, made without an IEP meeting, denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 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
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District's psychoeducational and speech assessments upheld; eight-year-old exited from special education with no publicly funded IEEs.District prevailed on all issues
- Walnut Valley Unified School District v. StudentWalnut Valley Unified's 2015 psychoeducational reassessment was appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High must hold a missed manifestation review before reinstating an expulsion; four other discipline claims denied or dismissed.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified denied FAPE by lacking a behavior plan and missing IEP instruction; behavior assessment ordered, other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues (2 in part)
- San Dieguito Union High School District v. StudentSan Dieguito Union High School District may complete triennial assessments; Student must make herself available within 45 days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin Unified properly exited a gifted third grader with autism from special education; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach City School District (consolidated)Huntington Beach City School District's IEP offer and psychoeducational assessment upheld; no IEE at public expense for student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hemet Unified School DistrictHemet Unified denied FAPE to a student with a learning disability and must fund 300 compensatory hours and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must fix speech therapy delivery and train providers; all other claims, including first-grade placement, denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 26 issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale Unified prevails on all claims; parents denied reimbursement for unilateral Utah residential treatment center placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Whittier City School District et al.Whittier City School District and WACSEP prevail on all claims over special day class placement, behavior services, and private school services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must reimburse two IEEs and Prentice School tuition and provide 31 hours of compensatory language therapy; many claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 18 of 43 issues (2 in part)
- 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. Lake Elsinore Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore Unified did not deny FAPE by failing to assess, because parents refused consent to its assessment plans.District 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
- Student v. San Lorenzo Unified School DistrictSan Lorenzo Unified prevails on all claims; first grader found not eligible for special education despite delayed IEE funding.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lemon Grove School District (consolidated)Lemon Grove School District must pay $28,634.67 in Banyan Tree costs after leaving a student with no placement for four months.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified must fund Frostig School placement, private services, and 90 hours of educational therapy after wrongly finding student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 18 issues (1 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified denied FAPE by not addressing escalating behaviors at a November 2014 IEP; 34 compensatory hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by delaying auditory verbal therapy or by refusing to fund the family's private therapist.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Winters Joint Unified School District et al.Winters and Davis Joint Unified prevail on all claims; missing 2014 IEP goals were harmless procedural error.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Aveson Charter Schools et al.Aveson charter schools must give staff 40 hours of training after a flawed 2012 assessment and IEP meeting; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictFederal court vacated ALJ decision ordering Manhattan Beach Unified to make autism primary eligibility, fund a 1:1 ABA aide, and reimburse $4,190.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Brentwood Union School DistrictBrentwood Union must fund two IEEs and 20 compensatory hours for missed behavior assessment and plan; residential reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 6 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. San Mateo-Foster City School District (consolidated)San Mateo-Foster City must release behavior assessor's notes and teacher forms; no IEE owed, and all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 12 issues
- Student v. Val Verde Unified School DistrictVal Verde Unified wrongly refused a reassessment, but no FAPE denial because student graduated before testing would finish.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District's preschool assessment upheld; no IEE, and IEP properly addressed hearing-loss needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must assess student's health after failing to answer a January 2015 assessment request; home/hospital claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- California Virtual Academies et al. v. StudentCalifornia Virtual Academies and Spencer Valley must fund an assistive technology IEE; their other three triennial assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School District (consolidated)Tehachapi Unified must provide behavior aides and a transition plan for a missed 2014 behavior assessment; other claims and IEE requests denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District must reimburse $76,438.62, two-thirds of Alpine Academy costs; its 2014-2015 offer was upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 13 issues
- Student v. Cabrillo Unified School DistrictCabrillo Unified must reimburse about $75,393 for private school, mileage, and assessments after delaying assessment of a privately placed student.Split decision: student prevailed on 15 of 27 issues
- Student v. Brentwood Union School DistrictBrentwood Union must fund a behavior assessment and 45 BCBA hours after failing to assess behavior and adopt a behavior plan.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 12 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School District (consolidated)Tehachapi Unified must fund a speech-language IEE; Student's claims over behavior assessments, aide support and autism therapies denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Morgan Hill Unified School DistrictMorgan Hill Unified must provide 166 compensatory hours and an OT evaluation after child find and service failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District's 2014 assessment upheld; no IEE, and Student's claims about assessment, participation, and timelines denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos Unified must fund an independent functional behavior assessment and behavior plan; Student's other claims were denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 21 issues (1 in part)
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified's two assessments upheld, so no IEEs owed, but its finding that the student is ineligible is not upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District prevails; it had no duty to place or provide home instruction before learning the student left Alhambra.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School District (consolidated)Huntington Beach Union High must reimburse up to $30,690 for private school and therapy after child find and counseling failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims by 21-year-old student with autism over IEP goals, services, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tamalpais Union High School DistrictTamalpais Union High must train staff on transition plans after an IEP meeting lacked anyone with authority to decide services.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Folsom Cordova Unified School District (consolidated)Folsom Cordova Unified must provide 54 tutoring hours for a missing attention goal and English instruction gaps; may assess without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 23 issues
- Stanislaus Union School District v. StudentStanislaus Union may exit kindergartner from special education; IEP meeting held without the parents, who refused to attend, was proper.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
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified must fund a mental health IEE, repay Springstone tuition and some housing and mileage costs; fifth-grade claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues
- Student v. Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictHacienda La Puente Unified prevails: no child find violation, and high-achieving third grader not eligible under autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School District (consolidated)Antioch Unified must provide eight hours of compensatory counseling; bullying, aide, tutoring, and placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Downey Unified School District (consolidated)On remand, Downey Unified must fund independent assessments in four areas it never assessed; implementation and delay claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may reassess a fifth grader with autism over his parent's objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Whittier City School DistrictWhittier City School District prevails on all claims; statute of limitations bars earlier child find claims for fourth grader.District prevailed on all 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. Panama-Buena Vista Union School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista Union must fund 35 hours of counseling and tutoring for a seven-week child find failure; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and mental health evaluations after skipping assessments; academic, bullying, and transfer claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 13 issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must fund three independent assessments and translate IEPs into Spanish after procedural violations denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse $31,627.58, half of residential placement costs, after a flawed mental health assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues
- Student v. Victor Valley Union High School District et al.Victor Valley Union High, Victor Elementary and San Bernardino County schools prevail on all assessment, procedure, and FAPE claims for a nonverbal student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must reimburse $4,415 for an independent assessment it failed to consider; federal court later reversed on residential placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issuesReversed and remanded on appeal
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse $22,693.25 for ignoring an assessment request and not implementing a reading programSplit decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Westminster School District (consolidated)Westminster School District wins all issues; its psychoeducational assessment is upheld and no IEE, extra instruction, or books on tape ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must fund an independent psycho-educational assessment, assess behavior and mental health, and provide 72 tutoring hours; Kayne placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 17 issues (5 in part)
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union High School District may reassess a ninth grader without parental consent after the mother repeatedly withheld consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Palo Alto Unified School District v. StudentPalo Alto Unified may exit a four-year-old from special education because she no longer has a speech or language impairment.District prevailed on all 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
- South Whittier School District v. StudentSouth Whittier School District's occupational therapy assessment upheld; it need not fund an independent OT evaluation for a preschooler.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Snowline Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Snowline Joint Unified's offer of an out-of-state residential placement was the least restrictive environment; all of Student's claims were denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. California School for the Deaf, Riverside et al.Moreno Valley Unified and California School for the Deaf, Riverside, win deaf student's triennial speech and language assessment claim.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims by a graduate with autism; assessment challenge time-barred and IEPs upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- San Mateo-Foster City School District v. StudentSan Mateo-Foster City School District's rapid mental health assessment was appropriate, so the parent's request for a publicly funded IEE was denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School District (consolidated)Downey Unified must reimburse $9,324.80 for summer Lindamood-Bell after an unclear 2013 ESY offer; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 26 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- 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. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified prevails on every claim about a young autistic student's kindergarten transition, IEP goals, iPad, and records.District 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. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified denied FAPE by taking seven months to contract for an agreed auditory processing assessment; staff training ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ross Valley School DistrictRoss Valley must pay $45,380 for a year at STAR Academy because its 2013 IEP lacked behavior and counseling supports.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified prevails on all claims; therapeutic school placement upheld as least restrictive environment for fifth grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must reimburse $44,449.91 for residential placement after failing to assess and serve a student's mental health needs.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified must add a one-to-one aide, social skills group and intensive counseling plus 81 compensatory hours; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified had no duty to assess or offer FAPE to a student still enrolled in a charter school; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Celerity Educational Group v. StudentCelerity Educational Group's March 2014 assessment found appropriate; charter school need not fund an independent educational evaluation.District prevailed on all 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)
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union wins on all claims: the ALJ finds it considered private CARD reports and did not predetermine placement.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Magnolia Elementary School District v. StudentMagnolia Elementary School District's triennial assessment and nonpublic school IEP offer upheld; district may implement the IEP.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. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails on all claims over speech assessments, communication goals, and placement for a kindergartner with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Kern High School District v. StudentKern High School District may conduct a triennial reassessment without parental consent; Mother's residency-based motion to dismiss denied.District 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
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must fund three IEEs and 25 compensatory hours; Student wins three issues plus late-van claim, Oakland the rest.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 16 issues
- 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. Manteca Unified School District et al.Manteca Unified and San Joaquin County Office of Education must provide compensatory speech therapy and IEP-meeting staff training; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School District et al. (consolidated)Huntington Beach Union High may place student at a locked Utah treatment center; all claims against both districts denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly labeled a student with autistic-like behaviors, but its autism class placement offer still provided a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Redlands Unified School District v. StudentRedlands Unified proves all seven of its 2013 assessments appropriate and does not have to fund independent evaluations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified must fund up to 50 counseling hours and an OT assessment; it may assess mental health without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- 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)
- Student v. San Marcos Unified School District (consolidated)San Marcos Unified may place student in high school special day classes; ALJ denies all of Student's claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Redwood City School DistrictRedwood City School District prevails on all claims by a preschooler with autism moving from Early Start services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Val Verde Unified School DistrictVal Verde Unified delayed an assessment waiting for a second divorced parent's consent, but no FAPE denial was found; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Folsom Cordova Unified School District (consolidated)Folsom Cordova Unified must move student to general education English; ALJ finds student no longer eligible for special education.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 17 issues
- Student v. Riverside County Office of EducationRiverside County Office of Education must seek locked residential placement and provide 39 hours of speech therapy for juvenile hall student.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Paramount Unified School District v. StudentParamount Unified's triennial psychoeducational, speech-language, and OT assessments held appropriate; no IEEs at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Contra Costa County Probation DepartmentContra Costa County Probation must fund 17 hours of tutoring for blocking Juvenile Hall instruction; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Las Virgenes Unified School District (consolidated)Las Virgenes Unified offered FAPE in its Social Communication Program; parents' request for an IEE and continued nonpublic school placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Contra Costa County Probation DepartmentContra Costa County Probation must fund one hour of tutoring for one day it blocked instruction; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 10 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified must provide 20 compensatory assistive technology sessions for a late communication assessment; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Contra Costa County Probation DepartmentContra Costa County Probation must fund 20 hours of tutoring for blocking juvenile hall instruction; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Humboldt County Office of Education et al. (consolidated)Northern Humboldt Union High must fund residential treatment; it and Humboldt County Office of Education owe assessments and 168 compensatory hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 16 of 26 issues (7 in part)
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified must reimburse Summit View tuition, tutoring and mileage; district's assessment upheld and IEE denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Rosedale Union Elementary School DistrictRosedale Union Elementary must fund 72 hours of reading tutoring for a child find delay; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Stanislaus Union School District v. StudentStanislaus Union may exit a first grader with autism from special education; triennial assessment upheld and IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High School District prevails on all assessment, bullying, and behavior support plan claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. West Contra Costa Unified School District (consolidated)West Contra Costa Unified wins every issue; parents must allow triennial testing without the mother observing.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)
- Lawndale Elementary School District v. StudentLawndale Elementary School District's five triennial assessments upheld; the district does not have to fund independent evaluations.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. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified properly found a fifth grader ineligible for special education and did not have to reassess him; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- San Dieguito Union High School District v. StudentSan Dieguito Union High School District's speech and PT assessments and nonpublic school IEP offer upheld; no IEEs owed.District prevailed on all issues
- Oakland Unified School District v. StudentOakland Unified may implement its full-time school IEP over a parent's objection, but cannot contact the student's doctors without her consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictStudent with autism wins all issues against Los Angeles Unified; ALJ invalidates diploma, restores eligibility, and orders compensatory speech and OT.Student prevailed on all issues
- Torrance Unified School District v. StudentTorrance Unified may complete a triennial reassessment without parental consent, and parents may not be present in the testing room.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fresno Unified School District (consolidated)Fresno Unified's assessments upheld and parents' IEP claims denied, but its four-school placement offer cannot be implemented.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues
- Fallbrook Union Elementary School District v. StudentFallbrook Union Elementary may conduct an educationally related mental health assessment of a 14-year-old without his mother's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District v. StudentPanama-Buena Vista Union School District fails to prove its psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; its request to avoid funding an IEE is denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an independent transition assessment after failing to provide adequate transition planning; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must reimburse $91,000 for a Utah residential school after its day-program offer and triennial assessment denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. New Haven Unified School DistrictNew Haven Unified prevails on all claims involving interpreters for a deaf parent, waived assessments, and IEP goals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must fund four independent evaluations, one shared with LACOE, after assessment, placement, and IEP failures; compensatory services denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 14 of 36 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Antioch Unified School District et al.Pittsburg Unified violated child find by not assessing a student with MS, but no FAPE denial; Antioch Unified prevails.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. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified may give a fourth grader with autism the KABC-II cognitive test over parent objection; auditory processing claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pittsburg Unified School DistrictPittsburg Unified prevails: student with ADHD not eligible for special education under learning disability, health impairment, or emotional disturbance.District prevailed on all issues
- Fresno Unified School District v. StudentFresno Unified may reassess a 21-year-old without consent and implement its IEP; services may end if parents refuse to cooperate with reassessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Lake Elsinore Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore Unified prevails on all six claims from student with autism, including goals, placement, ESY, and IEE reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund a speech and language IEE; child find violation found harmless, so private assessment reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Redlands Unified School District (consolidated)Redlands Unified prevails on all issues; assessments, IEPs, and behavior support plans upheld and June 2012 IEP offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictMt. Diablo Unified must reimburse private school tuition and tutoring after a five-month delay in holding an initial IEP meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Acalanes Union High School DistrictAcalanes Union High School District correctly found a student with ADHD ineligible for special education; Fusion Academy reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. California Department of EducationCalifornia Department of Education did not deny FAPE when state schools for the deaf and blind declined to assess student.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. Sacramento County Office of Education et al.Sacramento County Office of Education denied FAPE to a student in juvenile hall; Sacramento City Unified not responsible.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Lucia Mar Unified School District v. StudentLucia Mar Unified may reassess a student with qualified assessors of its choice despite the parent's objection to familiar staff.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. Anaheim Union High School DistrictAnaheim Union High must provide six hours of counseling and reimburse a private assessment after failing its child find duty.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Santa Clara Unified School District v. StudentSanta Clara Unified's Beacon nonpublic school offer was a FAPE, and the District may reassess the student without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School District (consolidated)Bellflower Unified failed to offer FAPE in the LRE; ALJ orders full-day general education at home school with ABA support.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Torrance Unified School District v. StudentTorrance Unified may complete a triennial assessment without parental consent or parents present; FAPE obligation ends if student not presented.District prevailed on all issues
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District v. StudentSaddleback Valley Unified's physical therapy assessment was appropriate; the district need not fund an independent evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Kern High School District v. StudentKern High School District must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after failing to prove its mental health assessment was adequate.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School District (consolidated)Antelope Valley Union High must fund two IEEs and 300 compensatory hours after a flawed triennial assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified and Keegan Academy charter must fund nonpublic school placement and reimburse parents after failing to implement IEPs.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 15 issues (6 in part)
- Cucamonga School District v. StudentCucamonga School District may reassess a third grader with autism without parental consent; the ALJ rejected the parent's Larry P. objection to the tests.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Dublin Unified School DistrictDublin Unified wins on every claim about a fifth-grader's assessments, IEPs, accommodations and middle school offer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified must provide 24 hours of psychotherapy for delaying an IEE response; August 2012 nonpublic school offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. High Tech High et al.High Tech High must reimburse $25,287 for nonpublic school tuition and a speech evaluation; six claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 12 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a bilingual speech-language IEE after failing to file for hearing; three service claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Fullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton Joint Union High School District prevails on claims of unaddressed bullying and failure to consider outside doctors' opinions.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified denied FAPE by skipping science and social studies for a sixth grader; speech, assessment and participation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Natomas Unified School DistrictNatomas Unified denied FAPE through unclear IEP offers and missed occupational therapy; it must provide 345 OT minutes and fix its IEP drafting.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified delayed assessing a second grader after a parent's request, but the ALJ found her ineligible and ordered no relief.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must fund a $1,500 bilingual speech-language IEE by the assessor the parents chose, despite its $800 cap.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must fund 54 compensatory hours, a $10,008 IEE, and Innercept stay put costs; graduation upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 17 issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School DistrictUpland Unified prevails as private school and Lindamood-Bell reimbursement claims are found time-barred or unproven.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims by a graduated student over algebra support, IEE, counseling and transcripts.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified failed to assess for ADHD and find student eligible; must provide 120 hours of reading and math tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- San Luis Coastal Unified School District v. StudentSan Luis Coastal Unified may give autism test with two school psychologists after parents' objection to one assessor was resolved at hearing.District prevailed on all issues
- Santa Barbara Unified School District v. StudentSanta Barbara Unified's speech and language assessment was appropriate, so the district does not have to fund an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified defeats all of Student's claims and defends its assessment, but attorney consent letters count as valid consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Encinitas Union School District v. StudentEncinitas Union wins all issues: its speech, psycho-educational, behavior, and OT assessments are upheld, and it owes no IEEs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified owes 45 hours of language arts instruction for missing prior written notice; ten other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Student v. Calaveras Unified School District et al.Calaveras Unified and Calaveras County SELPA prevail on all claims over assessment, ADD services, graduation, and transition planning.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified must provide an extra year of services to age 23 after refusing stay put related services; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified denied FAPE by rejecting a county mental health residential treatment recommendation; 11 other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 12 issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified wins on all issues: 2009 claims fail and its 2011 nonpublic school offer is found to provide FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified prevails on all issues; its autism-focused class at Grant Elementary with a full-day aide offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified must train staff on timely manifestation meetings after failing to finish a disciplinary review; three other claims fail.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified's preschool assessment of a multilingual three-year-old was appropriate; district need not fund an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all seven claims challenging a sixth-grader's June 2011 IEP offering a middle school special day class.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park Unified wrongly refused an emotional disturbance assessment, but the ALJ found no denial of FAPE and denied all relief.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Joint Unified prevails on all claims over a preschooler's eligibility category, autism assessment, behavior supports, and speech services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fairfield-Suisun Unified School DistrictFairfield-Suisun Unified had a basis of knowledge of a suspected disability and must reinstate a seventh grader expelled without a manifestation review.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Ocean View School District (consolidated)Ocean View School District's July 2011 IEP with a district-run ABA program offered FAPE; parents' predetermination and eligibility claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley Unified offered FAPE and parents' noncooperation defeated later claims; district must still pay agreed $2,150 IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified prevails on child find, assessment, and emotional disturbance eligibility claims; no reimbursement for Utah residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School District (consolidated)Baldwin Park Unified denied FAPE by failing to assess and support a 6-year-old's behavior; placement and other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Victor Valley Union High School District et al. (consolidated)Victor Valley Union High must keep student partly mainstreamed and conduct a new behavior assessment; most of 55 claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 89 issues
- Cloverdale Unified School District v. StudentCloverdale Unified may conduct a 12-year-old's triennial reassessment without parental consent after parents did not appear at hearing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fallbrook Union High School DistrictFallbrook Union High School District denied FAPE by holding no IEPs, assessments, or transition plan; ALJ orders independent evaluation before setting remedy.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified's assessments and preschool offers upheld; IEE and private preschool reimbursement denied on every issue.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified must reimburse $106,631 for a residential placement after offers failed to address a student's school avoidance.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE by excluding a joint-custody mother from assessment and out-of-state RTC placement; DMH prevailed.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Anaheim Union High School DistrictAnaheim Union High must reimburse $25,190 for Utah residential placement; 2009-2010 claims, including Child Find, denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Franklin-McKinley School DistrictFranklin-McKinley School District prevails on all claims over a May 2011 IEP and a requested dyslexia IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vallecito Union School DistrictVallecito Union must provide a year of push-in behavior services and bus mileage reimbursement; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Manteca Unified School District (consolidated)Manteca Unified prevails on all issues; nonverbal ability test did not violate Larry P., and District may assess without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Temecula Valley Unified School District v. StudentTemecula Valley Unified's May 2011 offer of an Oak Grove day program was a FAPE; no residential placement required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must fund 205 hours of tutoring for missed RSP, counseling, and aide services; six claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union High School District et al.Roseville Joint Union High and Placer County mental health agency owe compensatory tutoring and therapy; residential placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 14 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified must fund 255 hours of tutoring for unprovided resource services; District may conduct triennial assessment without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 10 issues
- San Jose Unified School District v. StudentSan Jose Unified's 2010 integrated psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; district need not fund the IEE parents requested.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alta Loma School District et al. (consolidated)Alta Loma School District must fund OT, APE and AT independent evaluations; IEPs upheld and Lindamood-Bell reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 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. Panama-Buena Vista Union School District (consolidated)Panama-Buena Vista Union need not fund IEEs; ALJ rejects parent's claims about IEP meeting scheduling and district attorney attendance.District prevailed on all issues
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District et al. v. StudentYucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified proved its assessments were appropriate and that a bilingual preschooler was not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Santa Rita Union Elementary School District v. StudentSanta Rita Union Elementary's limited Spanish speech-language assessment was appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Joint Unified prevails on all 26 claims, including a challenge to a second grader's special day class placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange Unified School DistrictOrange Unified must reimburse $20,214 for private school and ABA aide after failing to assess and serve preschooler with autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 13 issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified prevails on all issues; no reimbursement for Utah residential treatment center or private school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School District (consolidated)Palo Alto Unified must add monthly job coaching and train staff after IEP lapses; its 2011 functional skills IEP is upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 35 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to provide developmental vision therapy; District prevailed on all twelve vision-related issues.District 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 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. Jefferson Union High School District (consolidated)Jefferson Union High must provide 456 compensatory hours; ALJ rejects its therapeutic day school offer as a denial of FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 27 of 43 issues (8 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails on all claims over a preschooler's assessment, eligibility, and 2009 and 2010 IEPs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails on all claims over a preschooler's autism eligibility, assessments, placement, and services in two IEPs.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's vision and hearing assessments of an autistic student upheld; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Health Care AgencyOrange County Health Care Agency wins; ALJ finds its mental health assessment timely and no jurisdiction after the 2010 AB 3632 veto.District prevailed on all issues
- Moreno Valley Unified School District v. StudentMoreno Valley Unified's offer of a functional skills program offered a 21-year-old with autism FAPE; Mother must allow OT assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified prevails on all claims; general education with resource support provided FAPE to a 10th grader with Asperger's Disorder.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
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's occupational therapy assessment found appropriate; district need not fund an independent OT evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Health Care AgencyOrange County Health Care Agency prevails on all three claims about its mental health service plan, placement, and IEP attendance.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified proves its social/emotional assessment and functional analysis assessment were appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs required.District 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. Carpinteria Unified School DistrictCarpinteria Unified wins nearly every claim; FM system omission and records lapse found but no relief ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 23 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Oakdale Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Oakdale Joint Unified prevails on every claim over behavior plans, restraints, and a special day class offer for a first grader.District prevailed on all 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
- Redlands Unified School District et al. v. StudentRedlands Unified's assessments and June 2010 special day class offer at the neighborhood public school upheld over parents' nonpublic school preference.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse up to $16,954 in private school tuition after delaying an IEP meeting on an independent evaluation.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 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
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2010 psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; parent's request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Redondo Beach Unified School District (consolidated)Redondo Beach Unified prevails: its OT assessment stands, and its Essential Skills IEP offer may be implemented without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vacaville Unified School District et al.Vacaville Unified and Fairfield-Suisun Unified offered a FAPE for grades four through six; request for STAR Academy placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 70 hours of compensatory speech therapy after inadequate speech assessments and services; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 34 issues
- Brea Olinda Unified School District v. StudentBrea Olinda Unified's 2010 psychoeducational assessment was appropriate, so the parent's request for a publicly funded IEE is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Coachella Valley Unified School District v. StudentCoachella Valley Unified must fund psychoeducational and assistive technology IEEs; its speech-language assessment was upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Encinitas Union School DistrictEncinitas Union must reimburse $2,231 and conduct a behavior assessment for a preschooler with autism; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 15 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Eureka City Unified School DistrictEureka City Unified must offer a behavior support plan and reimburse $1,920 for Lindamood-Bell services; seven other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all four claims; late assessment was a procedural violation that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Amador County Unified School District et al.Amador County Unified and Amador County Office of Education's assessments upheld; parents denied IEE reimbursement and new IEEs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Jose Unified School DistrictSan Jose Unified did not deny FAPE; its failure to give an assistive technology assessment plan was harmless.District prevailed on all issues
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified's psychoeducational and speech-language assessments of an adult English learner upheld; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified must reimburse $34,649 in Village Glen tuition after failing to offer FAPE to a student with autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 12 issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified must reimburse $50,797.12 in Village Glen tuition after failing to offer a FAPE to a student with autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 12 issues
- Roseville City School District v. StudentRoseville City School District's occupational therapy assessment was appropriate, so the district need not fund an independent evaluation.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. 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)
- Student v. Ravenswood City School District (consolidated)Ravenswood City School District must fund three years at Stellar Academy plus 600 tutoring hours for a student with a learning disability.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 21 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified did not deny FAPE by failing to assess for dyslexia; ALJ finds no clear parent request.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Health Care Agency et al.Orange County Health Care Agency's mental health assessment denied FAPE; agency must reimburse residential and clinical costs at Waterfall Academy.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton Joint Union High School District correctly found 11th grader ineligible for special education; residential placement reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all 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)
- Lassen View Union Elementary School District v. StudentLassen View Union Elementary may exit a second grader from special education; ALJ finds no speech impairment or learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; autism SDC offer upheld over parents' request for 40-hour home ABA program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. New Haven Unified School District (consolidated)New Haven Unified must fund a behavior assessment and 100 hours of reading and writing instruction; private school placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Placer County Mental Health Department (Placer County Children's System of Care)Placer County Mental Health must repay $2,000 for an independent evaluation; claim for residential placement costs denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- 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. Lafayette Elementary School DistrictLafayette Elementary School District provided FAPE to a student with a reading disability from 2007 to 2009; all reimbursement 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
- Anaheim City School District v. StudentAnaheim City School District must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation, but its functional behavior assessment was upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley Unified must reimburse $4,762 in preschool costs for predetermining a placement; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 10 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles Unified and two charter schools prevail; missed IEP meetings and transition plan did not deny student FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin Unified did not have to provide CART real-time captioning to a hard-of-hearing ninth grader; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must repay $9,449 for summer reading program and fund 240 Lindamood-Bell hours; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 19 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High must fund an independent assistive technology assessment; the student's other claims, including campus mobility, are denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 27 issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School District et al.East Whittier City School District's refusal to give a central auditory processing assessment did not deny FAPE; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garvey Elementary School DistrictGarvey Elementary must expunge a student's invalid emotional disturbance eligibility and IEP; independent assessment and compensatory education denied.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Patterson Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Patterson Joint Unified must provide compensatory speech, OT and tutoring plus new assessments; its Sierra Vista and Teel placement offers were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 33 issues (9 in part)
- Student v. San Jose Unified School DistrictSan Jose Unified wins all claims over a 504-plan student with an autism spectrum diagnosis; district's sanctions request 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)
- East Whittier City School District v. StudentEast Whittier City School District's occupational therapy and adaptive PE assessments upheld as appropriate; parents' requests for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified may conduct an 18-year-old's triennial reassessment with its own staff assessors without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District et al. v. StudentPanama-Buena Vista Union and Kern County Superintendent win all issues; preschool autism offer upheld and no IEE required.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified need not fund an IEE after proving its 2009 psychoeducational reassessment was appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Anaheim City School District v. StudentAnaheim City School District's assessment upheld and most of its IEP found appropriate, but its failure to address attention behaviors denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- 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. Konocti Unified School DistrictKonocti Unified did not violate child find for a third grader with ADHD on a 504 Plan; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 220 hours of intensive tutoring after ending a student's IEP meeting early; other claims denied or barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 10 issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund a home ABA program and repay over $16,000 after failing to assess a preschooler for autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 17 of 20 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must provide compensatory PT, adaptive PE and AT consultation for implementation failures; stay put and assessment claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Burbank Unified School District v. StudentBurbank Unified's assessments upheld, but its offer of a nonpublic school placement at Villa Esperanza denied a FAPE in the LRE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must increase apraxia speech therapy, reimburse $19,790, and place preschooler in inclusive class; seven claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Brea Olinda Unified School District (consolidated)Brea Olinda Unified may not exit a student with ADHD from special education and must fund two IEEs and weekly tutoring.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica-Malibu Unified failed to prove its psychoeducational assessment was appropriate, so the student gets an IEE at public expense.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Carlos Elementary School DistrictSan Carlos Elementary School District prevails on all claims, including child find, assessment, eligibility category, and private school reimbursement.District prevailed on all 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
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified's triennial assessment and moderate/severe special day class offer upheld; no public funding for parents' IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School District (consolidated)Clovis Unified prevails on all issues; its assessments are upheld and it may implement its January 2009 IEP without parent consent.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
- Santa Ana Unified School District v. StudentSanta Ana Unified's June 2009 IEP offered a FAPE in the least restrictive environment and may be implemented without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School District (consolidated)Clovis Unified's assessments and modified IEP upheld; district owes 195 compensatory hours, including 20 for missed summer ESY.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 21 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. La Mesa-Spring Valley School DistrictLa Mesa-Spring Valley School District prevails; academically successful student with autism traits properly found ineligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cabrillo Unified School DistrictCabrillo Unified must repay $30,736 for Arbor Bay School and fund another year there; occupational therapy claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Moreno Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Moreno Valley Unified prevails on all claims; November 2008 IEP upheld and District may obtain a medical assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified's autism class offer and home-to-school transition plan provided FAPE; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims by a graduate with a learning disability; claims before December 2006 time-barred.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School DistrictEast Whittier City School District must reimburse $7,320 for private speech therapy; autism class placement for preschooler upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Ravenswood City School DistrictRavenswood City School District missed first-grade child find and assessment deadlines; ordered to pay $2,500, provide speech therapy, and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified offered FAPE and did not need an audiological assessment; parents' Newbridge School reimbursement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Lafayette School District v. StudentLafayette School District must pay half of parents' $4,800 IEE after unnecessarily delaying its response, and it may reassess the student.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified may reassess an 11-year-old autistic student on home instruction without parental consent, including a health assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified must fund 685 compensatory hours and an independent assessment over inadequate 2007-08 IEP goals; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 37 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified violated child find in October 2007, but ALJ denies all reimbursement for out-of-state residential placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Fremont Unified School District v. StudentFremont Unified must fund a speech and language IEE after waiting four months to file for due process.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Pajaro Valley Unified School DistrictOn remand from federal court, ALJ again rules for Pajaro Valley Unified on child find, SLD eligibility, and assessment claims.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
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's speech-language and occupational therapy assessments upheld; district need not fund independent evaluations for preschooler with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified's triennial assessment upheld; ALJ rules student no longer eligible and may be exited without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sylvan Union School District (consolidated)Sylvan Union must provide two years of pragmatic speech services for failing to assess social language; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 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. Sequoia Union High School District (consolidated)Sequoia Union High must reimburse $12,780 in private tuition for cancelling a 2006 IEP meeting; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 15 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. Montebello Unified School DistrictMontebello Unified must provide 160 hours of vocational services and 40 hours of speech therapy for transition planning failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- Fremont Unified School District v. StudentFremont Unified's psychoeducational assessment of a 12th grader was appropriate; district need not fund an independent evaluation.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)
- 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. Oxnard Elementary School DistrictOxnard Elementary must provide 36 compensatory OT sessions and staff training for failing to assess motor deficits; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 26 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Fremont Unified School District (consolidated)Fremont Unified must reimburse $24,260.50 for private preschool and ABA after failing to address a preschooler's behavior needs.Split decision: student prevailed on 13 of 23 issues (10 in part)
- Huntington Beach Union High School District v. StudentHuntington Beach Union High need not fund a speech-language IEE, and its September 2008 IEP amendment offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Chico Unified School District v. StudentChico Unified may reassess a 16-year-old with a learning disability without his father's consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School DistrictEast Whittier City School District must fund added speech therapy, transition support, and $5,337 in assessments; autism preschool placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School District (consolidated)Baldwin Park Unified must fund an audiology assessment and compensatory services; its Canyon View School offer may start in fall 2009.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 17 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified provided FAPE on an integrated campus; guardian's requests for private school reimbursement and nonpublic placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lakeside Joint Elementary School DistrictLakeside Joint Elementary prevails: ALJ finds 12-year-old student not eligible for special education under emotional disturbance.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Carlsbad Unified School DistrictCarlsbad Unified wins on all claims; parents' refusal to consent to reassessment excused the lack of new IEP offers.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified denied FAPE by skipping a requested behavior assessment; must fund independent FAA and neuropsychological evaluation.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Adelanto Elementary School District (consolidated)Adelanto Elementary owes 210 Lindamood Bell hours and 114 speech therapy hours for missed eligibility; may conduct behavior assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: open IEP pending parents' choice of nonpublic school offered FAPE; no Bridges Academy reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Mt. Diablo Unified School District v. StudentMt. Diablo Unified may reassess a high school student at Children's Health Council without parental consent and must pay family travel costs.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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse private school tuition after relying only on test scores to find a student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Walnut Valley Unified School DistrictWalnut Valley Unified prevails on all claims; special day class placement and speech and OT services upheld for student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lancaster Elementary School DistrictLancaster Elementary must provide 36 hours of speech therapy and five OT sessions; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Modesto City Schools (consolidated)Modesto City Schools must fund an intensive one-to-one ABA program and repay $2,298.75 after refusing to discuss parents' placement request.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 14 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified should have found student eligible in February 2007; no remedy ordered; student no longer eligible as of May 2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. San Miguel Joint Union School District (consolidated)San Miguel Joint Union must fund 12 months at Heartspring residential school after failing to deliver a settlement home ABA program.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 13 issues (3 in part)
- Val Verde Unified School District v. StudentVal Verde Unified's triennial psychoeducational assessment was inappropriate; Student gets psychoeducational and OT IEEs at public expense.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District (consolidated)Glendale Unified must fund an independent evaluation after flawed testing undermined its finding that an eighth grader was ineligible.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ravenswood City School DistrictRavenswood City School District must fund independent behavior and psychoeducational assessments; eligibility and nonpublic school claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified may conduct a triennial reassessment without parental consent; the parents' request for an IEE at District expense is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Anaheim City School District (consolidated)Anaheim City School District must fund 750 hours of compensatory ABA and repay $1,661 for unaddressed behavior needs; IEE denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Simi Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Simi Valley Unified prevails on every claim brought by a blind 22-year-old student; ALJ upholds her age-out exit.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Acalanes Union High School DistrictAcalanes Union High must reimburse $27,800 for Orion Academy and fund a year of therapy; six claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 14 issues
- Student v. Newman-Crows Landing Unified School DistrictNewman-Crows Landing Unified violated child find by not assessing a kindergartner; IEE ordered, but eligibility claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must reimburse $90,453.55 for private school, ABA, reading and speech services after denying FAPE for two years.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's four assessments of a first grader were appropriate; parent's request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. West Covina Unified School DistrictWest Covina Unified must reimburse $43,197.50 for Stowell Learning Center services and transportation and fund independent AT and behavior assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 23 of 48 issues (7 in part)
- Student v. Monrovia Unified School DistrictMonrovia Unified must reimburse $780 and provide 63 hours of compensatory speech therapy; preschool placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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 must reimburse a parent $116.16 in transportation mileage; claims about hearing tests, speech, phonics, and one-to-one instruction denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must provide counseling, career guidance, and a new transition plan; Utah residential and private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 14 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Lancaster Elementary School DistrictLancaster Elementary School District wins all four claims over a mental health referral that stalled because the parents kept the signed consent form.District prevailed on all issues
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld; no publicly funded IEE, and student found not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must reimburse $79,641.20 for home ABA and a speech IEE after failing to reassess behavior in 2006.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 23 issues (4 in part)
- Sequoia Union High School District v. StudentSequoia Union High School District may reassess a high school student without parental consent, using its own qualified staff.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Dublin Unified School DistrictDublin Unified prevails on all claims over Asperger's student's eligibility, assessments, and high school offer; Springstone reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Victor Elementary School District v. StudentVictor Elementary's triennial assessments upheld; no IEEs at public expense, and fourth grader may be exited from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Piedmont City Unified School District v. StudentPiedmont City Unified's academic and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; ninth grader not entitled to a publicly funded IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified wrongly found a preschooler with autism ineligible; ordered to repay at least $15,845 and fund services through June 2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 13 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified's assessments and autism class upheld, but it must add speech and OT and reimburse $14,241.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Redlands Unified School DistrictRedlands Unified must fund 430 tutoring hours, 390 Lindamood-Bell hours, a year of in-home ABA, and an independent FAA after multiple FAPE denials.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 15 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Oxnard Union High School District et al.Oxnard Union High must remove student from special education after assessing her and implementing an IEP without her mother's consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health et al.Los Angeles County DMH and Palmdale School District prevail; late AB 3632 mental health referral did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Oak Grove School District v. StudentOak Grove School District's psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; the parents' request for a publicly funded IEE is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of a behavior-focused campus denied FAPE to autistic student; home feeding program claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must fund 16 weeks of 30-hour-per-week in-home ABA for a preschooler with autism; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 16 issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School District et al.Fremont Unified and Alameda County mental health must provide an OT assessment, tutoring, and counseling; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified and Riverside County Mental Health denied FAPE by failing to reassess student after hospitalization; behavior plan claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must provide 72 hours of tutoring for child find, assessment, and IEP failures; speech services claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 10 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. St. Helena Unified School DistrictSt. Helena Unified must fund Star Academy placement, an IEE, and mileage after flawed 2007-08 offers and August IEP meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Encinitas Union School District v. StudentEncinitas Union School District's 2007 reassessment and preschool special day class offer upheld; parents' request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must reimburse $35,819.58 for residential treatment tuition and travel after a child find violation; procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's assessments of a 15-year-old with autism were appropriate; the District does not have to fund an IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified properly assessed OCD and offered FAPE at its high school; all of Student's requested relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendora Unified School DistrictGlendora Unified must provide real-time captioning (CART) to a deaf ninth grader through 2008-2009; Student prevailed on both issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified prevails: fourth grader with ADHD found ineligible under SLD or OHI; child find and assessment claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified's vision assessment was appropriate, so the student is not entitled to a publicly funded independent vision evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. New Haven Unified School DistrictNew Haven Unified must assess a seventh grader and fund 200 hours of Lindamood-Bell reading after missing reading goals and procedural errors.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 15 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Soquel Union Elementary School DistrictSoquel Union Elementary must reimburse parents for driving their preschooler after dropping bus service without prior written notice; OT claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School District (consolidated)Riverside Unified must pay $1,500 for a private evaluation and fund a speech IEE after offering IEEs; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Franklin-McKinley Elementary School DistrictFranklin-McKinley Elementary must hold a transition IEP meeting with high school staff; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Anaheim Union High School District et al.Anaheim Union High and Orange County Health Care Agency prevail on all claims; no reimbursement for parents' Eagle Ranch residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica–Malibu Unified's December 2006 triennial assessments held appropriate; the district need not fund a parent-requested independent evaluation.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Anaheim Union High School District v. StudentAnaheim Union High cannot reassess a parent-placed private school student without consent; district relieved of FAPE duty meanwhile.Student prevailed on all issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified's triennial assessments were appropriate and its May 2007 IEP offered FAPE; District prevailed on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified prevails on all claims; eclectic autism preschool offer upheld over parents' request for home ABA program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tracy Joint Unified School DistrictTracy Joint Unified must fund 30 compensatory hours and a $3,000 IEE after failing to find a fifth grader eligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Riverside Unified School District v. StudentRiverside Unified may exit a high-achieving second grader with autism from special education over his parents' objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Bellflower Unified School District v. StudentBellflower Unified's psychoeducational assessment was appropriate, so the ALJ denied a publicly funded IEE; the family did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly found a high schooler with ADHD ineligible for SLD in math; must fund IEE and tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails: late mental health referral was a procedural violation without FAPE denial; home instruction claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse a Lindamood-Bell IEE and fund a vocational assessment and 10 tutoring hours; reading-services claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District et al.ABC Unified must conduct a functional analysis assessment; Norwalk-La Mirada Unified and ABC win all other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Ripon Unified School District v. StudentRipon Unified's psychoeducational and speech assessments and its March 2007 IEP goal and speech consultation upheld; parent did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified's IEPs denied FAPE over G-tube feeding and transition plan gaps; assessment upheld and most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 18 issues
- Ripon Unified School District v. StudentRipon Unified may complete a triennial reassessment without parental consent or the parents' added testing conditions.District prevailed on all issues
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified may reassess a student with a speech or language impairment and implement his speech IEP without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School District et al.Pleasanton Unified must reimburse $35,050 in residential placement costs after delaying a student's mental health assessment, referral, and IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto Unified must complete mental health and behavior assessments and provide 250 tutoring hours after a flawed manifestation determination.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified must reimburse $3,599.24 for Clarke School summer session after failing to offer 2005 ESY; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues
- Student v. San Rafael City SchoolsSan Rafael City Schools must fund 200 Lindamood-Bell hours and reimburse $10,668.48 over missed reading assessment, missing goals, RSP services, and ESY.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 14 issues (5 in part)
- Anaheim City School District v. StudentAnaheim City School District's 2005 psychoeducational assessment upheld, but the district must fund an independent functional analysis assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Manhattan Beach Unified School District v. StudentManhattan Beach Unified may reassess a second grader without parental consent and implement its October 2006 IEP.District prevailed on all 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)
- Chula Vista Elementary School District v. StudentChula Vista Elementary may implement its initial IEP for a six-year-old with autism; the District prevailed on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange Unified School DistrictOrange Unified prevails on all claims after second grader's transfer; request for Prentice placement and tutor reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Glendale Unified School District v. StudentGlendale Unified proves its triennial speech-language and occupational therapy assessments of a second grader were appropriate.District prevailed on all 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
- North Monterey County Unified School District v. StudentNorth Monterey County Unified may exit an 11th grader from special education; ALJ finds him no longer eligible.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School District et al.Upland Unified and West End SELPA prevail on all claims involving a kindergartner with autism, including aide training and assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Newark Unified School District v. StudentNewark Unified's assessments upheld; ALJ finds four-year-old no longer eligible for special education despite private autism diagnosis.District prevailed on all issues
- Ripon Unified School District v. StudentRipon Unified's fall 2006 psychoeducational and speech-language assessments held appropriate, so the parent's request for IEEs at public expense fails.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's triennial reassessment and 2006 IEP offer of resource math support upheld; district prevailed on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Lancaster Elementary School District v. StudentLancaster Elementary may exit a first grader from special education after reassessment found he no longer qualifies.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alameda Unified School District (consolidated)Alameda Unified prevails on all issues; parents caused service gaps, and the Haight Elementary autism class offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all 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. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified must repay $6,000 in private school tuition and provide 20 hours of transition services; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 15 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must provide 36 hours of compensatory speech therapy; Los Angeles Unified prevails on nearly all claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove Unified's assessment delay was harmless; kindergartner not eligible under learning disability or speech-language categories.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 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
- Lake Elsinore Unified School District v. StudentLake Elsinore Unified may not assess a home-schooled student without consent; it owes no FAPE while the parent refuses services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must provide 22 hours of compensatory speech therapy; placement, records, and notice claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove Unified must treat second grader as SLD-eligible, pay $3,275 in evaluation costs, and fund 160 Lindamood-Bell hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must restore nonpublic agency speech therapy for an autistic second grader; IEE-list claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Paramount Unified School District v. StudentParamount Unified may reassess a sixth grader with a learning disability without parental consent before considering parents' exit request.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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified failed to implement in-home DHH services, but no added compensatory education was ordered; eight claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: student was not eligible under emotional disturbance, and Provo Canyon reimbursement is denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rio Linda Union School District et al.Rio Linda Union and Grant Joint Union High prevail on all claims; ALJ finds missed speech sessions but orders no compensatory services.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 15 issues (1 in part)
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified may assess a 10th grader without signed parental consent after the mother failed to respond to its assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra Unified must fund speech-language and occupational therapy IEEs; all claims challenging its preschool special day class offer denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may assess an 11th grader without parent consent under its February 2007 assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Altos School DistrictLos Altos School District properly found a preschooler ineligible for special education; all of Student's assessment, eligibility, and IEP claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School DistrictOn federal court remand, ALJ explains why he rejected Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified's evidence and reaffirms the FAPE denial ruling.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palmdale Elementary School DistrictPalmdale Elementary must provide eight hours of compensatory OT and speech therapy for a September 2006 service gap; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Lancaster School District v. StudentLancaster School District may exit 11-year-old from special education after reassessment showed no specific learning disability.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
- Chula Vista Elementary School District v. StudentChula Vista Elementary's August 2006 IEP was not a FAPE because assessments were incomplete and required teachers were absent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hemet Unified School District (consolidated)Hemet Unified must fund six months of clinic-based OT for a late, flawed OT assessment; residential placement request denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 20 issues
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified may reassess an adult autistic student under his consented plan; Student must be made reasonably available for testing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Etiwanda Unified School DistrictEtiwanda Unified prevails: student with auditory processing disorder not eligible under specific learning disability; OT and compensatory claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must pay $5,707.75 toward a parent-obtained IEE and fund vision therapy; all FAPE claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 48 issues (3 in part)
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District v. StudentYucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified's occupational therapy assessment was found inappropriate; District must fund an independent OT evaluation.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified must reimburse $2,150 for an IEE; student with ADHD found not eligible for special education.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District prevails on all claims over tutoring, behavior plan, and IEP procedures for a 10th grader.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. High Tech Middle Media Arts School et al. (consolidated)High Tech Middle Media Arts may exit eighth grader from special education despite failing to assess visual processing.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Mateo Union High School DistrictSan Mateo Union High School District prevails on all issues; no private school reimbursement because no FAPE denial was found.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Monterey Peninsula Unified School DistrictMonterey Peninsula Unified prevails on all claims over vision assessment, child find, IEP implementation, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- 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
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified may conduct an early triennial reassessment of an adult student without consent; the student did not appear at hearing.District prevailed on all issues
- Rialto Unified School District v. StudentRialto Unified fails to prove its initial psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; student is entitled to an IEE at public expense.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must find expelled gifted sixth grader eligible as emotionally disturbed, fund her nonpublic school, and repay her IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse $32,004.50 for Utah residential treatment after failing to assess a high schooler despite parent's request.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Lake Elsinore Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore Unified must provide 240 hours of in-home ABA after delaying a preschooler's autism assessment and placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 19 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Mojave Unified School DistrictMojave Unified prevails on all claims; failure to write up behavior assessment was a harmless procedural error.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on every claim, including assessment, interpreter, ESY and compensatory education, brought by a parent without a lawyer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lucia Mar Unified School DistrictLucia Mar Unified offered a FAPE through its IEP goals and High Point reading program; all procedural claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Orange Unified School District v. StudentOrange Unified may reassess a 12-year-old after a conflicting private evaluation; the district's request for sanctions against the parents was denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must repay $25,268 in Village Glen tuition, fund the 2006-2007 placement, and pay for an IEESplit decision: student prevailed on 15 of 27 issues
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School District et al.Elk Grove Unified must reimburse $8,564.67 for a private residential placement after failing to assess a student's mental health; county office prevails.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must provide three months at Beacon Day School after denying FAPE during the 2004-2005 inclusion year.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 24 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Orange Unified School DistrictOrange Unified prevails on all issues; 2002 ineligibility findings upheld and reimbursement for private therapy denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Dublin Unified School District v. StudentDublin Unified may exit a first grader from special education; ALJ finds she no longer meets autistic-like behaviors criteria.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Modesto City SchoolsModesto City Schools prevails on all claims by a graduated student challenging assessments, IEPs, transition, and graduation.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified may not exit an eligible eighth grader from special education at his parent's request; District prevails on both issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School District prevails on all claims over a middle school student's learning disability eligibility and assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must reimburse Prentice School tuition after failing for years to address a student's anxiety-based shut downs.Split decision: student prevailed on 14 of 22 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified prevails on all claims; parents denied $21,330 reimbursement for private Lindamood Bell reading program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified denied FAPE by failing to provide RSP services and hold required IEP reviews; no additional compensatory education ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 8 issues
- Student v. Upper Lake Union High School DistrictUpper Lake Union High School District owes a graduated student 27 hours of compensatory services; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified prevails on all claims; parents denied reimbursement for a fall 2005 private Lindamood-Bell clinic placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must complete six new assessments for a student with a learning disability; all claims against ABC Unified denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Rosedale Union School District v. StudentRosedale Union proves student's eligibility is speech or language impairment, not autism, and its first-grade offer is a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Walnut Valley Unified School DistrictWalnut Valley Unified prevails on all claims by high schooler with learning disability whose father declined offered services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims; student with depression and ADHD symptoms found ineligible for special education, 2002–2006.District prevailed on all issues
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified's assessment and IEP upheld, except the missing private-to-public school transition plan denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 10 issues
- Student v. Buena Park Elementary School DistrictBuena Park Elementary must reimburse an auditory processing assessment; ALJ finds spring 2004 FAPE denial but awards no compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified prevails on all claims over autism SDC program; Student's attorneys sanctioned $300 for a frivolous motion.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse about three and a half months of autism services and private tuition after failing to assess.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 12 issues (2 in part)
- 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
- Sylvan Union School District v. StudentSylvan Union may reassess a student with autism under its April 2006 plan, but its IEPs did not offer FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly refused a kindergartner's initial assessment request, but the ALJ ordered no IEE or compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Sequoia Union High School District v. StudentSequoia Union High School District's January 2006 triennial assessment was appropriate; the district wins its case defending the assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manteca Unified School DistrictManteca Unified prevails on all claims; no FAPE denial for dyslexic student and no Valley Oaks reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; district need not fund parents' requested IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may reassess a 16-year-old for special education eligibility without the guardian's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified must fund OT and autism specialist IEEs; its psychoeducational and speech-language assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's December 2005 special day class offer provided a FAPE; its later nonpublic school offer did not.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues
- 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
- Sylvan Union School District v. StudentSylvan Union may place a kindergartner with autism in a special day class and reassess OT, but not AT or APE.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails on all claims; request for compensatory education and Sylvan Learning Center reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tustin Unified School District et al.Orange Unified and Tustin Unified prevail on all 18 issues; ALJ rejects residential placement for student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Temecula Valley Unified School District v. StudentTemecula Valley Unified may conduct a triennial reassessment of a student with autism without parental consent.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. 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
- Manteca Unified School District v. StudentManteca Unified may complete a triennial speech and health reassessment without parental consent after the parents refused to sign.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School District (consolidated)Corona-Norco Unified prevails on all issues; parents' refusal to allow reassessment ended Student's FAPE entitlement from June 2005.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pomona Unified School DistrictPomona Unified offered FAPE to preschooler with autistic-like behaviors; requests for home ABA and IEE reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified may refer a student with autism for a county mental health assessment without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails: fourth grader with an Asperger's diagnosis and situational stuttering found not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District must fund an independent auditory processing evaluation; claims over middle school IEPs are denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified denied a FAPE by dropping an effective behavior plan in March 2005 and must provide make-up tutoring and services.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Chula Vista Elementary School District v. StudentChula Vista Elementary may reassess a kindergarten-age student under a signed plan after the parent never made her available.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fullerton School District (consolidated)Fullerton School District must pay $15,420 for private speech and occupational therapy and redo two assessments; tutoring claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified wins: parents cannot exit their son from special education, and the District may reassess him.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles Unified and LA County Mental Health offered FAPE; parent's request for Illinois residential school funding denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified may assess a medically fragile high school student over parent objection, starting with an assessment by a qualified doctor.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School District et al.Desert Sands and Riverside Unified prevail on all claims; family denied reimbursement for in-home ABA program and private evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pajaro Valley Unified School DistrictPajaro Valley Unified prevails on all claims; ALJ finds student not eligible for special education under the SLD discrepancy test.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified violated child find from fall 2003 and denied FAPE; IEE, mental health referral, and up to 150 tutoring hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Simi Valley Unified School DistrictSimi Valley Unified prevails on all claims; student not eligible as learning disabled, and no child find violation found.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to fund Lindamood-Bell tutoring for an adult student at a nonpublic school; all claims denied.District 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. Lancaster School DistrictLancaster School District wins all claims by a seventh grader with a learning disability over reevaluation, IQ testing, and discipline placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Manteca Unified School District v. StudentManteca Unified may reassess a 13-year-old with dyslexia without parental consent after his parents withdrew him from school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. La Canada Unified School DistrictLa Canada Unified denied FAPE over chronic bullying; must fund an auditory processing IEE, social skills training, make-up speech, and reimbursements.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Santa Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana Unified prevails on every claim as ALJ upholds the 2003 exit of a student from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must reimburse $2,200 for two independent assessments; all other FAPE claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified may obtain a County Mental Health evaluation, including interviews, without the parent's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified offered FAPE and owes no private school tuition or tutoring reimbursement to a parentally placed student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fontana Unified School DistrictFontana Unified prevails on all claims involving educational benefit, occupational therapy and vision assessments, speech therapy, and tutoring.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified denied FAPE to a deaf-blind student by not implementing his IEP; assessment reimbursement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 6 issues
- Student v. Barstow Unified School DistrictBarstow Unified wrongly exited a kindergartener from speech services and must provide compensatory therapy; two other eligibility claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified denied FAPE by never assessing student's behavior; ALJ orders 300 tutoring hours, independent FAA, $2,500 reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Rialto Unified School District v. StudentRialto Unified's assessments upheld; district may choose Big Springs or its own special day class; reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District et al.Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified must reimburse up to $4,500 for an independent evaluation; all claims against Orange Unified denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 20 issues
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified's 2005 ESY and 2005-2006 offers provided FAPE; district may assess without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified offered FAPE to a high school student with ADHD; parents' assessment, participation, and reimbursement claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Centralia Elementary School District (consolidated)Centralia Elementary School District prevails on all claims; no reimbursement for flawed private speech evaluation or therapy.District prevailed on all issues
- San Luis Coastal Unified School District v. StudentSan Luis Coastal Unified offered a FAPE for 2005-2006; Lindamood-Bell, IEE reimbursement, and compensatory education requests denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must provide six months of compensatory vocational services and issue a diploma after delayed assessments and graduation planning.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified did not owe a transfer student services under an exited LAUSD IEP; all reimbursement claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District must keep funding a student's Frostig nonpublic school placement after failing to justify a move to public high school.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendora Unified School DistrictGlendora Unified must conduct a behavioral assessment and provide direct OT after delayed OT assessment; OT offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues
- Student v. Alvord Unified School DistrictAlvord Unified made a timely mental health referral; ALJ orders Student's attorney and advocate to show cause on sanctions.District prevailed on all issues
- Pajaro Valley Unified School District v. StudentPajaro Valley Unified must fund an IEE because it did not prove it included the parent in the eligibility decision.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High must provide 185 compensatory hours and YES program enrollment; tutoring and evaluation-review claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 12 issues
- 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
- 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
- Student v. Compton Unified School District (consolidated)Compton Unified violated child find from November 2003; ALJ orders compensatory tutoring and counseling but denies private school reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues (2 in part)