OAH Special Education Decisions on FAPE: services offered
1012 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 49, split in 521, district prevailed on all issues in 442.
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- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 162 compensatory hours for missing 2025-2026 IEP offer; tuition reimbursement and three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- 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. 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. 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. Ontario-Montclair School DistrictOntario-Montclair School District wins every claim after parents skipped four IEP meetings and kept their son home from November 2024 through the end of the school year.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)
- 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. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all five claims over a school injury, missed school days, and bus transportation for a fifth grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District must fund $39,000 in reading intervention for a student with dyslexia; April 2025 IEP found not to offer a FAPE and cannot be implemented without parent consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- 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. Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra Unified wins all five claims, including its decision to exit an eighth grader with autism from special education.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
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified wins all claims; 2023 and 2024 IEP offers with general education and a one-to-one aide upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Coastal Academy Charter SchoolCoastal Academy Charter School denied a student with intellectual disability a FAPE by predetermining an offer to move him from general education core classes into a separate program; staff training ordered.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified wins all claims; ALJ upholds co-taught general education offers and gives private neuropsychologist's report no weight.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. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse up to $25,081 in nonpublic school tuition, reduced because parents obstructed the IEP process.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Sonoma Valley Unified School DistrictSonoma Valley Unified properly graduated a student with autism with a regular diploma and ended services; all claims denied.District prevailed on all 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. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must reimburse private school tuition and fund 20 hours of staff training after predetermining a repeat IEP offer.Student 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. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must reimburse part of 2023-2024 private school tuition and transportation for a late IEP offer; 15 other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; parent's withdrawal from the IEP process excused the lack of a 2025-26 placement offer.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. 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
- 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)
- Student v. Santa Cruz City SchoolsSanta Cruz City Schools prevails on all claims over a high school transition meeting and its refusal of one-to-one tutoring.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 636 hours of compensatory services after flawed IEP process and inadequate physical therapy offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 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
- 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. Sebastopol Independent CharterSebastopol Independent Charter prevails on all 35 issues over autism eligibility and dyslexia services; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rescue Union School District et al.Rescue Union and Center Joint Unified prevail on all 21 claims about a preschooler's IEPs; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. New Haven Unified School DistrictNew Haven Unified prevails on all three claims over speech services, school records, and an independent psychoeducational evaluation.District prevailed on all 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. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund 25 hours of compensatory instruction for missing goals; Prentice School reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 20 issues (2 in part)
- 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
- Student v. New Pacific Charter-RosevilleNew Pacific Charter-Roseville must fund up to $14,000 in compensatory services over independent study placement, missed services, and IEP delays.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified correctly found a kindergartener with attention concerns not eligible under other health impairment; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified denied FAPE by not shortening a student's nearly two-hour morning bus ride; 67.5 tutoring hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Belmont-Redwood Shores School DistrictBelmont-Redwood Shores denied FAPE to a student needing catheterization; ALJ orders health IEE, private nursing, compensatory education, and staff training.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High School District prevails; ALJ finds no denial of FAPE for not offering one-to-one ABA instruction.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse $5,025 in private school tuition and fund 10 counseling hours; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Folsom-Cordova Unified School DistrictFolsom-Cordova Unified prevails on all 21 claims challenging a student's 2022 and 2023 IEPs in an intensive autism class.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. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified wins all six claims over a medically fragile preschooler's IEPs and private school placement.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Monrovia Unified School District (consolidated)Monrovia Unified denied FAPE by not offering social skills training and must fund up to $3,200 in PEERS sessions.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 16 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
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified prevails on all claims over 2022–2024 IEPs; aide, therapy, and nonpublic school requests denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Culver City Unified School DistrictCulver City Unified prevails on all claims about an eighth grader's IEP goals, services, and absence after March 2024.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paramount Unified School DistrictParamount Unified prevails on all ten claims over its June 2024 IEP; the ALJ upholds reassessment before changing services.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. 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
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of the Riley School therapeutic day program upheld; claims for out-of-state residential placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified must fund $47,610 in compensatory education for inadequate behavior support and ended speech services; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- 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. Twin Rivers Unified School District (consolidated)Twin Rivers Unified must restore $8,800 for READ Academy tuition and pay mileage; January 2024 IEP denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Tahoe Truckee Unified School District v. StudentTahoe Truckee Unified may not implement deaf tenth grader's IEP without parent consent; ASL interpreter, speech, transportation offers denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified may implement IEP placing first-grader in special day class without parent consent; student's LRE and aide claims denied.District prevailed on all 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. 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. Piedmont Unified School DistrictPiedmont Unified prevails: shared paraeducators offered a FAPE, and Student did not need a dedicated ABA-trained aide with BCBA supervision.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. High Tech Los Angeles Charter High SchoolHigh Tech Los Angeles Charter prevails on all nine claims; missing-goal claims were time barred and other claims failed on the evidence.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 18 hours of compensatory services for failing to implement a student's behavior intervention services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Snowline Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Snowline Joint Unified prevails on every issue; a settlement waiver barred earlier claims, and its December 2023 IEP was approved.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chula Vista Elementary School DistrictChula Vista Elementary prevails on all claims over a student's 2022 and 2023 IEP goals, services, aide, ABA, and parent training.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Perris Union High School DistrictPerris Union High School District prevails on all ten claims challenging a high school student's 2022 and 2023 IEPs.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. Bonsall Unified School DistrictBonsall Unified denied a preschooler a FAPE by not offering transportation after moving his class; must add transportation and 56 hours.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union High School District wins all claims over its adult transition program offer for a privately placed student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rincon Valley Union Elementary School DistrictRincon Valley Union Elementary wins all six claims over a preschooler's April 2023 IEP; ALJ calls the claims baseless.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must fund 87 hours of tutoring for missed specialized academic instruction after a transfer; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 18 issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must reimburse nonpublic school costs and fund placement at Esther B. Clark School after denying FAPE for two years.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- 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
- Student v. Champs Charter High School of the ArtsChamps Charter High School of the Arts must reimburse $66,266 in residential tuition after failing to offer adequate behavior services and placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 2 issues (2 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified must provide 512 hours of tutoring for cutting IEP services during COVID-19; one claim undecided, others denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 19 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. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified prevails on all claims; ALJ rejects residential placement for autistic student whose escalating behaviors occurred mainly at home.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. Aspire Public Schools et al.Aspire charter schools must train IEP staff after missing the start-of-year IEP deadline; 25 other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 27 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified denied FAPE by holding an IEP meeting without a general education teacher; new IEP meeting and staff training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Student v. 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
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified must fund 19.5 hours of occupational therapy and up to $3,805 in reimbursement; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 20 issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified predetermined a graduating senior's final IEP; ALJ orders a summary of performance and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Granite Mountain Charter SchoolGranite Mountain Charter School prevails on all claims, including IEE requests and therapist supervision; one claim dismissed with prejudice.District prevailed on all 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. 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
- Student v. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified must create a $9,885 compensatory education fund for failing to offer dyslexia instruction and Spanish-language counseling.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 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)
- Student v. Gateway College and Career AcademyGateway College and Career Academy must provide 132 compensatory hours for never offering an IEP; transfer-based claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on every claim challenging a third grader's math, literacy, goals, and extended school year offers.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. Santa Barbara Unified School DistrictSanta Barbara Unified wins dismissal of former student's child find claims as barred by the two-year statute of limitations.District 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. 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 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. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund staff training after denying return transportation from a community-based instruction trip; two other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Encinitas Union Elementary School DistrictEncinitas Union must provide 50 hours of compensatory services for inadequate 2020 distance learning; hybrid and quarantine claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- 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. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of general education kindergarten at a school with a deaf and hard of hearing program upheld; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos Unified's May 2022 IEP offered appropriate structured literacy instruction for a student with dyslexia; no specific method required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Modesto City SchoolsModesto City Schools prevails on all six claims about a graduated student's goals, services, placement, and May 2022 diploma.District prevailed on all 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. Alameda Unified School DistrictAlameda Unified must reimburse $9,766 in Orion Academy tuition after a flawed March 2022 IEP; future Orion placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 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
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union must provide 31 compensatory academic hours and staff training; most of the seventh grader's other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund 450 tutoring hours and return a student to a public special day class after an improper virtual placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 20 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
- Fallbrook Union Elementary School District v. StudentFallbrook Union Elementary's IEP offered a FAPE; a trained health technician, not a one-to-one nurse, met the student's needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Enterprise Elementary School DistrictEnterprise Elementary must provide compensatory services, AAC device, and AT IEE for IEP and assessment delays; nurse claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District offered FAPE in triennial IEP and may implement it without parent consent; all student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union prevails on all three claims; ALJ finds its Santana High special day class offer clear, comparable, and appropriate.District prevailed on all 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. 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. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund two years at Perkins School for the Blind after denying a blind student FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- 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. Rocklin Unified School DistrictRocklin Unified denied FAPE by not following a student's seizure health plan; ALJ orders 60 compensatory hours and staff training.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High must reimburse about $79,600 for residential placement, assessment and travel after child find and predetermination violations.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 8 issues
- Student v. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified's public middle school offer for a student with a learning disability upheld; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 93.5 compensatory service hours, plus one-to-one aide support, for COVID distance-learning failures; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School DistrictPleasanton Unified denied FAPE by lacking a complete, signed IEP; must reimburse private services, less amounts already paid, and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 16 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. 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. 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. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must fund 220 compensatory hours and goal-writing training for distance-learning FAPE denials; several claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 18 issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified prevails on all four claims, including a parent's request to keep a student in fifth grade.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School District prevails on all claims, including Seaside Prep placement offer and speech services implementation.District prevailed on all 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. 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. San Benito High School DistrictSan Benito High School District prevails on all five distance-learning claims brought by a ninth grader with a learning disability.District prevailed on all 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)
- 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. San Marcos Unified School DistrictSan Marcos Unified prevails on all nine claims challenging a middle schooler's 2018, 2019, and 2020 IEPs.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
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails after parents fail to prove standing to sue for an 18-year-old student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund 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. 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. 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. Clear Passage Educational CenterClear Passage Educational Center, a charter school, owed Student no FAPE because Long Beach Unified was responsible; all claims denied.District 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
- Student v. Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School DistrictBass Lake Joint Union must fund 500 compensatory hours for a medically fragile preschooler after unclear IEP offers and undelivered services.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 11 issues
- Student v. Citrus Springs Charter School et al.Empire Springs and Citrus Springs charter schools offered FAPE to a home-schooled student with autism; private school funding claim 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a deaf preschooler's John Tracy Center placement and reimburse $1,750 after offering a non-LRE placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (1 in part)Affirmed in part, reversed in part on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. 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. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified prevails on all 17 claims by an adult student with anxiety over home instruction and IEP meetings.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- 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. San Juan Unified School District et al.San Juan Unified and Visions In Education must assess a 10th grader after wrongly refusing parent's requests; speech claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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. 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
- Alta Loma School District v. StudentAlta Loma School District's 2019 IEP offering a special day class provided a FAPE; the district may implement it without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Redondo Beach Unified School DistrictRedondo Beach Unified prevails: special day class for core academics with general education for the rest of the day upheld as LRE.District prevailed on all issuesReversed in part on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictLas Virgenes Unified offered and provided FAPE in a middle school special day class; parents' request for nonpublic school denied.District prevailed on all 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
- 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
- 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
- Student v. Redondo Beach Unified School DistrictRedondo Beach Unified wins all three claims over general education placement, iPad use, and parent consultation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified may place student in a special day class but owes weekly tutoring for delaying its due process filing.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 14 issues
- Student v. Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictLas Virgenes Unified prevails on all claims about its response to an independent evaluation, dyslexia services, and eligibility categories.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)
- 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
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified's unclear January 2018 IEP offer denied FAPE; staff training and IEP page numbering ordered, other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified's unclear January 2018 IEP offer denied FAPE; ALJ orders staff training and page numbering, rejects other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly held an IEP meeting without parents who asked to reschedule; ALJ orders compensatory tutoring and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Pleasant Valley School District et al. (consolidated)Pleasant Valley School District and Ventura County Office of Education win all issues; district may implement 2019 IEP without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails on all claims by a 22-year-old with intellectual disability over his program, transition plan, and IEP implementation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified prevails on all claims; time-barred child find claims dismissed and 2019 IEP upheld as offering FAPE.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
- Aspire Public Schools v. StudentAspire Public Schools may stop curb-to-curb transportation for an autistic kindergartner; its IEP with a curbside aide offers a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on placement, communication services, ESY device, and training claims for 18-year-old student.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Oxnard Union High School DistrictOxnard Union High School District offered appropriate behavior supports and placement to a ninth grader with autism; all claims denied.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
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified's offer of nonpublic school placement at Olive Crest upheld as a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must fund a speech-language IEE for inadequate pragmatic speech services and bullying; Lindamood-Bell reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 15 issues
- Student v. Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictMt. Diablo Unified prevails on all claims over bus transportation, a one-to-one aide, and a private school placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified denied an autistic second grader a FAPE by refusing behavior services and goals; 152 compensatory hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 14 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. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified did not deny FAPE by skipping behavior clinic meetings or by refusing to let a parent record them.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must reimburse $1,070 for missed specialized academic instruction after a private preschool barred district staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 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. 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. San Marcos Unified School DistrictSan Marcos Unified must reimburse half of Winston School tuition and fund IEEs; award cut for Parents' refusal of reassessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- 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. San Leandro Unified School DistrictSan Leandro Unified's special day class offers for a second grader with autism upheld; nonpublic school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all 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)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified failed to implement a student's test-correction accommodations in pre-calculus and must regrade her work and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley Unified's May 2018 IEP offered FAPE; parents denied reimbursement for Johnson Academy and private services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified's nonpublic school offer was appropriate but denied FAPE for lack of school details; student's three claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 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. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund 100 hours of compensatory speech services and increase school speech therapy; behavior and procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 10 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. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified must reimburse $728 for summer 2017 tutoring after denying ESY; all other claims, including the NewBridge placement request, denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 23 issues
- Student v. Tahoe Truckee Unified School DistrictTahoe Truckee Unified wrongly used a 30-day interim IEP for its own deaf student; seven hours of compensatory services ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues
- Student v. San Marcos Unified School DistrictSan Marcos Unified prevails on all claims; move of autistic seven-year-old to moderate/severe special day class upheld.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. Springs Charter Schools, also known as River Springs Charter School (consolidated)River Springs Charter must provide 128 hours of compensatory instruction, but its offer of placement at Flabob Academy is upheld as FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 12 issues
- Student v. Goleta Union School DistrictGoleta Union's offer to raise pull-out instruction to 700 weekly minutes for a student with Down syndrome denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. 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. 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. 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. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High must provide door-adjacent curb-to-curb transportation inside a gated complex and reimburse the family's mileage.Student prevailed on all 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)
- 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. Fontana Unified School DistrictFontana Unified prevails on all claims over a 19-year-old's goals, transition, certificate of completion, and IEP implementation.District 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
- 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
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified must reimburse $45,221.75 plus further tuition until the next annual IEP for a student's unmet mental health needs.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 20 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified wins on all issues and may implement a ninth grader's February 2018 IEP without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Eastside Union School DistrictEastside Union School District did not have to provide home-to-school transportation to a preschooler whose parent could drive him.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must repay about $6,000 in preschool tuition, ABA, and mileage costs and provide nine hours of speech therapy.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Rincon Valley Union Elementary School DistrictRincon Valley Union's home-instruction offer, made over THC seizure medication concerns, denied a FAPE; campus placement ordered.Student 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. Gilroy Unified School DistrictGilroy Unified must reimburse $406.50 for a second parent's plane ticket under an IEP travel agreement; toll fee claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified prevails on all claims over four IEPs; no reimbursement for private Arete Academy placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse private school tuition and mileage after its 2016 IEP and missing 2017 IEP denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 6 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims over a student's IEP goals, typing instruction, and the Keep It Simple program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified's reading services for a student with severe dyslexia offered a FAPE; private school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified must train staff on transfer-student IEP meetings; ALJ denies nonpublic school reimbursement and other claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified wins child find case; pre-June 2015 claims time-barred and summer break delayed assessment deadline.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- 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. Fountain Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Fountain Valley must fund 105.5 hours of one-to-one instruction and reimburse $2,697.50; autism eligibility and goals claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. Greenfield Union School DistrictGreenfield Union School District prevails on all four claims over a three-day exclusion, eligibility listing, transportation, and daily notes.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Etiwanda School DistrictEtiwanda School District prevails on all claims; special day class placement and October 2017 IEP offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified must reimburse a year of nonpublic school tuition and transportation after failing to implement a consented IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 19 issues
- Student v. Hermosa Beach City School DistrictHermosa Beach City School District owes nearly 500 hours of compensatory services for undisclosed physical holds at a nonpublic school.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 22 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Menifee Union School DistrictMenifee Union prevails: a home-instructed student did not prove that receiving no physical education denied her a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School DistrictUpland Unified's September 2017 IEP offered FAPE; parent's claims for goals, testing accommodations, transportation, ESY, and OT denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must train special education staff after an improperly composed July 2015 IEP meeting; other claims denied or time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 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. 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. 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. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified prevails on all claims over a high schooler's behavior plan, IEP implementation, and proposed IEP.District 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. San Dieguito Union High School District (consolidated)San Dieguito Union High School District's May 2016 transition IEP offered FAPE; district may implement it without parents' consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Soledad Unified School DistrictSoledad Unified denied FAPE by failing to make a clear offer after misleading parents about a Salinas placement; facilitated IEP meeting and training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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. 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. Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto Unified offered a FAPE; parent's requests for a one-to-one nonpublic school and a dyslexia program denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District did not refuse transportation to a Woodside High School placement; student's sole claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale Unified did not deny FAPE by giving a French immersion student English-speaking behavior aides; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. 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. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 55 hours of compensatory tutoring for unmeasurable IEP goals; resource, ESY and counseling claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 16 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)
- 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. Liberty Union High School DistrictLiberty Union High must add daily dyslexia instruction, fund 152 tutoring hours, and train staff; transition-meeting timing claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Student v. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District missed child find duty from fall 2014; ALJ orders 148 compensatory hours, evaluation, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Hayward Unified School DistrictHayward Unified's segregated preschool class denied FAPE; district must reimburse private preschool tuition and fund summer placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified wrongly exited student with autism and materially failed to implement behavior services; nonpublic agency social skills ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified blocked parent participation by predetermining refusal of an insurance-funded ABA aide; new IEP meeting and staff training ordered.Student prevailed on all 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
- Student v. Bonsall Unified School District (consolidated)Bonsall Unified must reimburse $44,838.69 for Arch Academy tuition and transportation and cannot implement its 2016 IEP without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 13 issues (3 in part)
- 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
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified prevails on claims over an ABA-trained aide and BCBA supervision following an earlier OAH decision.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Anaheim City School District (consolidated)Anaheim City School District cannot implement its vague placement offer without consent, but Student's three FAPE claims are denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach City School District (consolidated)Huntington Beach City School District must reimburse $32,755 for child find and 2015 IEP failures; its 2016 IEP upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSan Ramon Valley Unified's offer of a Spectrum Center placement denied FAPE, but no relief was ordered; three procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 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)
- Lodi Unified School District v. StudentLodi Unified may implement its May 2016 IEP, including a plan to fade one-to-one behavior services, without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Travis Unified School District (consolidated)Travis Unified must reimburse private reading tutoring and fund a new IEE after offering an unknown reading program; four claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 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. Dehesa School District et al. (consolidated)Dehesa School District and Community Montessori Charter must reimburse $20,709 in private school tuition and fund 68 hours of services.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Soledad Unified School District (consolidated)Soledad Unified may not implement its September 2016 IEP without consent and must fund 25 hours of math tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictSan Mateo-Foster City School District did not deny a kindergartner with autism a FAPE through bullying; all relief denied.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. Lake Elsinore Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore Unified prevails on all claims; it did not have to write behavior or transition plans for a privately placed student.District prevailed on all 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. 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. 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)
- 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
- 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
- Student v. Laguna Beach Unified School DistrictLaguna Beach Unified must reimburse $5,491 for private school and speech costs after delaying an IEP meeting; interim placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 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)
- 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)
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified wins every claim over home instruction, alternative school placement, and return-to-campus plan for student with chronic fatigue.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified denied FAPE by holding an annual IEP meeting without the parent on one day's notice; transportation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School District (consolidated)Downey Unified denied FAPE by omitting motor goals, physical therapy and sensory supports; behavior aide change upheld.Student 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. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified may place an eight-year-old with autism in a moderate/severe special day class over parental objection.District prevailed on all 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified provided safe, suitable bus transportation; ALJ denies parent's request for door-to-door minivan service.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. West Contra Costa Unified School DistrictWest Contra Costa Unified must reimburse $4,972.76 for a second daily school trip; independent evaluation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Mount Diablo Unified School DistrictMount Diablo Unified must provide 20 group speech-language sessions and a new IEP meeting; Orion Academy reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified prevails on all claims over SLD eligibility, reading methodology, assistive technology, and a one-to-one aide.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Parlier Unified School DistrictParlier Unified must train Benavidez staff after a PE teacher never saw a student's IEP; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must fund 23 hours of compensatory education and train staff; Student loses placement, transportation and IEE claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 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)
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified must make up missed speech therapy for a kindergartner with autism; aide and behavior plan claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 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)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund 590 hours of compensatory behavior services and train staff; comparable-services claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School District (consolidated)San Dieguito Union must reassess a student with autism after unsafe incidents at Oak Crest; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 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. Rosedale Union Elementary School DistrictRosedale Union Elementary predetermined its denial of vision therapy and must fund an independent assessment and interim therapy.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- 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. Glendale Unified School District (consolidated)Glendale Unified offered a FAPE in both years; parents' claims denied, and district may implement its 2015 IEP without consent.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman 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. 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. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified prevails on all claims by a high schooler with a learning disability; one procedural violation found harmless.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: a classmate's sporadic hitting of a kindergartner with autism was not bullying that denied FAPE.District 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 Union High School DistrictSan Mateo Union High must reimburse $150,908.70 and fund a residential placement at Monarch through March 2016.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 10 issues
- 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. 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. 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. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified must train case managers after holding an IEP meeting without a speech therapist; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District prevails on all claims over a one-to-one aide, speech services, and a kindergarten special day class.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Castro Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Castro Valley Unified must reimburse $23,841.96 of private boarding school costs; ALJ finds residential placement was not needed.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Santa Clara Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Clara Unified's hybrid academic and vocational IEPs for an adult student with autism offered FAPE; all student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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)
- 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. 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)
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must train Flynn staff on child find after serving a student under a 504 plan instead of an IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 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. California Children's Services (Orange County)California Children's Services must join a first grader's IEP as physical therapy provider because his therapy was both medically and educationally necessary.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified properly offered placement at the student's school of residence, Barton Hill Elementary; parent's placement claim denied.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)
- Del Mar Union School District v. StudentDel Mar Union's interim class nurse and 1:1 aide were comparable to a transfer student's prior one-to-one nurse, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may not implement its January 2015 IEP without parent consent; the IEP met procedural rules but did not offer FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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
- Rim of the World Unified School District v. StudentRim of the World Unified may implement its January 2015 IEP without parent consent; a male aide and mountain biking were not required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School District (consolidated)Riverside Unified prevails: speech services for a student with autism were appropriate despite the parents' apraxia claim.District prevailed on all 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to offer a one-to-one aide to a third grader with a learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified's autism special day class offer upheld; parents' request for home-based ABA program denied on all five issues.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
- Torrance Unified School District v. StudentTorrance Unified's middle school IEP denied a FAPE because it offered no after-school transportation to a student with autism.Student 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)
- Student v. Spencer Valley Elementary School DistrictSpencer Valley Elementary must reimburse $13,974.82 and fund a year of RDI aide support; participation and summer school claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Dixie Elementary School DistrictDixie Elementary need not provide partial home instruction, shortened days, or requested accommodations; all three of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified's special day class reading program provided FAPE; father's request for Lindamood-Bell reading instruction denied.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
- 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)
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 25 hours of make-up home instruction after leaving medically fragile student without a teacher; placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified must provide 32 hours of compensatory instruction for missed placement and summer days; transportation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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. Pajaro Valley Unified School DistrictPajaro Valley Unified must reimburse Chartwell tuition and mileage for a late IEP meeting and a missing general education teacher; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an IEE, 360 compensatory hours, and $3,600 for an honors graduate who lacked basic skills.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 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. Fresno Unified School District (consolidated)Fresno Unified must fund 55 months of individualized compensatory education through EvoLibri for a 22-year-old denied FAPE for 39 months.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 14 issues
- Student v. Spencer Valley Elementary School District (consolidated)Spencer Valley's predetermined placement denied FAPE and cannot be implemented; for implementation failures, it must fund up to $1,500 and inclusion training.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Twin Rivers Unified School District (consolidated)Twin Rivers Unified must provide 34 hours of compensatory behavior services; its special day class offer may be implemented.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a nonpublic autism school for 2014-2015 after Bridgeport placement stopped meeting a student's behavior needs.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified offered FAPE in three high school IEPs; no reimbursement owed for private Westview School placement.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Joint Unified did not have to provide occupational therapy during a first grader's 2014 extended school year.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified must reimburse a Utah residential placement after its September 2013 split-therapy IEP denied FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- 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. Los Gatos Union School DistrictLos Gatos Union must provide 88 hours of compensatory speech, math, and behavior services; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 17 issues (5 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. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must fund 36 hours of occupational therapy and $1,400 in preschool tuition after dropping a classroom placement; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 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. 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. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified's moderate/severe autism class offers for 2012-2014 upheld; all of Student's least restrictive environment claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yuba City Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Yuba City Unified and Sutter County schools prevail; parent cannot choose the nurse who provides a student's IEP nursing services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hemet Unified School District (consolidated)Hemet Unified's May 2013 preschool special day class offer upheld, but it cannot implement its January 2014 offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. 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. Rim of the World Unified School DistrictRim of the World Unified must provide 450 minutes of make-up speech therapy; claims for male aide and mountain bike aide denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictLas Virgenes Unified prevails on all claims over aide type, aide implementation, homework support, speech services, and LRE.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)
- Student v. Fresno Unified School District (consolidated)Fresno Unified denied a 22-year-old student a FAPE from October 2010 onward; ALJ orders assessments before deciding compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 16 issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified must translate IEP documents into Chinese for parents; June 2013 IEP voided, other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Moreland School DistrictMoreland School District prevails: special day class and behavior supports for autistic student who bangs her head upheld for both school years.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified prevails on all claims; school-based autism program, not home instruction, held appropriate despite student's allergies.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may implement its 2013 IEP for a sixth grader despite the parents' procedural objections.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by offering school-to-school instead of home-to-school bus transportation.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)
- Student v. Manteca Unified School District (consolidated)Manteca Unified wins all issues and may place student at Children's Home of Stockton without parent consent.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide school-to-school transportation for a first grader it moved to Lassen Elementary because of overcrowding.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School District et al.Alhambra Unified, not Whittier, is responsible for a conserved adult student placed in a group home within Whittier's boundaries and denied him FAPE.Student prevailed on all 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
- 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. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails on all speech and language claims for a nonverbal 19-year-old at a nonpublic school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Tuolumne County California Children's ServicesTuolumne County California Children's Services must restore direct OT and PT and provide 90 compensatory therapy hours after unilateral cuts.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. 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. Jurupa Unified School DistrictJurupa Unified did not deny FAPE by ending bus service or keeping student in his special day class.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
- Santa Rita Union Elementary School District v. StudentSanta Rita Union Elementary may remove speech-language eligibility and end speech services for an English learner, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Baldwin Park Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Baldwin Park and Covina Valley Unified need not refer a deaf student to the California School for the Deaf; 2012 IEP upheld.District prevailed on all 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. 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)
- Student v. San Diego County Office of EducationSan Diego County Office of Education must find and implement a residential placement for a detained student; OT violation also found.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified's blended special day class and general education middle school placement upheld; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District prevails on all four claims about foster-care enrollment, supervision, counseling, and transportation.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)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer to keep a blind student with multiple disabilities at Salvin Special Education Center upheld; no relief ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paso Robles Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Unified and San Luis Obispo County Mental Health prevail on all claims over an autistic student's final two high school years.District 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. Santa Barbara Unified School DistrictSanta Barbara Unified prevails on all claims that it failed to implement a nonverbal autistic student's IEP after a settlement.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- 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. Hollister School DistrictHollister School District must provide 46 hours of social skills or extracurricular activities after omitting general education teachers from IEP meetings.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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. Redlands Unified School DistrictRedlands Unified must reimburse $3,697 in private preschool tuition because its special education preschool was not the LRE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all claims as the ALJ upholds moving a 20-year-old to its adult transition program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by declining to provide an iPad after a failed touchscreen trial.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District prevails on all claims over a blind ninth grader's August 2012 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified's February and May 2012 IEPs offered FAPE; district need not fund private Pioneer Day School placement.District prevailed on all 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. Hermosa Beach City School DistrictHermosa Beach City School District must reimburse $12,832.40 for a private school after offering an expelled student no appropriate placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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
- Manhattan Beach Unified School District v. StudentManhattan Beach Unified offered FAPE with in-school aide and its own behavior analyst, and ESY was not required; district may implement IEPs.District 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. 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. 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
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District did not deny FAPE by declining speech therapy during the five-week gap after ESY.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District did not deny FAPE by refusing to provide an iPad for a student's bus rides.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to bus a student with autism to his private after-school program; claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims that the Stein Center nonpublic school placement denied an autistic student a FAPE.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. 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE by offering only one daily stander session; ALJ orders two sessions a day.Student prevailed on all issues
- Lucia Mar Unified School District v. StudentLucia Mar Unified's June 2011 offer of a full-time middle school SDC for a nonverbal autistic student was a FAPE in the LRE.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. Fountain Valley School District (consolidated)Fountain Valley School District's kindergarten IEP and behavior plan offered FAPE; parents' private school reimbursement claim denied.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. Poway Unified School DistrictDistrict did not have to provide CART word-for-word transcription; TypeWell offer for hard-of-hearing ninth grader upheld on remand.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims brought by a parent representing her daughter with a learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hermosa Beach City Elementary School DistrictHermosa Beach City Elementary offered a gifted student with autism a FAPE; Bridges Academy reimbursement denied, 2009-10 claim time-barred.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified's IEP replacing an agency aide with a District aide offered FAPE and may be implemented without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. California Children's Services (Calaveras County)Calaveras County California Children's Services must restore therapy it cut outside the IEP process; student prevails on all issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- Student v. Etiwanda School DistrictEtiwanda School District prevails on all claims over autism eligibility, behavior services, and home/hospital instruction across three school years.District 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. Oceanside Unified School DistrictOceanside Unified's two-hour bus ride to a settlement-funded private school did not deny an autistic student a FAPE.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. Westminster School DistrictWestminster School District prevails; stay put placement was the Johnson Middle School SUCSESS class, and IEP offer claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified need not provide curb-to-curb transportation after a transfer or a one-to-one aide; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Marin County Mental Health Youth and Family ServicesMarin County Mental Health must fund $41,760 in mental health services for failing to provide adequate goals and counseling.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified may move a fifth grader from full inclusion to a special day class; ALJ finds FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bassett Unified School DistrictBassett Unified properly gave a student with a learning disability a regular diploma and delivered his IEP services; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mill Valley School DistrictMill Valley School District wrongly denied OHI eligibility to a gifted eighth grader with ADHD; ALJ orders 36 compensatory hours.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified offered a deaf student FAPE in the LRE; parents' reimbursement claim for Westview School denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. Horizon Instructional Systems Charter SchoolHorizon Instructional Systems Charter School denied a student with autism FAPE through deficient transition plans; ALJ orders an assessment, a mobility guide and a job coach.Student prevailed on all issues
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified may implement its middle school special day class IEP offer without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union prevails on all claims over a one-to-one safety aide, IEP goals, and more ABA for a student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims; wrong benchmark dates in autistic student's IEP held a harmless procedural error.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Cruz City School District et al. (consolidated)Santa Cruz City Schools and County Office must provide 240 compensatory hours for flawed goals and behavior plan; residential placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 16 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Montebello Unified School DistrictMontebello Unified did not have to fund an aide and transportation for community college art classes; all relief denied.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of 240 monthly minutes of speech therapy for a preschooler with autism upheld; parents' request denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide compensatory aide and speech services for missing aides during two ESY summers; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- 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
- 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
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High did not predetermine placement; Oak Crest Middle School offer held appropriate despite parent's distance concerns.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Monrovia Unified School DistrictMonrovia Unified did not deny FAPE by offering clinic-based occupational therapy instead of a private nonpublic agency.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; special education center placement upheld for hearing-impaired student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's physical and occupational therapy offer for a medically complex preschooler upheld; all requested relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Ripon Unified School District v. StudentRipon Unified's February 2011 IEP offered a FAPE and may be implemented without parental consent; switch of aide agency upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newport Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport Mesa Unified offered too little supervision for a student's ABA aide; claims for a male aide and home services denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 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
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's general education placement with resource support was appropriate; parent's request for a special day class denied.District prevailed on all 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
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School District (consolidated)Sequoia Union High School District must reimburse nonpublic school tuition through 2013 after Student prevailed on every issue.Student 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide home-to-school busing for a student with a learning disability; school-to-school transportation upheld.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
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified's 30-day interim SDC offer to a student moving from a home-study charter provided a FAPE; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of Education et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education did not deny FAPE through mental health services in juvenile hall; all relief denied.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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: speech, APE, and OT levels in triennial IEP were sufficient, and physical therapy was not needed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's autism special day class offer was the least restrictive environment; Lindamood-Bell reimbursement denied.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. California Department of Mental HealthCalifornia Department of Mental Health denied FAPE after the AB 3632 veto and must ensure 10 make-up counseling hours are delivered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of Education et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education and state mental health department prevail; delayed residential placement after 2010 AB 3632 veto was not a FAPE denial.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
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified's April 2010 kindergarten IEP offered FAPE; ALJ denies requests for NPA ABA aide, home services, and ESY.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cloverdale Unified School DistrictCloverdale Unified denied FAPE through repeated suspensions; ALJ orders 175 hours of tutoring and 100 hours of counseling.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Amador County Unified School District et al.Amador County Unified denied FAPE by moving a preschool autism class to a cramped Plymouth portable; new classroom and compensatory education ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 9 issues
- Student v. San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSan Ramon Valley Unified's special day class offer for a student with cerebral palsy provided FAPE; private school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District et al.Poway Unified and the Department of Developmental Services win on all claims; ALJ finds no denial of FAPE.District prevailed on all 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. Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra Unified must provide 36 hours of after-school services because pulling Student from class for speech therapy denied FAPE; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- 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. 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)
- Student v. Menlo Park City Elementary School DistrictMenlo Park City Elementary prevails: bus offer for a student with autism and diabetes found reasonably safe; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Menlo Park City Elementary School District (Menlo Park City School District)Menlo Park City School District denied FAPE in speech and AAC services; Arbor Bay tuition denied, $513 provider payment ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 12 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. Rosedale Union Elementary School DistrictRosedale Union Elementary prevails: special day class, not general education with an ABA aide, was the LRE for kindergartner with autism.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
- 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. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must reimburse $39,490 for summer and fall 2008 services; later IEP offers found to provide FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (5 in part)
- 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. 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. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High School District and Santa Clara County Mental Health offered FAPE in local Wings program; residential placement 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)
- 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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: absent teacher at IEP meeting did not deny FAPE, and bus transportation offer 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
- Student v. Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District (consolidated)Dry Creek Joint Elementary may reassess a student with dyslexia, and its 2009-2010 IEP offer is upheld; father sanctioned $3,880.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)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE to a preschooler by pulling her assigned adult assistant and then dropping that support from her IEP.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Exeter Union School District (consolidated)Exeter Union's plan to replace a nonpublic agency with its own behavior program offered a FAPE; District prevails on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must reimburse $504 for transportation for spring 2009; other transportation claims for 2007–2010 denied.Student prevailed in part
- 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)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide special education to an adult student in county jail, plus a year of compensatory services.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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of a therapeutic nonpublic school was the least restrictive environment; the mother's challenge was denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Montecito Union Elementary School District et al.Montecito Union and Santa Barbara County Education Office predetermined aide services; ALJ orders nonpublic agency aide and 96 compensatory hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing real-time captioning (CART) for a high-achieving middle schooler with hearing loss.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified prevails on all four claims over speech therapy, bus transportation, school safety, and monthly progress reports.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Buckeye Union School DistrictBuckeye Union School District prevails on child find claims and on its February and April 2009 IEP offers.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vallejo City Unified School District et al.Vallejo City Unified and Mare Island Technology Academy prevail; sixth grader's curriculum and speech therapy claims denied.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
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of Willenberg Special Education Center upheld; the farther school did not deny FAPE because the bus ride was shorter.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)
- 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
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may implement its November 2008 IEP and stop funding a 13-year-old's nonpublic agency services.District prevailed on all issues
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District v. StudentHacienda La Puente Unified wins: its assessments were appropriate and its adult transition program placement offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified's offers of monthly resource consultation for a sixth grader's reading deficits denied FAPE; District's request for a FAPE ruling denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified must reimburse $35,602.55 for a private school after ignoring doctors' shortened-day advice; its January 2009 offer was upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Fremont Unified School DistrictOn remand from federal court, ALJ again finds Fremont Unified provided a FAPE to an autistic student from 2003 to 2006.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)
- Student v. St. Helena Unified School District (consolidated)St. Helena Unified must reimburse 25 percent of private school tuition, $6,236.03, over a Life Skills class placement; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse $1,611 for a father's family therapy trip to a Colorado RTC, but not the mother's costs.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Salinas Union High School District (consolidated)Salinas Union High must provide 450 minutes of missed speech therapy; its May 2008 IEP offered a FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- 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. 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)
- Student v. Camptonville Academy et al.Camptonville Academy unlawfully disenrolled a student with a learning disability; ALJ orders re-enrollment, assessments, and two years of daily tutoring.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Riverside County Department of Mental HealthRiverside County Department of Mental Health did not have to provide a residential placement or more therapy; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must pay $3,000 and fund 40 hours of clinic-based OT; placement and procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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)
- Student v. Sweetwater Union High School DistrictSweetwater Union High School District's moderate to severe special day class offered FAPE in the LRE; parent's one-to-one classroom request denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified must fund 30 weekly hours of one-to-one ABA and reimburse private ABA after IEPs lacked behavior goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 15 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Reed Union School DistrictReed Union School District predetermined a student's placement and must train staff; ALJ upheld the Olive special day class offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must fund 30 missed Fast ForWord reading sessions for a graduated student; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 8 issues (2 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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 5.5 hours of missed speech therapy; settlement-services and behavior-aide claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to provide home-to-school transportation to a student who transferred schools under school choice.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. 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
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School District et al.Baldwin Park and Covina-Valley Unified prevail on all claims over auditory-verbal therapy, oral placement, and response to peer misconduct allegations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Benito High School DistrictSan Benito High School District must add IEP goals and a VI specialist in math and provide 50 compensatory hours to a blind student.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Bakersfield City School DistrictBakersfield City School District must revise a BIP and give 12 months of social skills training; claim to bring dog to school denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- 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. Hermosa Beach City School District (consolidated)Hermosa Beach City School District offered a FAPE; parents' claim for nonpublic school reimbursement at Summit View denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Mateo Union High School District (captioned as "San Mateo Unified High School District") et al.San Mateo Union High School District must repay $40,861.60 for private high school; claim for residential drug treatment costs denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues
- Student v. Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley Unified's offer of aural rehabilitation therapy instead of auditory verbal therapy provided FAPE; all relief denied.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. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District's speech therapy offer denied FAPE; ALJ orders more individual school-based therapy but denies clinic services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of two hours of weekly physical therapy for a preschooler upheld; parent's request for three hours denied.District prevailed on all 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)
- 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. Brea Olinda Unified School DistrictBrea Olinda Unified must amend its interim offer to sixth grade with speech and aide services; 2005 claims barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues
- 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. 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)
- Student v. San Bruno Park School DistrictSan Bruno Park School District must provide 202 compensatory hours for failing to implement an autistic student's BIP, speech, and APE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims over a middle schooler's full-inclusion placement, aide supervision and health needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School DistrictPleasanton Unified prevails on all six claims; autistic student's communication-disorder class met his needs without an aide or more ABA.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. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must reimburse $24,269.11 for Reading Learning Center services after speech, goal, ESY and LRE failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 16 issues (3 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)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's nonpublic school offer for a 13-year-old with autism provided FAPE; no guaranteed female aide required.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Coronado Unified School DistrictCoronado Unified failed to implement a ninth grader's IEP and predetermined its offer; ordered to provide 60.5 hours and $1,685.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 14 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's school bus with a one-on-one aide was appropriate transportation; parent's request for taxi transportation denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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)
- 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
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's February 2007 IEP met a student's occupational therapy and sensory needs; all of the parents' claims were denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garvey Elementary School DistrictGarvey Elementary must fund 85 hours of compensatory speech therapy, adopt four behavior goals, and provide a small-group aide.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 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. Hemet Unified School District (consolidated)Hemet Unified's autism kindergarten offer denied FAPE; district must fund the CARD in-home ABA program through 2007-2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 12 issues (1 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. Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified did not have to provide the Brainfingers hands-free computer system to a 19-year-old student; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Ocean View School District et al. v. StudentOcean View School District's May 2007 IEP, including general education placement, a shadow aide and ABA social skills services, offered an autistic student a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified's Head Start placement and 34-hour weekly behavior intervention offer for preschooler with autism upheld on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Student v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Juvenile Justice DivisionJuvenile Justice Division must provide a year of daily one-to-one instruction and weekly therapy for denying a FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Solana Beach School District (consolidated)Solana Beach School District must repay $6,100 in preschool tuition and provide an aide; SDC offer violated LRE requirements.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Lancaster Elementary School District v. StudentLancaster Elementary School District's June 2007 IEP ending occupational therapy offered a FAPE; no one appeared for the student.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. Valley Center-Pauma Unified School DistrictValley Center-Pauma Unified predetermined placement and failed to provide FAPE; ordered to fund nonpublic school at TERI through 2007-2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 13 issues
- 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. 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
- 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. San Joaquin County Office of Education et al.San Joaquin County Office of Education must provide 18 hours of compensatory speech therapy; aide, OT, and Ripon Unified claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- 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)
- 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
- Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District v. StudentFairfield-Suisun Unified's part-day special day class offer was needed for spring 2007 but not for the 2007-2008 school year.Student prevailed in part
- 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
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing plunge-method G-tube feeding; prior OAH decision barred relitigation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lancaster Elementary School DistrictLancaster Elementary School District properly found student's drug possession was not a manifestation of his learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified's emotional-disturbance special day class offered FAPE; family's request for Winston School placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Las Virgenes Unified School DistrictLas Virgenes Unified denied FAPE in its October 2006 IEP and must reimburse $25,398 for nonpublic school costs.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified's autism special day class offer provided FAPE; parents' request for home ABA reimbursement denied on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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)
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must fund up to 240 hours of Lindamood-Bell reading instruction; math, speech, writing, transition claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must provide 800 minutes of in-home speech therapy for delayed IEP implementation; district wins three other issues.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Simi Valley Unified School DistrictSimi Valley Unified prevails: home instruction delay was not its fault, and its public high school offer was a FAPE.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
- Student v. Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictHacienda La Puente Unified must provide a trained aide and transition plan for a preschooler with autism; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District prevails on all issues; ALJ denies reimbursement for a private evaluation and a parent-chosen ABA provider.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bonsall Unified School DistrictBonsall Unified must pay $11,203, half the cost of a private aide and therapies, after predetermining an autistic student's IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 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
- Student v. Palmdale Elementary School DistrictPalmdale Elementary must provide stipulated compensatory OT and speech therapy; staff training, placement, and other compensatory claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- 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
- 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
- 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. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified's autism preschool offer provided FAPE; parents' request for reimbursement of in-home ABA program denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide door-to-door transportation for a student in a wheelchair after an unsafe corner bus stop denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Rocklin Unified School District v. StudentRocklin Unified's kindergarten IEP and eclectic teaching approach for a student with autism provided a FAPE; district prevailed on all issues.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendora Unified School DistrictGlendora Unified denied FAPE to a hard-of-hearing oral learner and must fund real-time captioning (CART) in academic classes.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. Pajaro Valley Unified School DistrictPajaro Valley Unified's eclectic autism preschool offer upheld; brief written-offer gaps on aide and parent training were curedSplit decision: student prevailed on 2 of 13 issues (2 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
- 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. 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)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified offered FAPE for ninth and tenth grade; parents' claim for private reading and school reimbursement denied.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
- 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)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of a special day class at Stoner Avenue Elementary upheld; parent's request for nonpublic school denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified did not deny FAPE by not offering a nonpublic school placement in 2004–2005; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newark Unified School DistrictNewark Unified prevails on all assessment, FAPE and procedural claims brought by a 21-year-old with an intellectual disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by refusing plunger-method G-tube feedings at school; all claims denied.District 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
- Student v. Moreland School DistrictMoreland School District prevails; transfer student not entitled to two hours of daily one-to-one tutoring by a certificated teacher.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified offered a FAPE through its adult transition program, and it provided one in 2005-2006; all of the parents' claims were denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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)
- 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. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must provide 100 hours of compensatory ABA for a vendor's missed in-home hours; eight other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 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. 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. Simi Valley Unified School DistrictSimi Valley Unified's high school IEP with a one-to-one aide offered FAPE in the LRE; nonpublic school request denied.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)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's year-round middle school placement with as-needed Spanish support offered FAPE to a student with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's year-round middle school placement and English learner support did not deny an autistic student a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin Unified prevails on all claims over a 2006 IEP meeting the parent skipped and its home-based summer ABA offer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a full-time aide to a 17-year-old in a life skills class, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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)
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must provide five years of compensatory services and an independent coordinator for a deaf-blind student.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Los Altos School DistrictLos Altos School District must conduct a functional analysis assessment after failing to monitor an ABA agency that tolerated aversive interventions.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- 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. San Jose Unified School DistrictSan Jose Unified must reimburse $20,489.58 for private reading clinic services after denying FAPE from kindergarten through third grade.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- Student v. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union High must provide 120 hours of Lindamood-Bell reading instruction after its 2006 summer offer denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union prevails on all claims over third grader's multi-teacher class placement and social skills group timing.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
- 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. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified's functional skills class, restricted general PE, and on-campus cross-country training offered a FAPE; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a motorized wheelchair with built-in stander; its EZ Stander met the student's IEP goals.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
- Glendora Unified School District v. StudentGlendora Unified cannot eliminate physical therapy or cut occupational therapy for a six-year-old with autism; offer was not a FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Student v. Burlingame Elementary School DistrictBurlingame Elementary prevails on all three claims over a preschooler's orthopedic special day class, AAC services, and mainstreaming.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's autism program placement at Cleveland High School upheld despite longer bus ride; all Student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims over a 21-year-old's TRACE transition placement, services, and IEP implementation.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. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (consolidated)Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified prevails on all issues; 2005-2006 blended SDC offer upheld and Lindamood Bell reimbursement denied.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. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified denied FAPE by refusing a one-to-one aide, but the ALJ upheld its behavior plan and awarded no remedy.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an independent evaluation after refusing a parent's kindergarten assessment request; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues
- Student v. 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
- Alhambra Unified School District v. StudentAlhambra Unified's offer of a severely handicapped special day class at Lincoln School was a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified provided an appropriate replacement behavior provider after its nonpublic agency behaviorist became unavailable.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified denied FAPE for four high school years by not addressing auditory processing needs; compensatory services and reimbursement ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 10 issues
- Student v. Modesto City SchoolsModesto City Schools must reimburse $2,000 for tutoring it agreed to but never provided; claim for 10th-grade tutoring denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District (consolidated)Glendale Unified prevails on academic, speech, IEE, and Lindamood-Bell claims; missed 2003 occupational therapy found but no remedy ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District's assessments upheld and special day class offer found to provide FAPE; all student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Lowell Joint School District v. StudentLowell Joint School District's 2004 and 2006 IEP offers for a preschooler with autism provided a FAPE; parents did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified wins all claims; ALJ finds an unmotivated student with ADD was not denied FAPE.District prevailed on all 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. Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra Unified's preschool special day class offer for a three-year-old with autism provided FAPE; all claims 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
- 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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a one-on-one bus aide for a visually impaired preschooler after a bus biting incident.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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund intensive home and school behavior services for autistic first grader after aide failures and IEP team defect.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 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)
- Student v. Fullerton Joint Union High School District et al. (consolidated)Merced County Mental Health prevails: ending TBS aide did not deny FAPE, and mother must consent to records releases.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)
- Student v. Huntington Beach City Elementary School DistrictHuntington Beach City Elementary must reimburse parents for private assessments and therapy after a child find failure; compensatory education denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. 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. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified prevails on ABA, LRE, and therapy claims; brief stay-put gap found, with reimbursement per stipulation.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's 2005-2006 IEP offered FAPE; a brief general education teacher attendance lapse did not deny FAPE.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. Hayward Unified School DistrictHayward Unified's offer of small-group pull-out speech therapy was a FAPE; parent's challenge denied on all points.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. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified denied FAPE by narrowing occupational therapy and must reimburse private OT services, reassess, and rewrite goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 10 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- 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. San Ramon Valley Unified School DistrictSan Ramon Valley Unified's one daily period of resource math provided FAPE; parents' claim for private tutoring reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse $12,306.25 for in-home ABA plus weekly private speech therapy; autism SDC offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 12 issues (1 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)
- 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. Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley Unified provided a FAPE from 2000 through 2006; no private school reimbursement or compensatory education owed.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
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified's 2005-06, ESY and extended-ESY offers for an autistic student upheld as a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Colton Joint Unified School DistrictColton Joint Unified prevails on all claims over a student's 2004 IEP, nonpublic school request, and eligibility category.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. Kern High School DistrictKern High School District must hold an IEP meeting on attendance and vocational plan; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School DistrictYucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified must fund an intensive in-home ABA program and reimburse parents' services and independent evaluations.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues
- Student v. Pomona Unified School DistrictPomona Unified's offer of a special day class for a student with a cochlear implant was a FAPE; all claims denied.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. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified denied FAPE to a private-school student with autism and must fund compensatory speech therapy, an aide, and $850 for tutoring.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must immediately implement a deaf-blind student's May 2005 IEP and assess him to set compensatory education.Student 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. Conejo Valley Unified School DistrictAgainst Conejo Valley Unified, ALJ finds an extracurricular aide is not a FAPE service and OAH cannot enforce equal-access rights.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified must pay for independent psychological evaluation and half of ongoing ABA therapy; FAPE denial and compensatory claims rejected.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- 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. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District et al.Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified and San Bernardino County mental health may not fund a for-profit Utah residential placement; petition denied.District prevailed on all 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
- 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
- Gateway Unified School District v. StudentGateway Unified's 2005-2006 special day class offer provided FAPE; district may implement it and must fix one writing goal.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. East Whittier City Elementary School DistrictEast Whittier City Elementary must reimburse $300 for missed speech therapy, but its reduced speech offer may be implemented.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- 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)
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School District (consolidated)Huntington Beach Union High may assess student without parent consent; all ten of the student's FAPE claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictMt. Diablo Unified need not continue a student's in-home Intensive Behavior Intervention program; the ALJ found the school program sufficient.District prevailed on all issues