OAH Special Education Decisions on Placement and LRE
892 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 57, split in 392, district prevailed on all issues in 443.
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- Student v. Ontario-Montclair School DistrictOntario-Montclair School District prevails; parent's challenges to a 2023 IEP and auditory processing assessment are time-barred or unproven.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. University Preparatory AcademyUniversity Preparatory Academy case dismissed because Father lacked standing after family court gave Mother sole legal custody.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tahoe Truckee Unified School District et al.Tahoe Truckee Unified and Sierra Expeditionary Learning School win on all four claims, including child find, for a first grader.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)
- Manteca Unified School District v. StudentManteca Unified may move a second grader with autism to the county's Believe Program for up to 45 school days.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. 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. 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. 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)
- Rocklin Academy Family of Schools v. StudentRocklin Academy's request to move a fourth grader to an interim alternative setting for dangerousness is denied on both issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must fund 87 hours of instruction and an independent behavior assessment; nonpublic school placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (3 in part)
- 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
- Long Beach Unified School District v. StudentLong Beach Unified may place an 11th grader at Rossier Park High School for up to 45 school days over safety concerns.District prevailed on all issues
- Sweetwater Union High School District v. StudentSweetwater Union may implement its 2025 IEP and conduct a mental health assessment without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified denied FAPE by not changing placement in April 2025; ordered to fund 30 BCBA hours, residential placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- 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. 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
- Monrovia Unified School District v. StudentMonrovia Unified failed to prove its campus-based IEP offered a FAPE to a home-schooled ninth grader; it may not implement the IEP.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union must reinstate a student's special education eligibility after exiting her without an IEP meeting; notice claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. 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. 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. Saugus Union School DistrictSaugus Union School District prevails on all claims that it isolated a first grader at lunch as discipline.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
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified may move a student with autism to a nonpublic school for up to 45 school days over safety concerns.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. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified need not fund three IEEs and may implement its special day class IEP offer without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- Long Beach Unified School District v. StudentLong Beach Unified offered a FAPE and may move a student with autism to a co-taught class without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may place a first grader in Sierra Vista's intensive intervention program for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all 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
- Weaver Union School District v. StudentWeaver Union may move an eight-year-old to Merced County's Sierra Program for up to 45 school days over safety concerns.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
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union may move a transitional kindergartner to Miller Elementary's SEAS program for 45 school days after showing danger of injury.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. Los Alamitos Unified School DistrictLos Alamitos Unified must reimburse up to $24,695 for a parent's residential placement after delaying placement for a student in crisis.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all claims by a preschooler with a speech or language impairment; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified prevails on all 24 claims about a preschooler's assessment, aides, communication device, behavior services, and parent training.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Pleasanton Unified School District (consolidated)Pleasanton Unified must restore student to special education and fund a psychoeducational IEE after an eligibility exit based on a flawed assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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)
- 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. Jurupa Unified School DistrictALJ found Jurupa Unified's mostly special day class offer was not the LRE and ordered $11,602.06 reimbursement; federal court later vacated decision.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issuesVacated on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Center Joint Unified School District v. StudentCenter Joint Unified may not place an eighth grader at a separate special education school without Parent's consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund residential treatment, 254 compensatory hours, and an occupational therapy evaluation after stalled assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 47 of 65 issues
- Student v. Escondido Union High School District (consolidated)Escondido Union High must fund Winston School tuition and independent evaluations after its assessments and IEP offer were found inadequate.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Venture Academy v. StudentVenture Academy may implement its reduced-services IEP and reassess a sixth grader without parental consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified showed that removing the student was justified, but OAH rejected its one-hour-a-day in-home interim setting as inadequate.Student prevailed in part
- Conejo Valley Unified School District v. StudentConejo Valley Unified may not place a student with autism in a Texas residential center without parent consent.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
- Mountain View-Whisman School District v. StudentMountain View-Whisman may place a first grader in a nonpublic school for up to 45 school days after proving injury risk.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified must train administrators after delaying an assessment plan; tuition reimbursement and twelve other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- 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. 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. 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
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified may implement a student's May 2023 IEP, including a move to a moderate-severe special day class, without parent consent.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
- Victor Elementary School District v. StudentVictor Elementary may implement its moderate-to-severe special day class IEP without Parent's consent after ALJ finds it offered FAPE.District prevailed on all 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
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may move an 18-year-old student to Rising Star SPED Academy for up to 45 school days after repeated injuries.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Campbell Union School District et al.Campbell Union must hold a manifestation determination for a student without an IEP after removing her more than 10 days.Student prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may keep a second grader in its intensive intervention program for 45 more school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified denied FAPE for two years by not addressing a student's school refusal; remedies hearing set.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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)
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District v. StudentMurrieta Valley Unified may place a dangerous-behavior student in its Learn At Home virtual program for up to 45 more school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alpine Union School DistrictAlpine Union must provide 280 minutes of make-up occupational therapy; ALJ denies all other claims, including private school reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- 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. 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. 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
- Palo Alto Unified School District v. StudentPalo Alto Unified may place student at Creative Learning Center for another 45 school days because of injury risk.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. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must hold a manifestation determination review; bite was serious bodily injury and nonpublic interim placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Santa Ana Unified School District v. StudentSanta Ana Unified may move a third grader to Rossier Park nonpublic school without parental consent; ALJ finds IEP offered FAPE.District prevailed on all 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. 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
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may place a seventh grader in a residential interim setting for up to 45 school days because of safety risks.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
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union may move a 10th grader from MERIT Academy to Oak Grove residential treatment center for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palm Springs Unified School DistrictPalm Springs Unified must reimburse up to $12,560 for Lindamood-Bell and provide 7 speech hours; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 20 issues (1 in part)
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified's October 2022 IEP moving a ninth grader from residential treatment to Phoenix School offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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
- Franklin-McKinley School District v. StudentFranklin-McKinley proved danger at Kennedy Elementary, but its virtual home program was inappropriate; student returns with full-day aide.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union proves likely injury at middle school but loses bid for an unnamed residential placement; no removal ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Sacramento City Unified School District v. StudentSacramento City Unified may return a tenth grader to Point Quest nonpublic school for up to 45 more school days.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. Carmel Unified School District (consolidated)Carmel Unified may not implement its May 2022 IEP without consent; ALJ orders 20 compensatory hours and staff LRE training.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 13 issues
- Riverbank Unified School District v. StudentRiverbank Unified may implement IEP moving student with cerebral palsy to a Waterford High moderate to severe special day class.District prevailed on all 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. 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
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union proves danger at current school but loses bid for unspecified residential interim placement; no relief ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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
- Sacramento City Unified School District v. StudentSacramento City Unified may move a tenth grader to a nonpublic school for up to 45 school days after showing substantial risk of injury.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Miller Creek School DistrictMiller Creek School District did not deny FAPE when a nonpublic school ended its contract to serve the student.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Hanford Elementary School District v. StudentHanford Elementary may not implement third-grader's IEP without parent consent; ALJ finds participation violation and unclear accommodations.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High predetermined a nonpublic school placement and must reimburse up to $14,990 in Winston School tuition.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Miller Creek School DistrictMiller Creek School District prevails: nonpublic school's contract termination was not a disciplinary removal requiring a manifestation determination.District prevailed on all 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. Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School DistrictLos Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District did not have to provide extended school year under a prior district's 2017 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District cannot implement its December 2021 IEP; it must fund therapy hours, a physical therapy IEE, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 17 issues
- Student v. Centralia Elementary School DistrictCentralia Elementary must provide 262 hours of tutoring and staff training; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Whittier Union High School District (consolidated)Whittier Union must fund 113 compensatory hours and independent evaluations for late assessments and distance-learning lapses; nonpublic school claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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
- Lucerne Elementary School District v. StudentLucerne Elementary may implement its IEP placing a first grader in a moderate-to-severe special day class without parental consent.District prevailed on all 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
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union High School District may implement IEP placing student at its MERIT therapeutic school without parental consent.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)
- Odyssey Charter School v. StudentOdyssey Charter School may move a kindergartner with autism to its South Campus special day class for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Enterprise Elementary School District (consolidated)Enterprise Elementary must fund 104 hours of in-home services and a health IEE after its virtual-only offer denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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. 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. 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. Conejo Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Conejo Valley Unified prevails on all claims; its psychoeducational assessment is upheld and no IEE is owed.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse $11,023.36 and fund IEEs after unclear IEP offers and a predetermined COVID mask health plan.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 21 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High must fund 112 instruction hours and train staff over a transfer student's unimplemented IEP and late IEP meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues
- Student v. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Lompoc Unified School DistrictLompoc Unified prevails on remand: student did not prove she was eligible for special education or needed residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Cucamonga School District v. StudentCucamonga School District may implement its autism program placement without parent consent; ALJ finds October 2020 IEP offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orcutt Union School DistrictOrcutt Union must provide 54 hours of counseling and social skills training for failing to implement IEP; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School District (consolidated)Panama-Buena Vista Union must provide 211.5 compensatory hours for assessment failures; its behavior assessment and IEP offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified prevails on all seven procedural claims about an IEP meeting held without the parent of an adult student.District prevailed on all 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. 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. 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. Upland Unified School District (consolidated)Upland Unified wins every decided issue; adult student's eligibility lapsed after mother withheld triennial consent; two district claims not reached.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified's triennial assessments and middle school placement offers upheld; student's request for nonpublic school placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified prevails on all four claims; late assessment plan harmless and nonresident student's disenrollment upheld.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified prevails on all four issues; ALJ upholds February 2020 IEP and intellectual development assessment, denies IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. ABC Unified School District et al.ABC Unified denied FAPE by refusing to consider a post-discharge placement for a hospitalized student; claim against Los Angeles Unified denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictALJ upheld Los Angeles Unified's ESY placement and length; a federal court reversed on both issues.District prevailed on all issuesReversed on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. 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
- Alta Loma Elementary School District v. StudentAlta Loma Elementary's May 2019 IEP placing a student with autism in a County autism class offered a FAPE.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
- Colton Unified School District v. StudentColton Unified's triennial assessments were appropriate and its general education IEP offered FAPE; no IEEs at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lompoc Unified School District (consolidated)Lompoc Unified denied FAPE through inadequate behavior supports, a flawed speech assessment, and an involuntary transfer; 240 compensatory hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; no reimbursement owed for Westmark School tuition or a private psychological evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
- Glendora Unified School District v. StudentGlendora Unified's IEP offers of special education core classes and later home instruction provided a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High must reimburse religious school tuition and counseling after failing to make a clear placement offer.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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
- River Springs Charter School v. StudentRiver Springs Charter School's homeschool IEP offer denied FAPE, but the charter may reassess the student without parental consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools et al. (consolidated)Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools and Curtis Creek must fund residential placement at Madison Oaks and reimburse $11,025 after broad FAPE denials.Split decision: student prevailed on 19 of 22 issues (2 in part)
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified may place a nonverbal ninth grader with autism in the county Special Schools program without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temple City Unified School District (consolidated)Temple City Unified cannot implement unclear 2018 IEP and must offer special day class with specified mainstreaming; current placement continues meanwhile.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified's July 2018 IEP offered a fifth grader with a reading disability a FAPE; district may implement it without consent.District prevailed on all 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 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)
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may place a ninth grader with autism at Spectrum Center—Camden Campus for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Arcadia Unified School District v. StudentArcadia Unified may move an 8-year-old to the GOALS program for up to 45 school days after an expedited hearing.District prevailed on all 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. 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. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified's triennial IEP offered FAPE and may be implemented; district's request to finish assessments without consent denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues
- Student v. Del Mar Union School District (consolidated)Del Mar Union must repay a $3,500 private assessment and fund 80 therapy hours; residential placement reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 12 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. 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. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified must fund a student's Utah residential treatment placement and repay travel costs after denying a FAPE.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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. 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. 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
- Chaffey Joint Union High School District v. StudentChaffey Joint Union High School District may place a student with autism at Bliss Academy without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must reimburse tuition, tutoring and an assessment after a 2017 IEP lacked academic goals; older claims were time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 25 issues
- Student v. Pittsburg Unified School DistrictPittsburg Unified denied FAPE by skipping a health assessment for a student with spina bifida; 243 compensatory hours ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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. San Diego County Office of EducationSan Diego County Office of Education did not have to offer residential treatment to a student leaving juvenile detention.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
- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District v. StudentNorwalk-La Mirada Unified may implement its special day class IEP offer for a first grader without parental consent.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
- 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
- San Marcos Unified School District v. StudentSan Marcos Unified may implement its high school IEP without parental consent after the ALJ found it offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all 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. Tustin Unified School District (consolidated)Tustin Unified's triennial assessment upheld with no IEE owed; Student's challenges to IEP goals and general education placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Etiwanda School DistrictEtiwanda School District prevails on all claims; special day class placement and October 2017 IEP offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified's nonpublic school offer at Beach Cities was appropriate; parents denied reimbursement for private school.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Colton Joint Unified School District v. StudentColton Joint Unified may place an eighth grader at a nonpublic school and reassess him without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must reimburse full-time Halstrom Academy costs for the rest of 2017-2018 and fund an independent behavior assessment after failing to assess, write goals, and make clear IEP offers.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues
- Student v. 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
- Oakland Unified School District v. StudentOakland Unified may implement IEP placing third grader at Highland Academy without parent consent; placement held least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Benicia Unified School District (consolidated)Benicia Unified lawfully graduated a 21-year-old with a regular diploma; ALJ denies all of Student's claims despite a late annual IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Chaffey Joint Union High School District v. StudentChaffey Joint Union High School District's offer of out-of-state residential treatment placement upheld as a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District v. StudentFairfield-Suisun Unified may move a hard-of-hearing student with intellectual disability to a functional academics class without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District must keep kindergartner in general education with added supports; special day class offer rejected.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Ontario-Montclair School District v. StudentOntario-Montclair School District may implement its October 2016 IEP placing a third grader with autism in a special day class.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified may move student to Highland Academy for 45 school days but must provide a one-to-one bus aide.District prevailed on all issues
- El Segundo Unified School District v. StudentEl Segundo Unified may place a student at Sunrise nonpublic school for up to 45 school days as an interim setting.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must amend two 2014 IEPs to add residential placement and fund limited compensatory services; staff training denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issuesReversed and remanded on appeal
- 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. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified must reimburse $37,491.41 in educational costs for April-June 2017 after making an illusory nonpublic school offer; residential placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 12 issues
- 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. Goleta Unified School DistrictGoleta Unified prevails on all claims over its special day class offer; ALJ finds full parent participation and no predetermination.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School District (consolidated)Oakland Unified shows a second grader's Sequoia placement is dangerous, but the ALJ rejects both proposed interim special day classes.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified prevails on all six claims, including mental health assessment, auditory processing testing, Spanish notices, and FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified denied FAPE to a learning-disabled English learner; ALJ orders IEEs, 185 compensatory hours, Spanish IEP translations and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 12 issues
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School District (consolidated)Alhambra Unified prevails on all issues; ALJ upholds its non-diploma functional program offer and its speech and OT assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must reimburse $108,940 for a Texas residential placement over unaddressed behaviors, sleeping, transportation and occupational therapy.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 17 issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified must fund a year of nonpublic school tuition and 36 hours of OT, but its 2016 special day class offer is upheldSplit decision: student prevailed on 10 of 68 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified and Community Roots Academy prevail on all claims over assistive technology, behavior assessment, and IEP participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified's general education STEM magnet offer for an eighth grader with autism upheld; all of the parent's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must repay $5,803 in private school costs and fund 120 compensatory hours after cutting a student's full-time aide to one hour a day.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sylvan Union School DistrictSylvan Union must reimburse $2,925 in preschool costs, fund two IEEs, and make up 42 individual speech sessions.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must return student to George Washington High after holding his manifestation review without him; student wins all issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al.Capistrano Unified must reimburse $704.06 and train staff over a delayed assessment and missing prior written notice; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 22 issues (2 in part)
- Big Pine Unified School District v. StudentBig Pine Unified may implement IEP placing sixth grader in out-of-state residential treatment program without Mother's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund three independent evaluations after failing to do a triennial assessment and an adequate transition plan.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse up to $41,600 in private school tuition for child find failures; June 2016 IEP upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 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. 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
- Elk Grove Unified School District v. StudentElk Grove Unified may implement its IEP moving a fifth grader with autism to a self-contained class without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictSan Mateo-Foster City School District prevails on all claims over a 2014 IEP offering continued Edgewood day treatment placement.District 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. Benicia Unified School DistrictBenicia Unified unlawfully graduated a certificate-track student without notice; it must restore Bridge program hours and pay $11,325 for IEEs.Student prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may implement its October 2016 IEP without parent consent after an ALJ found it offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Dublin Unified School District v. StudentDublin Unified may not replace a nonpublic agency aide with a district aide without proving its whole IEP offers a FAPE.Student prevailed on all 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)
- 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. Pleasant Valley School District (consolidated)Pleasant Valley School District may keep an eight-year-old in a moderate to severe special day class over parents' objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Conejo Valley Unified School DistrictConejo Valley Unified delayed assessing a kindergartner after a parent's IEP request; it must provide compensatory services, reimburse $3,800, and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 14 issues (11 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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. Bassett Unified School District (consolidated)Bassett Unified defeats Student's predetermination and placement claims, but its April 2016 IEP offer is found to deny FAPE on procedural grounds and cannot be implemented without parental consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified owes 69 compensatory hours for skipping a behavior assessment and ending speech services; graduation upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 31 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Dehesa Elementary School District et al.Dehesa Elementary and Community Montessori Charter changed a kindergartner's placement without consent or notice; $500, 42 compensatory hours, training ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School District (consolidated)Downey Unified must reimburse Pliha Center costs because its March 2016 IEP reused outdated goals; 2015 claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues
- Student v. Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School DistrictMountain View-Los Altos Union High School District prevails on all claims; parents denied reimbursement for Utah residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Baldwin Park Unified School District v. StudentBaldwin Park Unified may move a student with an intellectual disability to a moderate/severe class without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly denied eligibility to a tenth grader with ADHD and predetermined the outcome; compensatory instruction, IEE, and training ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Barbara Unified School DistrictSanta Barbara Unified prevails on all implementation and procedural claims by an 11th grader with multiple disabilities.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District v. StudentMurrieta Valley Unified may place third grader in Monte Vista behavioral class without parent consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified may place an eighth grader with an intellectual disability in a special day class for academics without parental consent.District prevailed on all 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. Kern County Superintendent of SchoolsKern County Superintendent of Schools must fund at least six months of residential treatment after its home schooling placement denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified must fund 12 months at a Utah residential treatment center after child find and IEP failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 41 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified denied FAPE by cancelling the June 2015 IEP meeting and leaving no IEP in place; staff training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union High School District's offer of a county special day class at Westmont, instead of the neighborhood school, upheld as a FAPE.District prevailed on all 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. 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. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High must reimburse $58,010 for residential treatment after refusing to consider placements beyond its own classes.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified's adult transition program offer and certificate of completion track upheld for 17-year-old with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified denied FAPE by delaying an eye-tracking communication device; must fund 21 hours of training and an assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 28 issues
- Student v. 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. 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. 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
- San Bruno Park Unified School District v. StudentSan Bruno Park Unified's July 2015 kindergarten IEP, with full inclusion and a full-time aide, offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach City School District (consolidated)Huntington Beach City School District's IEP offer and psychoeducational assessment upheld; no IEE at public expense for student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified may not implement kindergarten IEP over parents' objection; its partial special day class placement was not the least restrictive environment.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools et al.San Bernardino County Superintendent and Colton Joint Unified must fund four IEEs and add safety measures to student's IEP.Student prevailed on all issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified may place a kindergartner at Rossier Park School as a 45-school-day interim alternative educational setting.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified must provide 105 hours of tutoring for failing to offer home instruction after two surgeries; mobility claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues
- Student v. 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. 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. 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. 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. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must assess student's health after failing to answer a January 2015 assessment request; home/hospital claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School District (consolidated)Sacramento City Unified fails to show dangerousness; ALJ denies request to move student to a nonpublic school for 45 days.Student 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. 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. 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. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District prevails; it had no duty to place or provide home instruction before learning the student left Alhambra.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified not responsible for student's education after county Adoption Assistance funded his residential placement; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tamalpais Union High School DistrictTamalpais Union High must train staff on transition plans after an IEP meeting lacked anyone with authority to decide services.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Rincon Valley Union School District et al.Rincon Valley Union and Redwood Consortium must reimburse up to $8,000 for preschool after failing to consider general education placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Folsom Cordova Unified School District (consolidated)Folsom Cordova Unified must provide 54 tutoring hours for a missing attention goal and English instruction gaps; may assess without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 23 issues
- 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. 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
- 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
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Snowline Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Snowline Joint Unified's offer of an out-of-state residential placement was the least restrictive environment; all of Student's claims were denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may implement its May 2014 IEP placing a student with autism at Stein Education Center over parents' objections.District prevailed on all issues
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica-Malibu Unified may place a tenth grader at Linden Center nonpublic school without parental consent.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
- 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. 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. The Charter School of San DiegoThe Charter School of San Diego must reimburse $47,190.88 for a residential placement after it predetermined its May 2012 IEP offer.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista Union prevails; ALJ denies home hospital instruction claim because required medical report was never provided.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified had no duty to assess or offer FAPE to a student still enrolled in a charter school; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union wins on all claims: the ALJ finds it considered private CARD reports and did not predetermine placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto Unified had to hold a manifestation determination before its attendance review board removed a special education student; staff training ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Burbank Unified School DistrictBurbank Unified did not have to fund residential treatment; its nonpublic day school offer provided a FAPE.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- 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
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified's offer of a behavior intervention classroom at Wood Canyon Middle School upheld as a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Magnolia Elementary School District v. StudentMagnolia Elementary School District's triennial assessment and nonpublic school IEP offer upheld; district may implement the IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District et al.Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified and San Bernardino County Superintendent must provide 232 compensatory hours of Braille and mobility instruction; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails on all claims over speech assessments, communication goals, and placement for a kindergartner with autism.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified's triennial assessment and special day class IEP offer upheld; district may implement IEP without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Burbank Unified School District v. StudentBurbank Unified may place a 9-year-old with autism at Five Acres therapeutic nonpublic school without parental consent.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. 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly labeled a student with autistic-like behaviors, but its autism class placement offer still provided a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified must reimburse $23,718.68 and fund residential treatment after three IEPs failed to meet student's mental health needs.Student 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. Hermosa Beach City Elementary School DistrictHermosa Beach City Elementary's December 2009 general education offer gave a gifted student with autism a FAPE, ALJ rules on remand.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- San Leandro Unified School District v. StudentSan Leandro Unified may place a third grader in its counseling enriched class at Roosevelt Elementary without Mother's consent.District prevailed on all 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)
- Clovis Unified School District v. StudentClovis Unified's 2013 IEP offer for an eighth grader with intellectual disability, as revised by prior written notice, upheld as FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Tustin Unified School District (consolidated)Tustin Unified may implement IEP moving medically fragile student from county program to Currie Middle School; Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- San Leandro Unified School District v. StudentSan Leandro Unified may move a student to Roosevelt Elementary's counseling enriched program for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rosedale Union Elementary School DistrictRosedale Union Elementary must fund 72 hours of reading tutoring for a child find delay; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Greenfield Union School DistrictGreenfield Union School District prevails on all three claims about IEP rescheduling, an alleged hitting incident, and exit from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. West Contra Costa Unified School District (consolidated)West Contra Costa Unified wins every issue; parents must allow triennial testing without the mother observing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must reimburse $43,811 in private school tuition after IEPs lacked appropriate behavior supports; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union did not predetermine middle school special day class placement for autistic student; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Rialto Unified School District v. StudentRialto Unified may place an eight-year-old at Bright Futures Academy for up to 45 school days after showing dangerousness.District prevailed on all issues
- 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 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
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified's moderate/severe special day class offer for a kindergartner with autism upheld; district may implement IEP without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of an autism class on the Reseda High School campus was the least restrictive environment; Student's claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- San Dieguito Union High School District v. StudentSan Dieguito Union High School District's speech and PT assessments and nonpublic school IEP offer upheld; no IEEs owed.District prevailed on all issues
- Oakland Unified School District v. StudentOakland Unified may implement its full-time school IEP over a parent's objection, but cannot contact the student's doctors without her consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. San Lorenzo Unified School DistrictSan Lorenzo Unified's special day class placement for science and social studies upheld as FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District 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. 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. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union must provide summer compensatory ABA, home teaching, speech, and OT after predetermined offer and failed home-hospital services.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must fund four independent evaluations, one shared with LACOE, after assessment, placement, and IEP failures; compensatory services denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 14 of 36 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. 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
- Fresno Unified School District v. StudentFresno Unified may reassess a 21-year-old without consent and implement its IEP; services may end if parents refuse to cooperate with reassessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Lake Elsinore Unified School DistrictLake Elsinore Unified prevails on all six claims from student with autism, including goals, placement, ESY, and IEE reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Acalanes Union High School DistrictAcalanes Union High School District correctly found a student with ADHD ineligible for special education; Fusion Academy reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Julian Charter School et al.Julian Charter School's proposed special day class denied a student with Down syndrome FAPE in the LRE; aide-documentation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Santa Clara Unified School District v. StudentSanta Clara Unified's Beacon nonpublic school offer was a FAPE, and the District may reassess the student without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School District (consolidated)Bellflower Unified failed to offer FAPE in the LRE; ALJ orders full-day general education at home school with ABA support.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer to keep a blind student with multiple disabilities at Salvin Special Education Center upheld; no relief ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School District (consolidated)Antelope Valley Union High must fund two IEEs and 300 compensatory hours after a flawed triennial assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified and Keegan Academy charter must fund nonpublic school placement and reimburse parents after failing to implement IEPs.Split decision: student prevailed on 12 of 15 issues (6 in part)
- 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. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified must provide 24 hours of psychotherapy for delaying an IEE response; August 2012 nonpublic school offer upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. High Tech High et al.High Tech High must reimburse $25,287 for nonpublic school tuition and a speech evaluation; six claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 12 issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- Manhattan Beach Unified School District v. StudentManhattan Beach Unified's offer of residential treatment at Devereaux in Texas was a FAPE and may be implemented without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. Westminster School DistrictWestminster School District may place an autistic kindergartner in the SUCSESS class at his home school; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims by a graduated student over algebra support, IEE, counseling and transcripts.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Brentwood Union School DistrictBrentwood Union School District denied a preschooler FAPE in the LRE and must reimburse $2,250 in private preschool tuition.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Lucia Mar Unified School District (consolidated)Lucia Mar Unified prevails on all issues; its February 2012 IEP, with special day class and revised behavior plan, offered FAPE.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. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified predetermined an adult transition placement for a 20-year-old; ALJ orders an independent assessment and a new IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. Tamalpais Union High School DistrictTamalpais Union High School District did not have to fund a Utah residential treatment center; all reimbursement claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garden Grove Unified School District (consolidated)Garden Grove Unified wins on all issues: 2009 claims fail and its 2011 nonpublic school offer is found to provide FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified prevails on all issues; its autism-focused class at Grant Elementary with a full-day aide offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Cloverdale Unified School District v. StudentCloverdale Unified's December 2011 IEP offering a special day class placement provided FAPE and may be implemented without parental consent.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
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's June 2011 general education kindergarten IEP for a student with autism offered a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park Unified wrongly refused an emotional disturbance assessment, but the ALJ found no denial of FAPE and denied all relief.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Joint Unified prevails on all claims over a preschooler's eligibility category, autism assessment, behavior supports, and speech services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified properly graduated a student with a diploma and provided adequate transition plans; all claims denied.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
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's May 2011 IEP offering an auditory/oral deaf and hard-of-hearing class at Melrose offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oakdale Joint Unified School DistrictOakdale Joint Unified denied a kindergartner with an intellectual disability a FAPE in the LRE and must reimburse private school costs.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of EducationLos Angeles County Office of Education denied a FAPE to a student in juvenile hall; ALJ orders residential treatment placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Oak Park Unified School District v. StudentOak Park Unified's June 2011 IEP offered a FAPE; district may implement it without consent if student enrolls.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley Unified offered FAPE and parents' noncooperation defeated later claims; district must still pay agreed $2,150 IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Del Mar Union School District v. StudentDel Mar Union may place third grader in Torrey Hills special day class; offer found to provide FAPE in least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all 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. Los Angeles County Office of EducationLos Angeles County Office of Education denied FAPE by rejecting residential treatment for a juvenile court school student; RTC placement ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified's assessments and preschool offers upheld; IEE and private preschool reimbursement denied on every issue.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified must reimburse $106,631 for a residential placement after offers failed to address a student's school avoidance.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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. San Rafael City SchoolsSan Rafael City Schools' offer of Anova nonpublic school placement upheld; parents' reimbursement claim for Star Academy denied.District prevailed on all issues
- San Dieguito Union High School District v. StudentSan Dieguito Union High School District's nonpublic school offer provided a FAPE; residential placement not required.District 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE by excluding a joint-custody mother from assessment and out-of-state RTC placement; DMH prevailed.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. 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. Anaheim Union High School DistrictAnaheim Union High must reimburse $25,190 for Utah residential placement; 2009-2010 claims, including Child Find, denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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)
- Fullerton Unified School District v. StudentFullerton Unified may not implement its 2011-2012 IEP without consent after predetermining a school change for a student with autism.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. Fallbrook Union High School DistrictFallbrook Union High School District must reimburse $9,000 for Fusion Learning Center after predetermining placement at an OAH-ordered IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- Whittier City School District v. StudentWhittier City School District may implement IEP placing student in a special day class without parent consent.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)
- Palo Alto Unified School District v. StudentPalo Alto Unified may implement its IEP removing a third grader's one-to-one aide; ALJ orders preferential seating added.District prevailed on all issues
- Palm Springs Unified School District v. StudentPalm Springs Unified may implement a student's IEP and behavior plan without parental consent despite parents' homework objection.District prevailed on all issues
- Temecula Valley Unified School District v. StudentTemecula Valley Unified's May 2011 offer of an Oak Grove day program was a FAPE; no residential placement required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must fund 205 hours of tutoring for missed RSP, counseling, and aide services; six claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union High School District et al.Roseville Joint Union High and Placer County mental health agency owe compensatory tutoring and therapy; residential placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 14 issues (3 in part)
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified's March 2011 IEP moving a fifth grader with autism to a special day class offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alta Loma School District et al. (consolidated)Alta Loma School District must fund OT, APE and AT independent evaluations; IEPs upheld and Lindamood-Bell reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified offered a FAPE in its June 2010 IEP and may implement the nonpublic school placement without guardian consent.District prevailed on all 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. Paso Robles Joint Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Joint Unified prevails on all 26 claims, including a challenge to a second grader's special day class placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange Unified School DistrictOrange Unified must reimburse $20,214 for private school and ABA aide after failing to assess and serve preschooler with autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 13 issues
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified prevails on all issues; no reimbursement for Utah residential treatment center or private school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School District (consolidated)Palo Alto Unified must add monthly job coaching and train staff after IEP lapses; its 2011 functional skills IEP is upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 35 issues (2 in part)
- Tracy Unified School District et al. v. StudentTracy Unified and San Joaquin County Office of Education win: their autism special day class offer provided a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all 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
- Riverside Unified School District v. StudentRiverside Unified's offer of nonpublic school placement at Somerset upheld as a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.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)
- Bakersfield City School District v. StudentBakersfield City School District offered FAPE, including SEAL Center placement, and may reassess the student without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District v. StudentLa Mesa-Spring Valley School District fails to prove its general education placement offer with resource support provides FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Moreno Valley Unified School District v. StudentMoreno Valley Unified's offer of a functional skills program offered a 21-year-old with autism FAPE; Mother must allow OT assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified prevails on all claims; general education with resource support provided FAPE to a 10th grader with Asperger's Disorder.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must reimburse $28,463.75 for preschool and ABA after predetermining placement; claims about goals denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 9 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. California Montessori ProjectCalifornia Montessori Project wrongly removed a student to a 45-day interim setting; children's scissors were not a dangerous weapon.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must resume home instruction at Mother's home outside district boundaries and provide compensatory hours.Student 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
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified may place a 16-year-old in a moderate-to-severe special day class at Estancia High without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Desert Sands Unified School DistrictDesert Sands Unified must fund OT and assistive technology IEEs over seating and furniture gaps; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 24 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Carpinteria Unified School DistrictCarpinteria Unified wins nearly every claim; FM system omission and records lapse found but no relief ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 23 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Oakdale Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Oakdale Joint Unified prevails on every claim over behavior plans, restraints, and a special day class offer for a first grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified prevails on all claims; its offer of a special day class for high-functioning autism was found to provide FAPE, and parents' private-school reimbursement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified's offer to move a student to a special day class for severely impaired students upheld; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Redlands Unified School District et al. v. StudentRedlands Unified's assessments and June 2010 special day class offer at the neighborhood public school upheld over parents' nonpublic school preference.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Montecito Union Elementary School DistrictMontecito Union did not deny a FAPE by refusing a parent's request to hold a student with autism back in sixth grade.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
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union High School District may move student to Chaparral High School for up to 45 school days.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. Redondo Beach Unified School District (consolidated)Redondo Beach Unified prevails: its OT assessment stands, and its Essential Skills IEP offer may be implemented without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Encinitas Unified School District v. StudentEncinitas Unified's May 2010 IEP offering a special day class with mainstreaming provided FAPE, ALJ rules for the District.District prevailed on all 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. Westminster School DistrictWestminster School District could move a student with autism to a 45-day interim setting after a teacher's serious bodily injury.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Fullerton Elementary School District v. StudentFullerton Elementary School District's May 2010 IEP offered FAPE without home ABA services; District may implement it without parent consent.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. 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)
- Bakersfield City School District v. StudentBakersfield City School District may implement its kindergarten special day class IEP for a student with autism without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Jose Unified School DistrictSan Jose Unified did not deny FAPE; its failure to give an assistive technology assessment plan was harmless.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: late transfer IEP did not deny FAPE, and no duty to offer AB 3632 residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Moreland School District v. StudentMoreland School District's offer of a county therapeutic special day class was a FAPE, even though the written IEP did not name the school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified's error-filled written IEP denied FAPE; ALJ orders about $17,000 reimbursement and a funded Star Academy placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union School DistrictRoseville Joint Union must repay a $125 PT evaluation, hold a time-limited IEP meeting, and offer a way to recover biology credit.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Ravenswood City School District (consolidated)Ravenswood City School District must fund three years at Stellar Academy plus 600 tutoring hours for a student with a learning disability.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 21 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. 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. 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
- Acalanes Union High School District v. StudentAcalanes Union High School District's IEP at Las Lomas offered a FAPE in the LRE; parents' Bayhill reimbursement claim 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. 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE when a parent refused the assigned home instruction teacher; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- La Mesa-Spring Valley School District v. StudentLa Mesa-Spring Valley School District may place a kindergartner in its behavioral special day class at La Presa Elementary.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Patterson Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Patterson Joint Unified must provide compensatory speech, OT and tutoring plus new assessments; its Sierra Vista and Teel placement offers were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 33 issues (9 in part)
- Student v. 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
- 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
- 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. 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)
- Roseville City Elementary School District v. StudentRoseville City Elementary's offer of a county-run autism class to a seventh grader was a FAPE in the LRE, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Burbank Unified School District v. StudentBurbank Unified's assessments upheld, but its offer of a nonpublic school placement at Villa Esperanza denied a FAPE in the LRE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School District et al.Long Beach Unified and LA County Mental Health prevail; Hillsides residential placement offered FAPE, and request for Illinois facility denied.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. San Carlos Elementary School DistrictSan Carlos Elementary School District prevails on all claims, including child find, assessment, eligibility category, and private school reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may implement its October 2008 IEP and conduct physical therapy and assistive technology assessments without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Menlo Park City School DistrictMenlo Park City School District prevails; settlement agreement setting one-year SDC placement defeats predetermination and class-composition claims.District prevailed on all issues
- San Ramon Valley Unified School District v. StudentSan Ramon Valley Unified's triennial assessment and moderate/severe special day class offer upheld; no public funding for parents' IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. California Department of Mental HealthCalifornia Department of Mental Health not responsible for student's FAPE; request for in-state residential placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's offer of a high school special day class, replacing a long-running home program, offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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. Lancaster School DistrictLancaster School District offered a FAPE in its March 2008 IEP; ALJ denies all of Student's claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Santa Ana Unified School District v. StudentSanta Ana Unified's June 2009 IEP offered a FAPE in the least restrictive environment and may be implemented without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School District (consolidated)Clovis Unified's assessments and modified IEP upheld; district owes 195 compensatory hours, including 20 for missed summer ESY.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 21 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. 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. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified did not predetermine or violate LRE with summer special day class offer for inclusion kindergartner.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. 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
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's offer of a moderate intellectual disability special day class placement for a fifth grader was upheld as FAPE.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
- Taft City School District v. StudentALJ finds Taft City School District's February 2009 IEP offered a FAPE, allowing implementation without consent through April 16, 2009.District prevailed on all 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. Cabrillo Unified School DistrictCabrillo Unified prevails on all claims; its 2006 offer of a special day class with mainstreaming provided FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified must fund 685 compensatory hours and an independent assessment over inadequate 2007-08 IEP goals; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 37 issues
- Student v. 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
- Fresno Unified School District v. StudentFresno Unified fails to prove its special day class offer was the least restrictive environment; full-inclusion student stays at Duncan.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. Bonsall Union School DistrictBonsall Union prevails on all eight claims; no reimbursement for The Winston School or Lindamood-Bell services.District prevailed on all issues
- Corning Union Elementary School District v. StudentCorning Union Elementary's IEP moving a student from home hospital instruction to a special day class offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley Unified prevails: settlement-funded Big Springs therapy was not a procedural violation and did not become stay put.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. 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
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified's June 2008 IEP offering the STARS special day class at Taft Middle School provided a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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)
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District v. StudentSaddleback Valley Unified loses bid to move seventh grader to an interim special day class after a knife incident.Student prevailed on all issues
- San Francisco Unified School District v. StudentSan Francisco Unified's offer of a special day class at El Dorado Elementary upheld as a FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Orange County Health Care AgencyOrange County Health Care Agency's out-of-state residential placement offer upheld; its failure to specify mental health services was harmless.District prevailed on all issues
- Fort Bragg Unified School District v. StudentFort Bragg Unified may place a fifth grader at Edgewood residential school for up to 45 school days as an interim setting.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. Lawndale Elementary School District (consolidated)Lawndale Elementary must assess a student's elopement behavior and fund 20 speech therapy hours; its nonpublic school offer denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Sequoia Union High School District v. StudentSequoia Union High School District's offer of a special day class placement for a 15-year-old autistic student upheld as FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District v. StudentMurrieta Valley Unified's offer of a severely handicapped special day class for a kindergartner was a FAPE in the LRE.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. 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. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails: the IEP did not promise home hospital instruction, and the parent never signed the math placement change.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified should have found student eligible in February 2007; no remedy ordered; student no longer eligible as of May 2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. San Miguel Joint Union School District (consolidated)San Miguel Joint Union must fund 12 months at Heartspring residential school after failing to deliver a settlement home ABA program.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 13 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Ravenswood City School DistrictRavenswood City School District must fund independent behavior and psychoeducational assessments; eligibility and nonpublic school claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer to move a fourth grader to an emotional disturbance class denied FAPE; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- 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
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified's 2008 general education IEP offer with learning center support offered a FAPE; district may implement it without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must reimburse $90,453.55 for private school, ABA, reading and speech services after denying FAPE for two years.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- 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)
- San Jacinto Unified School District v. StudentSan Jacinto Unified's IEP moving a student from home instruction to high school did not offer FAPE because it lacked accommodations.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Chula Vista Elementary School District v. StudentChula Vista Elementary's special day class offer was not the least restrictive environment for a first grader with language delays.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails; ALJ refuses parents' request to exit their fifth grader with ADHD from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must reimburse $79,641.20 for home ABA and a speech IEE after failing to reassess behavior in 2006.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 23 issues (4 in part)
- 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. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified offered FAPE at an Orange County autism class; parent's $29,025 nonpublic school reimbursement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Long Beach Unified School District v. StudentLong Beach Unified may place a fourth grader in a nonpublic school interim setting for up to 45 school days.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. Salinas Union High School DistrictSalinas Union High School District prevails on all claims; parents' request for Riverview residential school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified may implement an IEP moving a 19-year-old with intellectual disability from high school to a community-based transition program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alvord Unified School DistrictAlvord Unified denied FAPE with a non-comparable December 2007 interim placement and must provide 10 weeks of compensatory services.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. 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. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of a behavior-focused campus denied FAPE to autistic student; home feeding program claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified must fund 16 weeks of 30-hour-per-week in-home ABA for a preschooler with autism; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 16 issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School District et al.Fremont Unified and Alameda County mental health must provide an OT assessment, tutoring, and counseling; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified and Riverside County Mental Health denied FAPE by failing to reassess student after hospitalization; behavior plan claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. 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. Riverside Unified School District et al.Riverside Unified and Riverside County Mental Health must place deaf student at for-profit National Deaf Academy in Florida.Student prevailed on all issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified's offer to move a student from a nonpublic school to a district special day class offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- 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)
- Sierra Unified School District v. StudentSierra Unified may not move student to center-based Ramacher campus; offer denied FAPE in the LRE and was predetermined.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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)
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Capistrano Unified and Orange County Department of Education prevail; Tesoro High special day class offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Alameda City Unified School District v. StudentAlameda Unified's June 2007 IEP offering an autism special day class and services offered a FAPE; parents did not appear.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
- Sierra Unified School District v. StudentSierra Unified fails to show a county-run special day class at Beth Ramacher Center was FAPE for a student with severe disabilities.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. 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
- 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. Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley Unified prevails; ALJ finds it never offered Big Springs nonpublic school placement and did not predetermine its offer.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails: late mental health referral was a procedural violation without FAPE denial; home instruction claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse a Lindamood-Bell IEE and fund a vocational assessment and 10 tutoring hours; reading-services claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District et al.ABC Unified must conduct a functional analysis assessment; Norwalk-La Mirada Unified and ABC win all other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- 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
- 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. 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
- Ocean View School District et al. v. StudentOcean View School District's ESY and 2007-2008 middle school offer found to be a FAPE after Student stipulated.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. 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. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified must reimburse $3,599.24 for Clarke School summer session after failing to offer 2005 ESY; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 18 issues
- Student v. 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
- Rosedale Union School District v. StudentRosedale Union's offer of a county special day class at Almondale Elementary provides FAPE in the least restrictive environment.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
- Newark Unified School District v. StudentNewark Unified's assessments upheld; ALJ finds four-year-old no longer eligible for special education despite private autism diagnosis.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- 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 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 DistrictLos Angeles Unified remains responsible for a student in residential treatment because his stepbrother's caregiver affidavit establishes residency.Student 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)
- Fullerton Joint Union High School District v. StudentFullerton Joint Union High School District may move a student with autism to the Costa Mesa Annex for up to 45 school days.District 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. 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)
- Orange Unified School District v. StudentOrange Unified's 2006-2007 high school IEP offer for a ninth grader with a learning disability is upheld as a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lynwood Unified School DistrictLynwood Unified prevails on all claims over assessments, speech services, a one-to-one aide, LRE, and Spanish IEP translations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE to a 21-year-old transfer student; the IEP delay came from the family's own inaction.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
- San Diego Unified School District v. StudentSan Diego Unified may place a 15-year-old at Riley School and refer him for a mental health assessment without parent consent.District 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. 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. 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. 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
- Fallbrook Union High School District v. StudentFallbrook Union High may move a 17-year-old with autism from a nonpublic school to its new on-campus special day class.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must find expelled gifted sixth grader eligible as emotionally disturbed, fund her nonpublic school, and repay her IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must reimburse $32,004.50 for Utah residential treatment after failing to assess a high schooler despite parent's request.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified denied FAPE by failing to provide RSP services and hold required IEP reviews; no additional compensatory education ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 8 issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must complete six new assessments for a student with a learning disability; all claims against ABC Unified denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Rosedale Union School District v. StudentRosedale Union proves student's eligibility is speech or language impairment, not autism, and its first-grade offer is a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Bonita Unified School DistrictBonita Unified prevails as ALJ finds eighth grader with ADHD not eligible under OHI; all claims denied.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
- Willits Unified School District v. StudentWillits Unified's offer of a high school special day class with a one-to-one aide was a FAPE for 2006-2007.District prevailed on all issues
- Sylvan Union School District v. StudentSylvan Union may reassess a student with autism under its April 2006 plan, but its IEPs did not offer FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- 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. 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
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's December 2005 special day class offer provided a FAPE; its later nonpublic school offer did not.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues
- Student v. Byron Union School District et al. (consolidated)Byron Union School District's interim placement and IEP offers, including a separate Spectrum campus placement, upheld; all Student claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- 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
- Rialto Unified School District v. StudentRialto Unified's special day class placement at Casey Elementary offered a FAPE; District may implement it over parents' objection.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. Corona-Norco Unified School District (consolidated)Corona-Norco Unified prevails on all issues; parents' refusal to allow reassessment ended Student's FAPE entitlement from June 2005.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pomona Unified School DistrictPomona Unified offered FAPE to preschooler with autistic-like behaviors; requests for home ABA and IEE reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Ramon Valley Unified School District et al.San Ramon Valley Unified and Contra Costa County denied FAPE in 2005-2006; ABA, aide, behavior plan, and $4,397.49 ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 30 issues (1 in part)
- 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. Fullerton School District (consolidated)Fullerton School District must pay $15,420 for private speech and occupational therapy and redo two assessments; tutoring claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles Unified and LA County Mental Health offered FAPE; parent's request for Illinois residential school funding denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Encinitas Union School DistrictEncinitas Union agrees by consent decision that it denied FAPE and must reimburse parents $82,424 for private placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Lancaster Elementary School District v. StudentLancaster Elementary School District may place a second grader at Crossroads as an interim alternative setting for up to 45 days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: late IEP meeting did not deny FAPE, and nonpublic school placement was the least restrictive environment.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. 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
- Covina-Valley Unified School District v. StudentCovina-Valley Unified's special day class offer for summer 2005 and 2005-2006 upheld as a FAPE; no reimbursement owed.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. 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. 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
- 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
- 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. 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
- Fremont Unified School District v. StudentALJ upholds Fremont Unified and California School for the Deaf offer of full-time autism special day class for deaf student.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Lodi Unified School District v. StudentLodi Unified's offer of an autism special day class is upheld as FAPE in the LRE over the parent's request for full inclusion.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified did not owe a transfer student services under an exited LAUSD IEP; all reimbursement claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District must keep funding a student's Frostig nonpublic school placement after failing to justify a move to public high school.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to dual-enroll an 11-year-old nonpublic school student at Parkman Middle School in Fall 2005.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
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund Julia Ann Singer nonpublic school placement and repay scholarship after denying preschooler FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District's offer of a nonpublic day school was a FAPE; residential placement request denied.District prevailed on all issues