OAH Special Education Decisions on Responsible agency
110 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 29, split in 46, district prevailed on all issues in 35.
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- 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. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictManhattan Beach Unified wins assessment and IEE claims after student moved out of district before the deadline.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Santa Cruz City SchoolsSanta Cruz City Schools prevails on all claims over a high school transition meeting and its refusal of one-to-one tutoring.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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. Classical Academy High SchoolClassical Academy High School must provide 68 hours of compensatory services and fund a behavior IEE; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 26 of 46 issues (10 in part)
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified wrongly stopped serving an adult student who moved out of state; must fund driver's training and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 13 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictOn remand, Compton Unified's improper 2018 disenrollment denied a FAPE; the ALJ orders 50 hours of math tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Monrovia Unified School DistrictMonrovia Unified must fund 53 compensatory hours and up to $8,495 for assessment, distance-learning, and parent-participation violations.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 25 issues (8 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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. Oroville City Elementary School District et al.Oroville City Elementary must provide 94 compensatory hours for COVID-era failures; all claims against Thermalito Union Elementary denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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. 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. Santa Clara County Office of Education et al.Discovery Charter School II and Santa Clara County Office of Education were not the responsible LEA after the student's private placement and settlement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Mt. Diablo Unified School District et al.Mt. Diablo Unified and Contra Costa County Office of Education win residency dispute; disenrolled student's claims denied and stay put vacated.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund six IEEs, 52 hours of instruction, and private school tuition after ignoring a prior OAH order.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified need not fund independent evaluations after the student moved away one week after requesting them; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must reimburse $86,458 for a therapeutic boarding school and counseling after failing its child find and assessment duties.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Tahoe Truckee Unified School District v. StudentTahoe Truckee Unified failed to prove its split California-Nevada IEP offered FAPE but may assess the deaf student without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified owed no FAPE because Parent lived in Richmond, outside the district; all of Student's claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. Lafayette School DistrictLafayette School District was responsible for a student's special education because his mother lived in Lafayette, despite his father's move.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District et al.San Diego Unified's $900 speech IEE cost cap was too low; district must fund a $1,500 IEE, but County prevails.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Liberty Union High School DistrictLiberty Union High must add daily dyslexia instruction, fund 152 tutoring hours, and train staff; transition-meeting timing claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse $91,915 for Utah residential treatment because a great uncle with power of attorney qualified as parent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vacaville Unified School District et al.Vacaville and Sacramento City Unified must fund 188 therapy hours for inadequate mental health support, plus make-up speech services and assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 16 of 25 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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. San Gabriel/Pomona Regional CenterSan Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center must find 13-year-old eligible for Lanterman Act services based on autism spectrum disorder.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District (consolidated)San Diego Unified is the responsible district for a student with autism who moved into its boundaries in June 2015.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified had to respond to an unenrolled adult student's IEP requests; claims about implementing his old IEP were dismissed.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. California Children's Services (Orange County)California Children's Services must join a first grader's IEP as physical therapy provider because his therapy was both medically and educationally necessary.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School 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. Fortuna Union High School District et al.Fortuna Union High School District is the district of residence for an adult student with autism living elsewhere, ALJ rules.Student 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. 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. 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. 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. Contra Costa County Probation DepartmentALJ rules OAH has jurisdiction over Contra Costa County Probation only when it blocks wards on security status from all CCCOE instruction.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Contra Costa County Probation DepartmentContra Costa County Probation is a responsible special education agency only when its security programs block a ward's schooling.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School District et al.Alhambra Unified, not Whittier, is responsible for a conserved adult student placed in a group home within Whittier's boundaries and denied him FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. ABC Unified School DistrictABC Unified did not have to offer a residential treatment center to a student leaving a psychiatric hospital within its boundaries.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Coronado Unified School DistrictCoronado Unified was not responsible for two brothers while their family lived outside the district, but was responsible from January 13, 2013.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. California Department of EducationCalifornia Department of Education did not deny FAPE when state schools for the deaf and blind declined to assess student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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)
- 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. Paso Robles Unified School DistrictPaso Robles Unified and San Luis Obispo County Mental Health prevail on all claims over an autistic student's final two high school years.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. California Children's Services (Calaveras County)Calaveras County California Children's Services must restore therapy it cut outside the IEP process; student prevails on all issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Victor Valley Union High School District et al. (consolidated)Victor Valley Union High must keep student partly mainstreamed and conduct a new behavior assessment; most of 55 claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 89 issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District et al.Glendale Unified and Los Angeles Unified met their child find duties to a private school student; Westmark reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union High School District et al.Roseville Joint Union High and Placer County mental health agency owe compensatory tutoring and therapy; residential placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 14 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District et al.Fairfield-Suisun Unified is not the student's district of residence after mother placed her in Utah residential treatment.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of Education et al.On remand, LACOE was responsible for RTC placement until juvenile hall release; LAUSD is responsible afterward, and CDE is not.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified must repay $54,847.68 in private school tuition and fund Star Academy after failing to assess a privately placed student.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 10 issues
- Student v. Orange County Health Care AgencyOrange County Health Care Agency wins; ALJ finds its mental health assessment timely and no jurisdiction after the 2010 AB 3632 veto.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of Education et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education did not deny FAPE through mental health services in juvenile hall; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School District et al.Torrance Unified, LA County and state mental health agencies owe 110 compensatory hours for delaying a residential placement after the AB 3632 veto.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School District et al.Upland Unified and West End SELPA must reimburse $6,999.25 for aides and speech therapy after failing to assess; tuition denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. California Department of Mental HealthCalifornia Department of Mental Health denied FAPE after the AB 3632 veto and must ensure 10 make-up counseling hours are delivered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of Education et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education and state mental health department prevail; delayed residential placement after 2010 AB 3632 veto was not a FAPE denial.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Health Care AgencyOrange County Health Care Agency must resume AB 3632 mental health services and fund its share of residential placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles County Office of EducationLos Angeles County Office of Education must immediately implement and fund a student's residential treatment placement from juvenile hall.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Placer County Mental Health Department (Placer County Children's System of Care)Placer County Mental Health must repay $2,000 for an independent evaluation; claim for residential placement costs denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education must immediately implement a juvenile hall student's IEP by placing him at an out-of-state residential treatment center and funding the educational and related services part of the placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education must initially fund out-of-state residential placement for a student still detained in juvenile hall.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Department of Education et al. (consolidated)Irvine Unified, not Orange County's education office or the state, must provide FAPE for a court ward's Texas residential placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide special education to an adult student in county jail, plus a year of compensatory services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- 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. Orange County Department of Education et al. (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified, home district of a dependent youth's court-appointed responsible adult, was responsible for her FAPE during an out-of-state placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Department of Education et al. (consolidated)The responsible adult's district, not Orange County Department of Education or CDE, owed FAPE to a juvenile dependent placed out of state.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Montebello Unified School District et al.Montebello and Bellflower Unified must provide 210 hours of compensatory vocational services and 170 hours of toilet training; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 8 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. 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. Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno Unified is not responsible for a student who lived in Clovis Unified; entire due process complaint dismissed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Benito High School DistrictSan Benito High School District must add IEP goals and a VI specialist in math and provide 50 compensatory hours to a blind student.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. 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. Acalanes Union High School DistrictAcalanes Union High must reimburse $27,800 for Orion Academy and fund a year of therapy; six claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 14 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must provide counseling, career guidance, and a new transition plan; Utah residential and private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 14 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health et al.Los Angeles County DMH and Palmdale School District prevail; late AB 3632 mental health referral did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must provide 72 hours of tutoring for child find, assessment, and IEP failures; speech services claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 10 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must reimburse $35,819.58 for residential treatment tuition and travel after a child find violation; procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Juvenile Justice DivisionJuvenile Justice Division must provide a year of daily one-to-one instruction and weekly therapy for denying a FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Hayward Unified School DistrictHayward Unified was responsible for the student as a resident, but the statute of limitations bars ABA and tuition reimbursement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. San Joaquin County Office of Education et al.San Joaquin County Office of Education must provide 18 hours of compensatory speech therapy; aide, OT, and Ripon Unified claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Orange County Department of Education et al.Orange County Department of Education must implement IEP and fund Utah residential placement; LAUSD, Charter Oak, and CDE not responsible.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails: late mental health referral was a procedural violation without FAPE denial; home instruction claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pleasanton Unified School District et al.Pleasanton Unified must reimburse $35,050 in residential placement costs after delaying a student's mental health assessment, referral, and IEP.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. 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. 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. Hemet Unified School District et al.Hemet Unified is responsible for a student's FAPE after she left a county juvenile court school for a Colorado residential center.Student prevailed on all issues
- Kern High School District v. StudentKern High School District must immediately serve a student placed by a regional center in a group home within its boundaries.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Department of Education (Orange County Office of Education) et al. (consolidated)Orange County Department of Education stays responsible for a juvenile court ward's FAPE after his release to a Wyoming residential placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School District et al.Elk Grove Unified must reimburse $8,564.67 for a private residential placement after failing to assess a student's mental health; county office prevails.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. 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
- Student v. Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin Unified met its child find duties to a privately placed student; all reimbursement claims for private school and therapies denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictStudent with autism lived within Newport-Mesa Unified's boundaries; ALJ denies district's motion to dismiss for lack of residency.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Walnut Creek School District et al.Walnut Creek and Mt. Diablo districts must both serve a student whose family temporarily rented outside Walnut Creek's boundaries.Student prevailed in part
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District et al.Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified and San Bernardino County mental health may not fund a for-profit Utah residential placement; petition denied.District prevailed on all issues