OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Adrienne L. Krikorian
38 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 1, split in 18, district prevailed on all issues in 19.
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- 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. 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. 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
- 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. 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. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny a preschooler FAPE by declining school-based occupational therapy; parents' claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lompoc Unified School DistrictLompoc Unified prevails as ALJ rejects claims that a teen should have been found eligible and placed residentially.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lompoc Unified School District (consolidated)Lompoc Unified denied FAPE by failing to assess a struggling ninth grader; ordered to assess and train staff, IEE claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified 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. Fruitvale School DistrictFruitvale School District failed to assess in four areas and must fund evaluations; claims for added services denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 8 issues
- Student v. Kern County Superintendent of SchoolsKern County Superintendent of Schools did not fail to implement a residential stipend after a parent added terms to the IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Student v. Burlingame Elementary School DistrictBurlingame Elementary must reimburse $426.96 in preschool transportation costs; speech-services and most procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Oxnard Union High School DistrictOxnard Union High must fund three IEEs, 15 hours of speech therapy, and a male restroom paraeducator; occupational therapy claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District denied FAPE by relying on student study teams instead of assessing; ordered 192 compensatory hours, IEEs, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 5 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. 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
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may exit a fourth grader from special education without parental consent after valid triennial assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High School District must fund a $5,500 IEE and train staff after inadequate 2015 assessments; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues
- Student v. William S. Hart Union High School DistrictWilliam S. Hart Union High must hold a missed manifestation review before reinstating an expulsion; four other discipline claims denied or dismissed.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. San Bernardino City Unified School DistrictSan Bernardino City Unified must make up missed speech therapy for a kindergartner with autism; aide and behavior plan claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District (consolidated)Glendale Unified offered a FAPE in both years; parents' claims denied, and district may implement its 2015 IEP without consent.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School District (consolidated)Tehachapi Unified must fund a speech-language IEE; Student's claims over behavior assessments, aide support and autism therapies denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista Union must fund 35 hours of counseling and tutoring for a seven-week child find failure; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Panama-Buena Vista Union School DistrictPanama-Buena Vista Union had no deemed knowledge of disability because Parent withheld assessment consent; all expedited discipline claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's expulsion of a student whose firearm conduct was a manifestation of disability is vacated; reinstatement ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by offering school-to-school instead of home-to-school bus transportation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District prevails on all claims over a blind ninth grader's August 2012 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not have to bus a student with autism to his private after-school program; claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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. 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. Baldwin Park Unified School District (consolidated)Baldwin Park Unified may exit a student with ADHD from special education; ALJ finds he no longer qualifies under OHI.District prevailed on all issues