OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Cararea Lucier
19 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 3, split in 7, district prevailed on all issues in 9.
Search and filter these decisions · 87 OAH orders by ALJ Cararea Lucier
- Student v. Etiwanda School District (consolidated)Etiwanda School District must fund $39,000 in reading intervention for a student with dyslexia; April 2025 IEP found not to offer a FAPE and cannot be implemented without parent consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. 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
- Del Norte County Unified School District v. StudentDel Norte County Unified's preschool functional behavior assessment upheld; no independent evaluation at public expense ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- El Segundo Unified School District v. StudentEl Segundo Unified may assess a third grader in academics, cognition, health, and social-emotional areas without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Central Unified School District v. StudentCentral Unified may not implement 11th grader's February–March 2023 IEP without parent consent after ALJ finds multiple FAPE denials.Student prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. Rocklin Unified School DistrictRocklin Unified denied FAPE by not following a student's seizure health plan; ALJ orders 60 compensatory hours and staff training.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified missed speech and OT services during distance learning, but its make-up offer meant no further remedy.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 14 issues
- Soledad Unified School District v. StudentSoledad Unified may finish an overdue cognitive and social-emotional reassessment of an eighth grader without further parental consent or conditions.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails after parents fail to prove standing to sue for an 18-year-old student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orcutt Union School DistrictOrcutt Union must fund 428 compensatory hours and IEEs after COVID-era failures to serve a student with autism.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Clear Passage Educational CenterClear Passage Educational Center, a charter school, owed Student no FAPE because Long Beach Unified was responsible; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational reassessment found appropriate; parent not entitled to a publicly funded IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse $7,600, fund a mental health IEE, and provide 190 compensatory hours; three claims fail.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Trivium Charter School v. StudentTrivium Charter School may reassess a tenth grader without parent consent; its request to compel medical releases is denied.District prevailed on all issues