OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Charles Marson
89 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 7, split in 27, district prevailed on all issues in 55.
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- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails on behavior claims; IEPs adequately addressed an eighth grader's behavior without an FBA or behavior plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified's manifestation determination upheld; ALJ finds an eighth grader's planned assault was not caused by his ADHD.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Castro Valley Unified School DistrictCastro Valley Unified prevails on all four claims about math assessment, present levels, math instruction, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified 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. 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. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictALJ responds to federal court remand, explaining why Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified materially failed to implement IEP during pandemic closure.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Atascadero Unified School DistrictALJ reverses Atascadero Unified's manifestation determination, finding a fight was tied to the student's emotional disability.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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)
- Lancaster School District v. StudentLancaster School District need not fund behavior and assistive technology IEEs; ALJ orders correction of an assessment report error.District prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may complete overdue triennial reassessments without parental consent after parents demanded conditions that would invalidate testing.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
- 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 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
- 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. Pleasanton Unified School DistrictPleasanton Unified denied FAPE by lacking a complete, signed IEP; must reimburse private services, less amounts already paid, and train staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 16 issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must provide 21.25 hours of instruction for specialized academic instruction missed in spring 2020 distance learning; all other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Guadalupe Union School District (consolidated)Guadalupe Union prevails on all claims; triennial assessment upheld and late annual IEP held a harmless procedural violation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. The Met Sacramento Public High SchoolThe Met Sacramento charter school properly found a ninth grader ineligible for special education; all assessment and eligibility claims denied.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. 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. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified's unclear January 2018 IEP offer denied FAPE; staff training and IEP page numbering ordered, other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- Student v. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified's unclear January 2018 IEP offer denied FAPE; ALJ orders staff training and page numbering, rejects other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- East Side Union High School District v. StudentEast Side Union High School District may exit a high-achieving junior from special education; its assessments were upheld and IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- Riverdale Joint Unified School District v. StudentRiverdale Joint Unified may reassess student without parental consent at locations it chooses; parents must sign medical releases.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified prevails on all claims by a gifted 9th and 10th grader with anxiety and executive functioning needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- 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. Roseville Joint Union High School DistrictRoseville Joint Union High must provide 146.25 tutoring hours after ending special education without proper prior written notice.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Liberty Union High School DistrictLiberty Union High School District's manifestation determination upheld; ALJ finds campus fight not caused by ADHD or unimplemented behavior plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Sequoia Union High School DistrictSequoia Union High School District's manifestation determination upheld; ALJ finds student's planned assault was not caused by seizure medication.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
- 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)
- 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
- Elk Grove Unified School District v. StudentElk Grove Unified may reassess a six-year-old private school student without parent consent under its January 2016 assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Manteca Unified School District (consolidated)Manteca Unified must provide 448 hours of tutoring and counseling over defective IEP goals; general education placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 26 issues
- Student v. 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
- Castro Valley Unified School District v. StudentCastro Valley Unified may reassess a 17-year-old student without parent consent; the parent's conditions on assessment counted as a refusal.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. 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. 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
- San Mateo-Foster City School District v. StudentSan Mateo-Foster City School District's rapid mental health assessment was appropriate, so the parent's request for a publicly funded IEE was denied.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. 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. Oakland Unified School DistrictOakland Unified properly found a fifth grader ineligible for special education and did not have to reassess him; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District v. StudentPanama-Buena Vista Union School District fails to prove its psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; its request to avoid funding an IEE is denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 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. Redwood City School DistrictRedwood City School District prevails; ALJ finds privately placed first grader was not eligible for special education in any claimed category.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Natomas Unified School DistrictNatomas Unified denied FAPE through unclear IEP offers and missed occupational therapy; it must provide 345 OT minutes and fix its IEP drafting.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Lucia Mar Unified School District v. StudentLucia Mar Unified's June 2011 offer of a full-time middle school SDC for a nonverbal autistic student was a FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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. 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
- Student v. Horizon Instructional Systems Charter SchoolHorizon Instructional Systems Charter School denied a student with autism FAPE through deficient transition plans; ALJ orders an assessment, a mobility guide and a job coach.Student prevailed on all issues
- Santa Rita Union Elementary School District v. StudentSanta Rita Union Elementary's limited Spanish speech-language assessment was appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. 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. 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)
- Castro Valley Unified School District v. StudentCastro Valley Unified may implement its April 2010 IEP for a student with visual impairment without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Menlo Park City Elementary School DistrictMenlo Park City Elementary prevails: bus offer for a student with autism and diabetes found reasonably safe; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lakeside Joint School DistrictLakeside Joint School District properly found a seventh grader ineligible for special education under emotional disturbance; relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District (consolidated)Dry Creek Joint Elementary may reassess a student with dyslexia, and its 2009-2010 IEP offer is upheld; father sanctioned $3,880.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. 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. Vallejo City Unified School District et al.Vallejo City Unified and Mare Island Technology Academy prevail; sixth grader's curriculum and speech therapy claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. 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
- Lafayette School District v. StudentLafayette School District must pay half of parents' $4,800 IEE after unnecessarily delaying its response, and it may reassess the student.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Merced Union High School DistrictMerced Union High School District prevails; ALJ finds parent understood the January 2009 IEP she signed and no pages were missing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictOn remand from federal court, ALJ again finds Fremont Unified provided a FAPE to an autistic student from 2003 to 2006.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Merced Union High School DistrictMerced Union High School District prevails: student's shove of his aide was not a manifestation of his learning or speech disabilities.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Camptonville Academy et al.Camptonville Academy unlawfully disenrolled a student with a learning disability; ALJ orders re-enrollment, assessments, and two years of daily tutoring.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Student v. 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
- 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. 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. 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. Modesto City SchoolsModesto City Schools denied FAPE for three years by implementing unsigned IEPs without seeking due process; daily tutoring ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues (4 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. 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
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Manteca Unified School DistrictManteca Unified prevails on all claims; no FAPE denial for dyslexic student and no Valley Oaks reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Manteca Unified School District v. StudentManteca Unified may reassess a 13-year-old with dyslexia without parental consent after his parents withdrew him from school.District prevailed on all issues