OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Clifford H. Woosley
55 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 7, split in 20, district prevailed on all issues in 28.
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- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 162 compensatory hours for missing 2025-2026 IEP offer; tuition reimbursement and three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Kings River Union Elementary School District v. StudentKings River Union Elementary need not fund IEEs; ALJ finds its May 2026 multidisciplinary assessment legally appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Benito High School District (consolidated)San Benito High School District wins all four issues and need not fund IEEs after parents proposed unreachable, distant assessors.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union prevails in expedited discipline case; student's exclusion from after-school program was not a disciplinary removal.District prevailed on all 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
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must reimburse about $124,000 for an IEE and Alpine Academy residential placement after a child find failure.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 11 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. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified may not exit a student with autism from special education without parental consent and must fund an occupational therapy IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont Unified must fund psychoeducational and speech IEEs after a flawed virtual preschool assessment; FAPE and child find claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 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
- 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. 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
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's psychoeducational and occupational therapy assessments were appropriate; parents' request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- 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
- 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. 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. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District stipulated it failed its child find duty as of October 31, 2016; Student prevailed on the sole issue.Student 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
- Student v. Fillmore Unified School DistrictFillmore Unified's manifestation determination upheld; ALJ finds ninth grader's on-campus drug possession not caused by his disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. New Haven Unified School DistrictNew Haven Unified must reimburse two years of private high school tuition for skipping annual IEP meetings; three claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. Oxnard School DistrictOxnard School District missed child find duty from fall 2014; ALJ orders 148 compensatory hours, evaluation, and staff training.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- 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. Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified need not fund a second, visual processing IEE after already funding a psychoeducational IEE.District prevailed on all 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. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified must fund Frostig School placement, private services, and 90 hours of educational therapy after wrongly finding student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 18 issues (1 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified met its child find duty to a private school student, and the ALJ denied all relief.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictHacienda La Puente Unified prevails: no child find violation, and high-achieving third grader not eligible under autism.District prevailed on all 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. 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. 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. Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto Unified must train staff after skipping a manifestation review for a truancy-based placement change; absences not shown disability-related.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Paramount Unified School District v. StudentParamount Unified's triennial psychoeducational, speech-language, and OT assessments held appropriate; no IEEs at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- 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. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails on all speech and language claims for a nonverbal 19-year-old at a nonpublic school.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School District (consolidated)Poway Unified may give a fourth grader with autism the KABC-II cognitive test over parent objection; auditory processing claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Fullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton Joint Union High School District prevails on claims of unaddressed bullying and failure to consider outside doctors' opinions.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. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified prevails on child find, assessment, and emotional disturbance eligibility claims; no reimbursement for Utah residential placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bassett Unified School DistrictBassett Unified properly gave a student with a learning disability a regular diploma and delivered his IEP services; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide compensatory aide and speech services for missing aides during two ESY summers; four other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 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 did not have to provide developmental vision therapy; District prevailed on all twelve vision-related issues.District prevailed on all 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. 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. 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
- 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. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High must fund an independent assistive technology assessment; the student's other claims, including campus mobility, are denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 27 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE to a preschooler by pulling her assigned adult assistant and then dropping that support from her IEP.Student prevailed on all issues