OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Cynthia Fritz
33 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 7, split in 20, district prevailed on all issues in 6.
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- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified prevails on all five claims over a school injury, missed school days, and bus transportation for a fifth grader.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified must fund 184 compensatory hours and train staff for failing to assess a kindergartner before proposing a restrictive placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 22 issues (10 in part)
- Student v. Fremont Union High School DistrictFremont Union must reinstate a student's special education eligibility after exiting her without an IEP meeting; notice claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Mill Valley School District (consolidated)Mill Valley School District must fund occupational therapy and pragmatic language IEEs; Compass placement offer upheld and all other Student claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 16 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must reimburse $5,025 in private school tuition and fund 10 counseling hours; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Corona-Norco Unified School DistrictCorona-Norco Unified prevails on all claims about reassessment, regression services, and parent training for a transfer student.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School DistrictTemecula Valley Unified must reimburse $47,232 in residential school education costs and fund 70 counseling hours; residential treatment was not required.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 24 issues (1 in part)Vanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified must hold a manifestation determination review; bite was serious bodily injury and nonpublic interim placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Lemoore Union Elementary School District v. StudentLemoore Union Elementary may not implement its IEP without consent after staff unilaterally rewrote it as a new annual offer.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palm Springs Unified School DistrictPalm Springs Unified must reimburse up to $12,560 for Lindamood-Bell and provide 7 speech hours; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 20 issues (1 in part)
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union proves likely injury at middle school but loses bid for an unnamed residential placement; no removal ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Sacramento City Unified School District v. StudentSacramento City Unified may return a tenth grader to Point Quest nonpublic school for up to 45 more school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union is denied an order to send a student's records to residential treatment centers without parental consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union proves danger at current school but loses bid for unspecified residential interim placement; no relief ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Fruitvale School District v. StudentFruitvale School District may not implement its May 2022 IEP without consent because of unmeasurable goals and unclear service offers.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Atascadero Unified School DistrictAtascadero Unified's manifestation determination upheld; student's aggression toward a teacher was found planned and not caused by IEP lapses.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Whittier Union High School District (consolidated)Whittier Union must fund 113 compensatory hours and independent evaluations for late assessments and distance-learning lapses; nonpublic school claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 14 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Enterprise Elementary School District (consolidated)Enterprise Elementary must fund 104 hours of in-home services and a health IEE after its virtual-only offer denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Morgan Hill Unified School DistrictMorgan Hill Unified improperly exited a student from special education without reassessing; it must provide 35 hours of instruction, and most other claims were denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 40 issues
- Student v. Rocklin Unified School District (consolidated)Rocklin Unified may not implement its 2020 IEP without consent because its placement and occupational therapy offers were unclear.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union High must provide four hours of counseling and four hours of math tutoring and flag its deficient mental health assessment as unreliable; child find claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District (consolidated)Newport-Mesa Unified must reimburse about $50,207 for a year of private school after skipping an annual IEP; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Rocklin Unified School DistrictRocklin Unified must repay $12,950 in private school tuition and fund 22 counseling hours after wrongly denying eligibility.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 16 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. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified must reimburse $1,070 for missed specialized academic instruction after a private preschool barred district staff.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Sonoma Valley Unified School District v. StudentSonoma Valley Unified must fund independent psychoeducational and academic evaluations after failing to prove parents consented to its assessments.Student prevailed on all issues
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may not implement its nonpublic school IEP without parent consent; unmeasurable, outdated goals defeated its FAPE claim.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tahoe Truckee Unified School DistrictTahoe Truckee Unified wrongly used a 30-day interim IEP for its own deaf student; seven hours of compensatory services ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 8 issues
- Student v. Antioch Unified School DistrictAntioch Unified wrongly found first grader ineligible; must fund 250 compensatory hours and a $450 speech assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Campbell Union High School District v. StudentCampbell Union High School District must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after failing to prove its 2017 assessment was appropriate.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Berkeley Unified School DistrictBerkeley Unified must reimburse tuition, tutoring and an assessment after a 2017 IEP lacked academic goals; older claims were time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 25 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. Greenfield Union School DistrictGreenfield Union School District prevails on all four claims over a three-day exclusion, eligibility listing, transportation, and daily notes.District prevailed on all issues