OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Dena Coggins
6 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 1, split in 2, district prevailed on all issues in 3.
Search and filter these decisions · 29 OAH orders by ALJ Dena Coggins
- Student v. San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictSan Mateo-Foster City School District prevails on all claims over a 2014 IEP offering continued Edgewood day treatment placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vacaville Unified School District et al.Vacaville and Sacramento City Unified must fund 188 therapy hours for inadequate mental health support, plus make-up speech services and assessments.Split decision: student prevailed on 16 of 25 issues (6 in part)
- Oakland Unified School District v. StudentOakland Unified's assistive technology assessment fell short, so it must fund an independent assistive technology evaluation for an eighth grader.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified denied FAPE by holding an annual IEP meeting without the parent on one day's notice; transportation claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 5 issues
- Student v. Sacramento City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified prevails on all claims over SLD eligibility, reading methodology, assistive technology, and a one-to-one aide.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictSan Mateo-Foster City School District prevails; child find and safeguards violations were harmless because the student was not eligible.District prevailed on all issues