OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Eileen M. Cohn
36 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 7, split in 13, district prevailed on all issues in 16.
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- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an IEE, 360 compensatory hours, and $3,600 for an honors graduate who lacked basic skills.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly labeled a student with autistic-like behaviors, but its autism class placement offer still provided a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (consolidated)Santa Monica-Malibu Unified must reimburse Summit View tuition, tutoring and mileage; district's assessment upheld and IEE denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 18 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund a speech and language IEE; child find violation found harmless, so private assessment reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a bilingual speech-language IEE after failing to file for hearing; three service claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims by a graduated student over algebra support, IEE, counseling and transcripts.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims that the Stein Center nonpublic school placement denied an autistic student a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all six claims brought by a parent representing her daughter with a learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District et al.Temecula Valley Unified must reimburse $106,631 for a residential placement after offers failed to address a student's school avoidance.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 5 issues (2 in part)
- Fullerton Unified School District v. StudentFullerton Unified may not implement its 2011-2012 IEP without consent after predetermining a school change for a student with autism.Student prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified may conduct a triennial assessment of a 16-year-old without parental consent after years of refusals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Orange County Health Care AgencyOrange County Health Care Agency prevails on all three claims about its mental health service plan, placement, and IEP attendance.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Montecito Union Elementary School DistrictMontecito Union did not deny a FAPE by refusing a parent's request to hold a student with autism back in sixth grade.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's 2010 psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; parent's request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Fullerton Elementary School District v. StudentFullerton Elementary School District's May 2010 IEP offered FAPE without home ABA services; District may implement it without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Roseville Joint Union School DistrictRoseville Joint Union must repay a $125 PT evaluation, hold a time-limited IEP meeting, and offer a way to recover biology credit.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Garvey Elementary School DistrictGarvey Elementary must expunge a student's invalid emotional disturbance eligibility and IEP; independent assessment and compensatory education denied.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: absent teacher at IEP meeting did not deny FAPE, and bus transportation offer was appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles County Office of Education must immediately implement a juvenile hall student's IEP by placing him at an out-of-state residential treatment center and funding the educational and related services part of the placement.Student prevailed on all issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's offer of a high school special day class, replacing a long-running home program, offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified denied FAPE by skipping a requested behavior assessment; must fund independent FAA and neuropsychological evaluation.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 9 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails: the IEP did not promise home hospital instruction, and the parent never signed the math placement change.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified should have found student eligible in February 2007; no remedy ordered; student no longer eligible as of May 2008.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 5 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's school bus with a one-on-one aide was appropriate transportation; parent's request for taxi transportation denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garvey Elementary School DistrictGarvey Elementary must fund 85 hours of compensatory speech therapy, adopt four behavior goals, and provide a small-group aide.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of a behavior-focused campus denied FAPE to autistic student; home feeding program claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Sierra Unified School District v. StudentSierra Unified may not move student to center-based Ramacher campus; offer denied FAPE in the LRE and was predetermined.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly found a high schooler with ADHD ineligible for SLD in math; must fund IEE and tutoring.Student prevailed on all issues
- Manhattan Beach Unified School District v. StudentManhattan Beach Unified may reassess a second grader without parental consent and implement its October 2006 IEP.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must fund speech and psychoeducational IEEs after delaying its own filing; unclear behavior goal denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra Unified must fund speech-language and occupational therapy IEEs; all claims challenging its preschool special day class offer denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues
- Rialto Unified School District v. StudentRialto Unified fails to prove its initial psychoeducational assessment was appropriate; student is entitled to an IEE at public expense.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified need not provide a motorized wheelchair with built-in stander; its EZ Stander met the student's IEP goals.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an independent evaluation after refusing a parent's kindergarten assessment request; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly refused a kindergartner's initial assessment request, but the ALJ ordered no IEE or compensatory education.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues
- Rialto Unified School District v. StudentRialto Unified's special day class placement at Casey Elementary offered a FAPE; District may implement it over parents' objection.District prevailed on all issues