OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Elsa H. Jones
58 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 7, split in 19, district prevailed on all issues in 32.
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- Student v. Madera Unified School DistrictMadera Unified must fund 95 hours of one-to-one instruction, three independent assessments, and staff training; most claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 23 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Larchmont Charter SchoolLarchmont Charter must repay half of Bridges Academy tuition and fund 16 hours of counseling after cutting services without a meeting.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 9 issues (6 in part)
- Student v. San Marcos Unified School DistrictSan Marcos Unified prevails on all nine claims challenging a middle schooler's 2018, 2019, and 2020 IEPs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Pacific Charter Institute et al. (consolidated)Pacific Charter Institute and Valley View Charter Prep must pay $8,350 for an independent evaluation after a 10-month delay.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Castro Valley Unified School DistrictCastro Valley Unified offered FAPE in general education; request to fund Montana residential placement denied on all claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must provide 131 compensatory hours and new assessments for failing to implement an IEP; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues
- Student v. Pasadena Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified prevails on all claims, including child find, assessment, and nonpublic school offer; Bridges Academy reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified did not have to replace a broken motorized scooter provided under a 2015 settlement; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District must assess fourth grader's school anxiety and provide home instruction and compensatory services; parent-participation claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified must provide 100 hours of specialized academic instruction after failing to document efforts to obtain assessment consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lodi Unified School District (consolidated)Lodi Unified prevails on all claims over a student's third- and fourth-grade reading goals, resource services, paraeducators, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must amend two 2014 IEPs to add residential placement and fund limited compensatory services; staff training denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issuesReversed and remanded on appeal
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School District (consolidated)Alhambra Unified prevails on all issues; ALJ upholds its non-diploma functional program offer and its speech and OT assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified wrongly exited student with autism and materially failed to implement behavior services; nonpublic agency social skills ordered.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 12 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Chino Valley Unified School DistrictChino Valley Unified must fund Lindamood-Bell, an independent FBA, and a full-day ABA-trained aide; two 2014 IEP claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified prevails: Parent's signed acceptance of a one-page settlement offer letter did not create an enforceable settlement agreement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not deny FAPE by delaying auditory verbal therapy or by refusing to fund the family's private therapist.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School District (consolidated)Tehachapi Unified must provide behavior aides and a transition plan for a missed 2014 behavior assessment; other claims and IEE requests denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims by 21-year-old student with autism over IEP goals, services, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al. (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified must reimburse $4,415 for an independent assessment it failed to consider; federal court later reversed on residential placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issuesReversed and remanded on appeal
- Celerity Educational Group v. StudentCelerity Educational Group's March 2014 assessment found appropriate; charter school need not fund an independent educational evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified offered FAPE in three high school IEPs; no reimbursement owed for private Westview School placement.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Long Beach Unified School District v. StudentLong Beach Unified's September 2013 IEP offered a FAPE, and the district may implement it without parent consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palo Alto Unified School DistrictPalo Alto Unified prevails on all claims; school-based autism program, not home instruction, held appropriate despite student's allergies.District prevailed on all issues
- Lawndale Elementary School District v. StudentLawndale Elementary School District's five triennial assessments upheld; the district does not have to fund independent evaluations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must fund four independent evaluations, one shared with LACOE, after assessment, placement, and IEP failures; compensatory services denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 14 of 36 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Antelope Valley Union High School DistrictAntelope Valley Union High School District prevails on all four claims about foster-care enrollment, supervision, counseling, and transportation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School DistrictUpland Unified prevails as private school and Lindamood-Bell reimbursement claims are found time-barred or unproven.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's May 2011 IEP offering an auditory/oral deaf and hard-of-hearing class at Melrose offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School District (consolidated)Baldwin Park Unified denied FAPE by failing to assess and support a 6-year-old's behavior; placement and other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Glendale Unified School District et al.Glendale Unified and Los Angeles Unified met their child find duties to a private school student; Westmark reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified's March 2011 IEP moving a fifth grader with autism to a special day class offered FAPE in the LRE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: student's on-campus sale of his ADHD medication was not a manifestation of his disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund an adapted physical education IEE after leaving the parent's request unanswered for 90 days.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified's 30-day interim SDC offer to a student moving from a home-study charter provided a FAPE; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Westminster School DistrictWestminster School District could move a student with autism to a 45-day interim setting after a teacher's serious bodily injury.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Encinitas Union School DistrictEncinitas Union must reimburse $2,231 and conduct a behavior assessment for a preschooler with autism; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 15 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all claims; autism SDC offer upheld over parents' request for 40-hour home ABA program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified did not materially fail to deliver an autistic first grader's IEP services; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Brea Olinda Unified School District (consolidated)Brea Olinda Unified may not exit a student with ADHD from special education and must fund two IEEs and weekly tutoring.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica-Malibu Unified failed to prove its psychoeducational assessment was appropriate, so the student gets an IEE at public expense.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Moreno Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Moreno Valley Unified prevails on all claims; November 2008 IEP upheld and District may obtain a medical assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may implement its November 2008 IEP and stop funding a 13-year-old's nonpublic agency services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bonsall Union School DistrictBonsall Union prevails on all eight claims; no reimbursement for The Winston School or Lindamood-Bell services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Downey Unified School DistrictDowney Unified must fund 30 weekly hours of one-to-one ABA and reimburse private ABA after IEPs lacked behavior goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 15 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Garvey School DistrictGarvey School District's speech therapy offer denied FAPE; ALJ orders more individual school-based therapy but denies clinic services.Student prevailed on all issues
- Val Verde Unified School District v. StudentVal Verde Unified's triennial psychoeducational assessment was inappropriate; Student gets psychoeducational and OT IEEs at public expense.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails; ALJ refuses parents' request to exit their fifth grader with ADHD from special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified did not have to provide the Brainfingers hands-free computer system to a 19-year-old student; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District et al.ABC Unified must conduct a functional analysis assessment; Norwalk-La Mirada Unified and ABC win all other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: father could not exit his eligible daughter from special education by revoking consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide door-to-door transportation for a student in a wheelchair after an unsafe corner bus stop denied FAPE.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palmdale Elementary School DistrictPalmdale Elementary must provide eight hours of compensatory OT and speech therapy for a September 2006 service gap; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 7 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Colton Joint Unified School District et al.Colton Joint Unified and San Bernardino County Superintendent must provide 104 hours of assistive technology training; procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 18 issues (4 in part)
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must find expelled gifted sixth grader eligible as emotionally disturbed, fund her nonpublic school, and repay her IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 7 issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School District et al.Compton Unified must complete six new assessments for a student with a learning disability; all claims against ABC Unified denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 8 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified prevails on all claims; request for compensatory education and Sylvan Learning Center reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District et al.Los Angeles Unified and LA County Mental Health offered FAPE; parent's request for Illinois residential school funding denied.District prevailed on all issues