OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Glynda B. Gomez
27 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 2, split in 8, district prevailed on all issues in 17.
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- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied FAPE by excluding a joint-custody mother from assessment and out-of-state RTC placement; DMH prevailed.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified offered a deaf student FAPE in the LRE; parents' reimbursement claim for Westview School denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Saddleback Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Saddleback Valley Unified prevails on all issues; no reimbursement for Utah residential treatment center or private school.District prevailed on all issues
- Moreno Valley Unified School District v. StudentMoreno Valley Unified's offer of a functional skills program offered a 21-year-old with autism FAPE; Mother must allow OT assessment.District prevailed on all issues
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District v. StudentNewport-Mesa Unified may place a 16-year-old in a moderate-to-severe special day class at Estancia High without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all four claims; late assessment was a procedural violation that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alhambra Unified School DistrictAlhambra Unified must provide 36 hours of after-school services because pulling Student from class for speech therapy denied FAPE; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 6 issues (1 in part)
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may conduct a triennial psychoeducational and speech-language reassessment without parental consent, and without the parent present.District prevailed on all issues
- Burbank Unified School District v. StudentBurbank Unified's assessments upheld, but its offer of a nonpublic school placement at Villa Esperanza denied a FAPE in the LRE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified's offer of a therapeutic nonpublic school was the least restrictive environment; the mother's challenge was denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Lancaster School DistrictLancaster School District offered a FAPE in its March 2008 IEP; ALJ denies all of Student's claims.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified offered FAPE and did not need an audiological assessment; parents' Newbridge School reimbursement claim denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District v. StudentHacienda La Puente Unified wins: its assessments were appropriate and its adult transition program placement offered a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must pay $3,000 and fund 40 hours of clinic-based OT; placement and procedural claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 6 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails: open IEP pending parents' choice of nonpublic school offered FAPE; no Bridges Academy reimbursement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must reimburse private school tuition after relying only on test scores to find a student ineligible.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 7 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Lancaster Elementary School DistrictLancaster Elementary must provide 36 hours of speech therapy and five OT sessions; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 13 issues (1 in part)
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified's four assessments of a first grader were appropriate; parent's request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Oxnard Union High School District et al.Oxnard Union High must remove student from special education after assessing her and implementing an IEP without her mother's consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified properly assessed OCD and offered FAPE at its high school; all of Student's requested relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendora Unified School DistrictGlendora Unified must provide real-time captioning (CART) to a deaf ninth grader through 2008-2009; Student prevailed on both issues.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified's emotional-disturbance special day class offered FAPE; family's request for Winston School placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Rosedale Union School District v. StudentRosedale Union's offer of a county special day class at Almondale Elementary provides FAPE in the least restrictive environment.District prevailed on all issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified proves its OT and psychoeducational assessments were appropriate; parent's request for publicly funded IEEs denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified failed to implement in-home DHH services, but no added compensatory education was ordered; eight claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 9 issues
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District v. StudentYucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified's occupational therapy assessment was found inappropriate; District must fund an independent OT evaluation.Student prevailed on all issues
- Oxnard Elementary School District v. StudentOxnard Elementary School District may assess a seventh grader without parental consent; parent's request for an IEE is premature.District prevailed on all issues