OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Jennifer Kelly
21 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 3, split in 7, district prevailed on all issues in 11.
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- Student v. Earlimart School District (consolidated)Earlimart School District must provide 366 compensatory hours and reimburse $4,218.22 after failing to offer adequate goals and behavior services.Split decision: student prevailed on 8 of 30 issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified must fund 87 hours of instruction and an independent behavior assessment; nonpublic school placement upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 18 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Sonoma Valley Unified School DistrictSonoma Valley Unified properly graduated a student with autism with a regular diploma and ended services; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Belmont-Redwood Shores School DistrictBelmont-Redwood Shores denied FAPE to a student needing catheterization; ALJ orders health IEE, private nursing, compensatory education, and staff training.Student prevailed on all issues
- Corona-Norco Unified School District v. StudentCorona-Norco Unified may place a first grader in Sierra Vista's intensive intervention program for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Covina-Valley Unified School DistrictCovina-Valley Unified prevails on all decided issues and all of Student's claims for relief are denied; late assessments were procedural violations that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified may implement IEP placing first-grader in special day class without parent consent; student's LRE and aide claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Snowline Joint Unified School District (consolidated)Snowline Joint Unified prevails on every issue; a settlement waiver barred earlier claims, and its December 2023 IEP was approved.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. South Sutter Charter School (consolidated)South Sutter Charter School must fund about $26,000 in private dyslexia tutoring and mileage and train staff; assessment, assistive technology, and ESY claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 15 issues (2 in part)
- Victor Elementary School District v. StudentVictor Elementary may implement its moderate-to-severe special day class IEP without Parent's consent after ALJ finds it offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bonita Unified School District (consolidated)Bonita Unified's 2022 psychoeducational and speech-language assessments upheld; parent's requests for independent evaluations at public expense denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Gateway College and Career AcademyGateway College and Career Academy must provide 132 compensatory hours for never offering an IEP; transfer-based claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Stockton Unified School DistrictStockton Unified owes 186 compensatory hours, a speech IEE, and staff training for deficient IEPs and IEP meetings held without parents.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 22 issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union must provide 31 compensatory academic hours and staff training; most of the seventh grader's other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 17 issues (1 in part)
- Cabrillo Point Academy v. StudentCabrillo Point Academy's psychoeducational assessment upheld; the charter school does not have to fund an independent evaluation, including audiology or optometry testing.District prevailed on all issues
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union High School District may implement IEP placing student at its MERIT therapeutic school without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Murrieta Valley Unified School District v. StudentMurrieta Valley Unified may not reassess an eighth grader without consent because it made no reasonable effort to obtain Parents' informed consent.Student prevailed on all issues
- Pivot Charter School – San Diego v. StudentPivot Charter School – San Diego may not implement its November 2020 IEP over parents' objection; offer was unclear and unproven.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chino Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Chino Valley Unified's offer addressed autistic student's pica and elopement; district may assess in person without parents' conditions.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified denied a preschooler FAPE through two prohibited interventions and must provide 21.5 compensatory hours and an assessment.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Long Beach Unified School District v. StudentLong Beach Unified's speech-language and occupational therapy assessments upheld; parent's request for publicly funded independent evaluations denied.District prevailed on all issues