OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Kara Hatfield
36 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 5, split in 6, district prevailed on all issues in 25.
Search and filter these decisions · 176 OAH orders by ALJ Kara Hatfield
- Student v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco Unified wins all claims by a deaf-blind student who sought an ASL-fluent intervener and tactile communication services.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Cupertino Union School DistrictCupertino Union wins expedited case: no disciplinary removals proven, so no manifestation determination was required.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Culver City Unified School DistrictCulver City Unified prevails on all claims about an eighth grader's IEP goals, services, and absence after March 2024.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified dismissed because a directly funded charter school, not the district, was responsible for the student's FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Venture Academy v. StudentVenture Academy may implement its reduced-services IEP and reassess a sixth grader without parental consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove Unified prevails on all claims over a ninth grader's triennial IEP, placement, speech, and transition services.District prevailed on all issues
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified may place a seventh grader in a residential interim setting for up to 45 school days because of safety risks.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on every claim challenging a third grader's math, literacy, goals, and extended school year offers.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Carmel Unified School District (consolidated)Carmel Unified may not implement its May 2022 IEP without consent; ALJ orders 20 compensatory hours and staff LRE training.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 13 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified prevails on all 19 claims about COVID-19 distance learning, IEP goals, services, placement, and records.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Hesperia Unified School DistrictHesperia Unified did not deny FAPE by moving a high schooler's IEP services to distance learning during COVID-19.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Conejo Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Conejo Valley Unified prevails on all claims; its psychoeducational assessment is upheld and no IEE is owed.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 16 issues
- Student v. Upland Unified School District (consolidated)Upland Unified wins every decided issue; adult student's eligibility lapsed after mother withheld triennial consent; two district claims not reached.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified wins on all four claims: child find, assessments, two IEP offers, and parent participation.District prevailed on all issues
- Greenfield Union School District v. StudentGreenfield Union may implement its August 2019 IEP without Parent's consent after ALJ finds the offer provided FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Greenfield Union School District v. StudentGreenfield Union may implement its August 2019 IEP without parent consent after ALJ finds it offered FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Escondido Union School DistrictEscondido Union must reimburse $3,500 for an independent psychoeducational evaluation after a federal court found a delayed autism assessment; training denied.Student prevailed on all issues
- Garden Grove Unified School District v. StudentGarden Grove Unified's 2018 triennial assessments were appropriate; 20-year-old student with autism denied publicly funded IEEs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified owes 250 compensatory hours and a $6,000 IEE for delayed assessment and inadequate IEP goals.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 4 issues
- Student v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School DistrictSanta Monica-Malibu Unified's reading services for a student with severe dyslexia offered a FAPE; private school reimbursement denied.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Menifee Union School DistrictMenifee Union prevails: a home-instructed student did not prove that receiving no physical education denied her a FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Escondido Union School District (consolidated)Escondido Union prevails on all claims over behavior-emergency IEP meetings and delayed mental health and autism assessments.District prevailed on all issues
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified may reassess a 14-year-old with autism without parent consent; request for advisory FAPE order denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School District (consolidated)Irvine Unified must repay $5,803 in private school costs and fund 120 compensatory hours after cutting a student's full-time aide to one hour a day.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified prevails on claims over an ABA-trained aide and BCBA supervision following an earlier OAH decision.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bassett Unified School District (consolidated)Bassett Unified defeats Student's predetermination and placement claims, but its April 2016 IEP offer is found to deny FAPE on procedural grounds and cannot be implemented without parental consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified wrongly denied eligibility to a tenth grader with ADHD and predetermined the outcome; compensatory instruction, IEE, and training ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. River Springs Charter School (consolidated)River Springs Charter School must fund The Prentice School tuition, a fall 2016 semester there, and a $5,250 IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 10 of 11 issues (3 in part)
- Walnut Valley Unified School District v. StudentWalnut Valley Unified's 2015 psychoeducational reassessment was appropriate; parents' request for a publicly funded IEE denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified may not implement kindergarten IEP over parents' objection; its partial special day class placement was not the least restrictive environment.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Huntington Beach Union High School District (consolidated)Huntington Beach Union High must reimburse up to $30,690 for private school and therapy after child find and counseling failures.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 5 issues (3 in part)
- Torrance Unified School District v. StudentTorrance Unified's middle school IEP denied a FAPE because it offered no after-school transportation to a student with autism.Student prevailed on all issues
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica-Malibu Unified may place a tenth grader at Linden Center nonpublic school without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Bonita Unified School District v. StudentBonita Unified may conduct an initial special education assessment of a first grader without his mother's consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Val Verde Unified School DistrictVal Verde Unified delayed an assessment waiting for a second divorced parent's consent, but no FAPE denial was found; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Moreland School DistrictMoreland School District prevails: special day class and behavior supports for autistic student who bangs her head upheld for both school years.District prevailed on all issues