OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Linda Johnson
20 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 3, split in 8, district prevailed on all issues in 9.
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- Tustin Unified School District v. StudentTustin Unified may conduct a ninth grader's triennial reassessment without one parent's consent, ALJ rules.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must reimburse more than $84,500 in private tuition and testing, plus capped tuition through ESY 2021, after denying FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 9 of 11 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund 39 compensatory hours for missed distance-learning aide support; six other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must fund a deaf preschooler's John Tracy Center placement and reimburse $1,750 after offering a non-LRE placement.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 9 issues (1 in part)Affirmed in part, reversed in part on appealVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Westminster School District v. StudentWestminster School District's 2020 triennial reassessment upheld; kindergartner not entitled to four independent evaluations at public expense.District prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District must fund independent psychoeducational and speech-language evaluations after failing to prove its assessments were appropriate.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Manhattan Beach Unified School DistrictOn remand, Manhattan Beach Unified must reimburse parents $8,314.89 for nonpublic school tuition and residential-placement travel costs.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse Fusion Academy tuition after late annual IEPs and missing academic goals; four claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Coronado Unified School District v. StudentCoronado Unified may implement IEP moving student from residential treatment to home while keeping his nonpublic school placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Vista Unified School DistrictVista Unified must find student eligible under emotional disturbance; ALJ finds district assessment inadequate but rejects predetermination claim.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 3 issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary may assess a homeschooled preschooler without parental consent, but its school nurse may not perform a physical exam.District prevailed on all issues
- Escondido Union School District v. StudentEscondido Union wins on both issues: its psychoeducational assessment stands without an IEE, and its IEP may be implemented.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Poway Unified School DistrictPoway Unified must reimburse $728 for summer 2017 tutoring after denying ESY; all other claims, including the NewBridge placement request, denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 23 issues
- Student v. Temecula Valley Unified School District (consolidated)Temecula Valley Unified improperly exited a student from special education and must reimburse $13,350 for an IEE and private school.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Tustin Unified School District (consolidated)Tustin Unified's triennial assessment upheld with no IEE owed; Student's challenges to IEP goals and general education placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may reassess a 16-year-old student without parental consent after parents ignored repeated bilingual requests.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must reimburse $9,137 in private school costs and fund four IEEs after refusing IEP meetings for privately placed student.Student prevailed on all issues
- Ontario-Montclair School District v. StudentOntario-Montclair School District may implement its October 2016 IEP placing a third grader with autism in a special day class.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rialto Unified School DistrictRialto Unified offered a FAPE; parent's requests for a one-to-one nonpublic school and a dyslexia program denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Riverside Unified School District v. StudentRiverside Unified's psychoeducational assessment upheld, but its late speech-language assessment means it must fund a speech-language IEE.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues