OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Rommel P. Cruz
36 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 4, split in 12, district prevailed on all issues in 20.
Search and filter these decisions · 222 OAH orders by ALJ Rommel P. Cruz
- Student v. Ontario-Montclair School DistrictOntario-Montclair School District wins every claim after parents skipped four IEP meetings and kept their son home from November 2024 through the end of the school year.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Coastal Academy Charter SchoolCoastal Academy Charter School denied a student with intellectual disability a FAPE by predetermining an offer to move him from general education core classes into a separate program; staff training ordered.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Monrovia Unified School District v. StudentMonrovia Unified failed to prove its campus-based IEP offered a FAPE to a home-schooled ninth grader; it may not implement the IEP.Student prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School District (consolidated)Capistrano Unified owes 20 hours of attention and executive functioning services; tuition denied for lack of notice and Kentucky residency.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 71 issues
- Student v. Folsom-Cordova Unified School DistrictFolsom-Cordova Unified prevails on all 21 claims challenging a student's 2022 and 2023 IEPs in an intensive autism class.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Paramount Unified School DistrictParamount Unified prevails on all ten claims over its June 2024 IEP; the ALJ upholds reassessment before changing services.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Classical Academy High SchoolClassical Academy High School must provide 68 hours of compensatory services and fund a behavior IEE; private school reimbursement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 26 of 46 issues (10 in part)
- Mountain View-Whisman School District v. StudentMountain View-Whisman may place a first grader in a nonpublic school for up to 45 school days after proving injury risk.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified prevails on all claims; unmeasurable transition goals were a procedural violation that did not deny FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District v. StudentSanta Monica-Malibu Unified proves its psychoeducational assessment was appropriate and need not fund a neuropsychological IEE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Twin Rivers Unified School DistrictTwin Rivers Unified must create a $9,885 compensatory education fund for failing to offer dyslexia instruction and Spanish-language counseling.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 7 issues
- Student v. San Juan Unified School DistrictSan Juan Unified prevails on all claims by a kindergartner with autism over distance learning, goals, supports, and placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified wrongly found fourth grader ineligible for a specific learning disability; must reimburse two IEEs and fund eight hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 4 issues
- Student v. Grossmont Union High School DistrictGrossmont Union prevails on all three claims; ALJ finds its Santana High special day class offer clear, comparable, and appropriate.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Washington Unified School DistrictWashington Unified answered a parent's records request late, but the ALJ held the delay did not deny FAPE; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Lakeport Unified School District v. StudentLakeport Unified may not implement IEP moving student to regional program; communication goals, services, and device were missing.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School District prevails on all claims, including Seaside Prep placement offer and speech services implementation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Glendale Unified School DistrictGlendale Unified denied FAPE through flawed behavior assessments, plans, and missing math goal; ordered 41 hours of instruction and expert observation.Split decision: student prevailed on 11 of 17 issues
- Anaheim Elementary School District v. StudentAnaheim Elementary may assess a six-year-old in person without parental consent or conditions, but no physical exam without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails on all claims; 19-year-old English learner found not eligible for special education.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance Unified must reimburse $10,750 in private school tuition, plus mileage, for a late reassessment; triennial claim time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. McCabe Union Elementary School District (consolidated)McCabe Union Elementary must reimburse a $4,778.96 IEE and fund compensatory services after wrongly finding a student with ADHD ineligible.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified prevails on all claims; time-barred child find claims dismissed and 2019 IEP upheld as offering FAPE.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Empire Springs Charter SchoolEmpire Springs Charter School did not expel student by disenrolling him for skipping mandatory annual testing; all relief denied.District prevailed on all issues
- River Springs Charter School v. StudentRiver Springs Charter School's homeschool IEP offer denied FAPE, but the charter may reassess the student without parental consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Carlsbad Unified School District v. StudentCarlsbad Unified's July 2018 IEP offered a fifth grader with a reading disability a FAPE; district may implement it without consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Poway Unified School District v. StudentPoway Unified's psychoeducational assessment found appropriate; district need not fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Springs Charter Schools, also known as River Springs Charter School (consolidated)River Springs Charter must provide 128 hours of compensatory instruction, but its offer of placement at Flabob Academy is upheld as FAPE.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 12 issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified prevails on all claims over a student's IEP goals, typing instruction, and the Keep It Simple program.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified must provide 52 hours of compensatory services for goal, speech and home-instruction failures; placement claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 11 issues
- Colton Joint Unified School District v. StudentColton Joint Unified may place an eighth grader at a nonpublic school and reassess him without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified must reimburse private school, occupational therapy, and mileage after building an IEP on year-old data; assessment claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 7 issues
- Barstow Unified School District v. StudentBarstow Unified may implement IEP placing student at an out-of-state residential treatment center without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Menifee Union School DistrictMenifee Union must provide 45 hours of home instruction, 3 hours of speech therapy, and an adaptive PE assessment; other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Student v. San Diego Unified School District et al.San Diego Unified's $900 speech IEE cost cap was too low; district must fund a $1,500 IEE, but County prevails.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Vista Unified School District v. StudentVista Unified may reassess a 17-year-old student with autism without parental consent under its October 2016 assessment plan.District prevailed on all issues