OAH Special Education Decisions by Administrative Law Judge Sabrina Kong
35 decisions: student prevailed on all issues in 2, split in 15, district prevailed on all issues in 18.
Search and filter these decisions · 137 OAH orders by ALJ Sabrina Kong
- Student v. Ojai Unified School District (consolidated)Ojai Unified wins every issue over a student's home hospital program and may reassess her without parental consent.District prevailed on all issues
- Simi Valley Unified School District v. StudentSimi Valley Unified may reassess student without parent consent; request to be excused from FAPE if parent refuses denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified's offer of the Riley School therapeutic day program upheld; claims for out-of-state residential placement denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Madera Unified School District (consolidated)Madera Unified must fund an independent psychoeducational evaluation after unnecessarily delaying its due process filing; ten other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 12 issues
- Grossmont Union High School District v. StudentGrossmont Union may move a 10th grader from MERIT Academy to Oak Grove residential treatment center for up to 45 school days.District prevailed on all issues
- Berkeley Unified School District v. StudentBerkeley Unified's psychoeducational and academic assessments were appropriate; district need not fund independent evaluations for graduating senior.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Ventura Unified School DistrictVentura Unified must fund two private evaluations and up to $19,000 in compensatory services; claims before April 2019 time-barred.Split decision: student prevailed on 6 of 22 issues
- Student v. San Benito High School DistrictSan Benito High School District prevails on all five distance-learning claims brought by a ninth grader with a learning disability.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must fund speech therapy and Lindamood-Bell instruction and conduct three assessments; most other claims were denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 15 of 58 issues (3 in part)
- Student v. Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictChaffey Joint Union High School District prevails on all eight claims involving a newcomer English learner found not eligible.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Alta Loma School DistrictAlta Loma School District's 84-day delay in filing over a visual processing IEE denied FAPE; only a staff memo ordered.Student prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Aveson Global Leadership Academy (consolidated)Aveson Global Leadership Academy must repay $32,613 in nonpublic school tuition and therapy, plus mileage, over child find delays and missing behavior services.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 16 issues
- Student v. Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified must repay $32,271.91 in tuition and mileage and fund 152 therapy hours after missing a required IEP meeting.Student prevailed on all issues
- Arcadia Unified School District v. StudentArcadia Unified may move an 8-year-old to the GOALS program for up to 45 school days after an expedited hearing.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified need not fund independent evaluations after the student moved away one week after requesting them; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Baldwin Park Unified School DistrictBaldwin Park Unified must fund a psychoeducational IEE, restore speech eligibility and services, and provide 27 compensatory hours.Split decision: student prevailed on 4 of 22 issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District must fund an independent occupational therapy assessment; its psychoeducational and speech assessments were upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. StudentLos Angeles Unified proves its psychoeducational, occupational therapy, and behavior assessments appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs ordered.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified must fund 55 hours of compensatory tutoring for unmeasurable IEP goals; resource, ESY and counseling claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 7 of 16 issues
- Student v. Riverside Unified School DistrictRiverside Unified wrongly found lock throwing unrelated to student's ADHD; student reinstated, but three other expedited claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues
- Student v. Carlsbad Unified School DistrictCarlsbad Unified did not deny FAPE; the ALJ found parents' non-cooperation, not the District, delayed nonpublic school placement.District prevailed on all issues
- Garvey School District v. StudentGarvey School District may reassess a student with autism without parental consent after parents refused and did not appear.District prevailed on all issues
- San Mateo-Foster City School District v. StudentSan Mateo-Foster City School District proves its psycho-educational and speech-language assessments were appropriate; no publicly funded IEEs owed.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School District (consolidated)Los Angeles Unified owes 69 compensatory hours for skipping a behavior assessment and ending speech services; graduation upheld.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 31 issues (1 in part)
- Student v. Tehachapi Unified School DistrictTehachapi Unified's deficient behavior plan denied FAPE for four weeks; ALJ orders 12 hours of BCBA services, rejects two other claims.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 3 issues
- Capistrano Unified School District v. StudentCapistrano Unified may place a kindergartner at Rossier Park School as a 45-school-day interim alternative educational setting.District prevailed on all issuesVanaman German LLP represented the student
- Student v. East Whittier City School District (consolidated)East Whittier City School District's preschool assessment upheld; no IEE, and IEP properly addressed hearing-loss needs.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Folsom Cordova Unified School District (consolidated)Folsom Cordova Unified must provide 54 tutoring hours for a missing attention goal and English instruction gaps; may assess without consent.Split decision: student prevailed on 3 of 23 issues
- Student v. Compton Unified School DistrictCompton Unified must fund an independent psycho-educational assessment, assess behavior and mental health, and provide 72 tutoring hours; Kayne placement denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 5 of 17 issues (5 in part)
- Student v. Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified must provide 25 hours of make-up home instruction after leaving medically fragile student without a teacher; placement claim denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 2 issues
- Student v. Arcadia Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified had no duty to assess or offer FAPE to a student still enrolled in a charter school; all claims denied.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District et al.Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified and San Bernardino County Superintendent must provide 232 compensatory hours of Braille and mobility instruction; most other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 2 of 11 issues (2 in part)
- Redlands Unified School District v. StudentRedlands Unified proves all seven of its 2013 assessments appropriate and does not have to fund independent evaluations.District prevailed on all issues
- Student v. Rosedale Union Elementary School DistrictRosedale Union Elementary must fund 72 hours of reading tutoring for a child find delay; three other claims denied.Split decision: student prevailed on 1 of 4 issues (1 in part)
- Irvine Unified School District v. StudentIrvine Unified's moderate/severe special day class offer for a kindergartner with autism upheld; district may implement IEP without consent.District prevailed on all issues